Good Evening, Blogging Family! Tonight I am writing in from a quaint but primarily utilitarian AirBnB (private room/shared bath and common area) that’s a mere 10-minute walk from our alma mater, California Baptist University. It’s also a matching distance from Spanish Oaks, the apartment complex where we lived as newlyweds, and Magnolia Ave, the intersection where I was struck by a car as a pedestrian on December 3rd, 2016. Talk about coming full circle.

We didn’t have plans to return to Riverside that Memorial Day weekend we joined my parents in San Jose (7 hours north) in 2017. And we absolutely could never have imagined either the grueling neurological trials we had yet to endure, or the fact that God would supernaturally intervene to heal my seizures an additional six years later. Not to mention that He would also enable me to write and publish a book detailing some of the precious lessons he’s been teaching us through the ups and downs of my long-term recovery.

This opportunity to return to our academic and relational routes at CBU and engage a whole new generation of students about what it means to build resilience as Christians, rely on God when our human plans get turned upside down, and also steward our talents as followers of Christ, brings a plethora of emotions to my and Ivan’s hearts. Our schedule tomorrow (Monday) and Tuesday is below:

We’ll be talking about BIBLICAL RESILIENCE at 2:00 pm on the main campus (Yeager A112).

Then, join us at 6:00pm on the Health Science campus to discuss a CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO GOAL-INTERRUPTION (Building A, Room 7).

Finally, I (Grace) will also be giving a presentation on the CREATIVE WRITING PROCESS & PUBLISHING INDUSTRY on Tuesday morning at 8:45 am on the main campus (Yeager B251).

Thank you as always for your prayers and support, and we hope to see many of you tomorrow!