Unlike other spiritual journeys, Christianity is a relationship with God rather than a religion. Meet Hagar, concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael. This Biblical figure had an encounter with the Living God. She was alone, frightened and in deep need of comfort. Jesus met her in the desert and she immediately recognized Him. Hagar called him 'El Roi' the Hebrew name for 'The God Who Sees Me'. Feeling alone in our struggles is a common problem that touches most all of us at one time or another. We may feel 'set apart', not by holiness, but by loneliness. Believing by faith that God sees us...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live among the people in Africa? The Rafiki Foundation gave me the opportunity to teach at their Girls Center near Kampala, Uganda. I lived in the Rafiki Village which was home to twenty orphaned children with whom I shared dinner each evening. This book was written from my journal where I recorded my daily duties and personal experiences. Despite overwhelming disease and poverty, I watched God at work. I will forever be warmed by the memory of my fourteen teenage students who came each day from surrounding villages of mud huts nestled among...