Behind my every blog post, every conference & retreat, every book-venture, there kneels a group of sixteen beautiful women who faithfully pray. They are the behind-the-scenes warriors of faith who put up with my rambling emails, my “Help!” texts, my high highs and low lows. They are the Sacred Mundane prayer team and they are precious. If any content is coherent or any event is powerful it is because these faithful women have prayed. They are spread over several states, and some don’t even know each other, but they all pray.
Last summer I had a special treat: Introducing my team to Caila. She came up from California and blessed us with a weekend visit. Of course, everyone instantly loved her. She’s impossible NOT to love. She lights up a room, can make anyone laugh, and makes you feel instantly accepted in her presence.
I met Caila 16 years ago, her freshman year of college, as I stumbled through my sophomore year of college leading a Bible study. She was so quiet back then we didn’t really connect much. But when my co-leader graduated she urged me, “Seek out Caila. Keep meeting with her. God has His hand on her life in a special way.” So I did. We met up regularly and, despite my utter cluelessness at effective discipleship, she blossomed into an incredible woman of faith, strength, trust, joy. We traveled to Brazil together, led drama teams together, did ministry together. She’s taught me innumerable things, a constant example of faith, joy, humility, service, and excellence.
She also happens to be a brilliant writer.
So, at the moment I am almost 4,000 miles from home, and will be without internet access for 8 days. Ok, the truth is I could pay to have internet access but honestly … I think a week unplugged is just what this Mama needs.
So, it’s my greatest joy to introduce you to Caila: She will be our special guest all next week. She’ll be sharing her heart here in this space, and I know you will be blessed beyond words. In the meantime, you can get a peek at her life over at Cailamade.com.
I pray you all have a blessed week next week, and thank you so much for your faithful readership here. I apologize that the comments haven’t been working for months now, this poor site has been hacked so many times it’s barely limping along, with many malfunctioning parts. Another dear friend is revamping the entire site right now, so, Lord willing, we’ll have a fresh new space all redone for us very soon … with fully functioning comments!
Have a blessed week, and please make Caila welcome here. Happy weekend and thanks for reading!
Love,
Kari