Missionary Moms

Welcome! This page is to give you a quick introduction to the various women contributing to this site.  Please help us to get to know you as well by sharing about your own life, thoughts, and experiences in the comments of the posts. Also, we’d love to get to know you through your personal blog if you have one, so please join the blogroll if you’d like!

Thank you so much for stopping by Missionary Moms! My name is Ashley, and I am a missionary mom serving in Russia. God led me to start this site in February of 2009 as He showed me the lack of existing resources designed to meet the needs of mothers overseas. I don’t consider myself an expert mother or missionary, but I do have a heart to see moms thrive in the joys and challenges of missionary life. I’ve had my fair share of both joys and challenges, and my posts here are generally taken from real life experiences that I am guessing many of you might relate to. I love praying for each of you as you faithfully love and serve the Lord, your families, and those that you are hoping to reach with the gospel. It is such a joy for me to have the opportunity to know you here!

I’m Addie, a follower of Jesus, wife to an amazing man, and mom to two girls and a little boy due in February. I am blessed to stay home with my kids and serve my local church through leading a women’s bible study and working in the children’s ministry. My daughters are 4 and 2 and we have chosen to homeschool them. I have a degree in English and a Masters degree in education, specifically early childhood special education. While my formal education was helpful background, the most helpful education in this homeschooling journey has been learning to lean on Jesus and trust Him with my children’s lives, and learning from other homeschooling families who have walked through this before me. I hope you enjoy my writing on this subject!

I’m Jami, and I live in Siberia with my husband and 2-year-old daughter.  We’re here to help serve the local church in reaching out to the Buryats, a people group closely related to Mongolians.  While no two days are alike, I strive to follow Christ, serve my family, and love the people here… and to keep it all in a healthy balance!  I look forward to getting to know you more in the upcoming weeks.  I love that we can all glean from each other, encourage one another, and build each other up!

I’m Shilo and my favorite way to start my day is with a latte and a freshly ironed pair of jeans. I love my hunky husband, two gorgeous redheaded boys, and creating a peaceful sanctuary for my family in Paraguay.  I am a firm believer that missionary women can have  beautiful and contextually appropriate homes.  And while I freely confess that I am a recovering perfectionist, I thrive on sharing the freedom that I have found in Christ’s acceptance and love.  I invite you to visit me also at myplaceofpeace.blogspot.com.

My name is Ana, and I’m a stay at home missionary mom. My husband, daughter and I have been living in Fortaleza, Brazil (Northeast)  for a while now, and are long-term Tent-Makers. I’ve been a SAH Missionary since our little one was born, and more now than ever my heart longs to serve God.  I’ve found that my family is my greatest opportunity for Ministry. The everyday helping, supporting, teaching and caring has transformed my heart. I am honored to have been invited to share on this blog, and my main objective is to HELP. I’ll be posting about blogs and tips on how to keep communication overseas both close and thrifty. Thank you before-hand for reading my entries and I must say that all good in  me comes from Him who died in the cross for me. May God bless you richly!

Carolyn and her husband Terry spent 14 years serving with Campus Crusade for Christ in Europe, where their 3 children were born. They moved back to the US in 1994, after Terry had surgery for a brain tumor. They live in Anacortes, Washington.  Carolyn works with the campus ministry in the Greater Northwest.

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My name is Amie and I am a stay at home mom living in the states. My husband and I have been married five years and we are called to be missionaries in the states although we’d love to go overseas one day too!  I am the mother to four children under four. Marylou Janice (waiting for us in heaven), her twin sister Providence Joy, Rosemary Hope and William Lee. I enjoy spending my time homemaking, homeschooling, volunteering and running a small home based business. One of my biggest passions is redeeming money and finances for the glory of God through wise use of His resources, and by giving generously. One of our favorite things to do is to donate any extra goodies we accumulate to our favorite local charities or families in need. Sometimes we leave packages on people’s doorstep, sometimes we drop off bags at the local shelter. My eldest is always asking questions about why we give and it is such a joy to tell her that we give because we have been given so much.  John Welsey has a wonderful sermon on money where he admonishes his listeners to earn all they can, save all they can, and give all they can. This is the legacy I long to leave with my children. Amie can be found online at: www.frugal4abusylife.com and  www.modestmilk.etsy.com

(There are more introductions yet to come!)

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