Welcome. Thank you for visiting my site. While here you can read about my books, learn a little more about the things that are important to me, and browse my collection of down-home recipes.
You can also read my occasional ramblings that will nearly always include my dog, Josephine, as well as other family members.
And you can learn about Compassion, Samaritan's Purse, and other charitable groups and see what you can do to help others less fortunate.
Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, releasing them from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Founded in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean war orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training. Today, Compassion helps more than 700,000 children in more than 20 countries.
More than 80% of funds go directly to help sponsored children. I sponsor a boy from a small village in Columbia. If you would like to learn more about sponsoring a child, please visit Compassion's Web site: www.compassion.com.
"Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ."
Possibly the most well-known Samaritan's Purse project is Operation Christmas Child: People fill millions of shoeboxes with gifts and Samaritan's Purse volunteers distribute them to needy children world-wide.
If you would like to learn more about Samaritan's Purse and Operation Christmas Child, please visit their Web site: www.samaritanspurse.com.