In my last blog, I announced Vera Bella, the new program I am starting in the Fall for girls in Arizona grades 8^th-12^th! I am overjoyed with how everything is falling into place. Our first meeting doesn’t happen until August, 2013 and we already have 42 girls and counting! I am busy planning and working out the many details involved in running this program. As my focus has been on my local program here in Arizona, I had a few mothers and church leaders across the country requesting access t...

I have a vinyl wall art piece in my house that says, “In a world where you can be anything, BE YOURSELF!” For many people in this world it is a lost truth because they neither know who they are or what they are created for. For twelve years I have had the privilege of speaking to teenagers, especially young women! In that time, I have learned so much about what makes their hearts break, what makes them come alive, what destroys their confidence and dignity and what protects and repairs th...