KDanae Reads

In my time as a missions major at Lincoln Christian University, I read a lot of books and did a lot of projects on various topics. Everything from the country of Cambodia to the issue of sex trafficking to orphans to child soldiers to family ministry. And to this day I still devote a lot of time to studying and reading up on those things as I serve in the local church with my husband and wait to see where GOD will lead us in the future. While I know those are some tough subjects to read about and some that most people would be terrified to even think about, the reality is that my heart breaks for children who have found themselves abandoned, abused and broken in some way or another. My heart breaks for children all around the world who have to live each day with some sort of fear. Fear of who will take advantage of them next. Fear of not being able to find a place to sleep. Fear of not being able to find a meal. Fear of not being able to have a future and a life that matters. And so I ...

The rainy month of May has come and gone. Yes, I know the rhyme is "April showers bring May flowers." However, May was very rainy, maybe even more so than April. While it was a rainy month, therefore creating the perfect mood for doing alot of reading, I really didn't read much. I don't know what was wrong with me. I just wasn't in the mood. Part of it I think was that I had too much on my mind to be able to sit down and focus on a book. Part of it was that I was just more content laying on the couch watching Netflix and napping. I am hoping that now that summer is here and my work schedules have switched up a bit that I will get back into a groove of reading each day, even if it's just a few chapters at a time. I love to read. I need to read. I miss reading when I give it up for awhile. And I have so many good books on my shelves and Nook that I don't want to leave them sitting and collecting dust. I wrote a few weeks ago about the Classics Club Spin ro...