The
World of Mocha Latte
Terri Camp
Home school author and mother
Our struggles are different, our successes are different, and our family
size is different. But we have something together, besides being sisters
that bridges all those differences and turns us into a united duo.
Together we have a common love for our Lord. That love is what caused my
sister to pray me into salvation. It is the love that had me on my knees
for her every day as she went through a difficult time in her life. It
is the love that unites us in a love for our Lord to overlook the
differences, to enter into one another's world, and to consider it a
privilege to be able to pray for each other.
I entered into the Mocha Latte World so that I could spend time with
someone I love. We hadn't spent time alone together for almost a year.
Even though we hadn't been alone together, we keep in touch through
e-mail, instant messaging, and phone calls. So it wasn't catch-up time,
but absorb time. It was just a time to absorb one another's company.
A little less than a year ago my sister moved from the small town where
we grew up together, spreading her wings and heading north, she landed
in Minneapolis. In the small town, we would often walk to the store
together, to get our bit of alone time. There were times in the past
when our alone time was filled with pain. There were times when it was
filled with sorrow. There were times when it was filled with joy. This
time, it was filled with successes.
As we shared the Mocha Latte World with each other; we connected. We
shared with each other the latest sermons at church, the profound books
we've read lately, and even our struggles with some of the relationships
in our homes. As I talked of my recent excitement for the Lord, she felt
it. As she talked of successes at work, I felt it. Over a cup of Turtle
Mocha Latte, we grew in our love for each other.
Mocha Latte anyone?
In addition to devoting herself
to her husband and the eight children she home schools, Terri also
enjoys writing and speaking to offer encouragement to women in an
effervescent, humorous way. Visit her Web site at
www.ignitethefire.com
or e-mail her at
terri@ignitethefire.com
.
What's
in a good soup? Love, laughter, good friends!
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