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Gladys Aylward

February 11, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China... I don’t know who it was... It must have been a man... a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing, and God looked down and saw Gladys Aylward... And said... 'Well, she's willing.'"[stillnotthereyet.com]

“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China… I don’t know who it was… It must have been a man… a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing, and God looked down and saw Gladys Aylward… And said – “Well, she’s willing.” – Gladys Aylward

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Grace-Filled Reads

January 15, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Stories of grace and mercy

Well, since I’ve been using social media less, one of the benefits has been an increase in reading and studying. Here are four of my favorites (which all happen to be stories of grace and mercy) from the past few weeks and months… it all started with a guy named James, who just happened to […]

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Blog Move

February 10, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

In February of 2014, I switched from writing on my personal site to this blog. Throughout the first part of 2014, I am moving much of my content over to this blog. But in the meantime, you may find some of the categories to be a bit lacking. Thank you for your patience! Use the […]

Filed Under: + Endless Grace, + Foster Care, + In My Kitchen, + Making Me Laugh, + On My Nightstand, + Parenting, + Service Opps, + Through My Earbuds, + Via Technology, Creative Inspiration ·

My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe

May 15, 2012 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Heath

Ten weeks from today we board a plane for Nicaragua, with no official return date. Ummm… yikes! I am filled with equal parts excitement and fear. I can’t wait! This is going to be the adventure of a lifetime! And then… what have we gotten ourselves into?! We’ve agreed to rent a home there, that […]

Filed Under: + In My Kitchen, Featured · Tagged With: chocolate chips, cookie dough, recipe

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