Today I taught students how to tell the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell. while they thought it was mildly interesting to look at their cheek cells i got the feeling they didn’t really get to a point of awe… I really desire my students to see science as a way to [...]

somedays i feel behind before i begin and then that intial feeling of defeat defines my day. it is as though i don’t even try to fight it. My heart hurts, my mind is tired, and my body begins to physically ache. God sends me signs of his love he even offers to carry my [...]

I am so very proud of my dear Autumn, who has chosen not to go to go to college this fall with her friends but to serve with YWAM for six months. I had the chance to sit with her Autumn and talk with her about her heart and nerves about this great adventure. I [...]

Spent the weekend in MI! With 20 inches of snow, hundreds of students, a HUGE tubing hill, and a light up tree. It was amazing!

Outside of the snow and the random winter activities, it was the students creativity and passion for life and desire for depth of understanding that impressed me the most. I always [...]

I just spent the last hour attempting to complete a green house i am building… it has been an on going project. I love plants and i am so exited to have my very own green house. I am thinking i will use part of it to grow cacti and carnivorous plants.  maybe even some [...]

I was hanging out with a group of little children the other day, and watched an interaction between a 5 year old and a 2 year old that made me laugh at the ridiculousness of the moment, and then God spoke directly to my heart about idols and my own ability to lose focus on [...]

i am sitting in Fido, next to two men, well actually a boy and a man. They are busy discussing the boy’s desire for a future music carreer. He wants to be a christian artist, without being a christian artist. the boy wants to express his faith with out being “outed” by his audience. how [...]

faith, Christianity, God, rest, strength, jeniffer, dake

students often ask me how i hear the voice of God. WOW! i wish that was an easy answer. I so desire God’s voice to Shout from the heavens. That every thing he speaks for me started with my name and end with “this is my will for you, Jeniffer, know that i am God.” [...]

i am convinced that the power of prayer is not so much in the swaying of God’s heart to our cause as it is in the aligning of our focus and efforts with God’s heart. God knows the promises he has made to us, and he is forever remembering us. There is nothing that comes [...]