I’m moving! Well, not actually physically moving, just moving my blog. For the past several months I’ve been posting my blog here, and on my website, nancyholte.com. I wanted everything to be “just right” before I made the big announcement and moved everything to just that one location and now the time has come. I…
What’s So Good About Good Friday?
What’s so good about Good Friday? This is a question that I consider just about every year as we enter into Easter week. Why would they name the day we commemorate Christ’s brutal crucifixion “good”? It was horrible. Our Lord and Savior was beaten, abused, mocked and nailed to a tree while onlookers watched him…
Our Swazi “Daughter”
I have just one more story to tell you about our trip to Swaziland. In theory, this should be an easy story to tell but in reality I’ve struggled more with writing it than with any other. The short story here is that we were able to meet the little girl that we sponsor through…
Camping – Swazi Style
Most people would be shocked to know that one of the things that attracted me to my husband, John, is that he liked to camp. It’s true though. When I was growing up in California I was a part of a very fun Girl Scout troop and we did a lot of camping. I loved…
The Hardest Question
John and I returned last Thursday from a mission trip to Swaziland, Africa. When a person comes home from a trip such as this the obvious question from friends is “How was your trip?” Even after nine mission trips I find this an incredibly hard question to answer. There are so many things that happen…