Hi, I’m Rebecca and welcome to A Record of Graces. When you first meet people, one of the first questions asked is, “Where are you from?”. Good question. I have no ‘home base’ or house I grew up in to go back to with family still there. I grew up in the ministry, my parents being missionaries all my life. We started out in Lima, Peru. We were also missionaries in Mexico when I was little, and during my third-grade year, we moved to work with Hispanics in Connecticut in a bilingual work. After I graduated from high school, I attended college in Pennsylvania and graduated in 1994. That summer, I worked at a Christian camp in New Mexico where I met my husband. He was in the Navy then and his family worked at the camp. He was visiting the week I arrived. By the next March, we were married and on our way to Washington State where he was stationed and where we set up a home together. After our son was born in 1996, John got out of the Navy and we worked in ministry in different areas in different churches for eight years. After that, we served as missionaries in Mexico until my husband’s health started to decline. The church we worked in now has a National pastor and is growing in ways we had always prayed for.
We moved from El Paso to Waco, Texas in July 2020 because my husband was hired to work for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He never went into combat, but he still has disabilities due to his time in the Navy. He was glad to be able to help other veterans in his work field but was not able to work for long, however, as some of his disabilities (migraines, back and hips issues) prevented him from being on the phone and computer all day in a chair. We moved back to El Paso where he is working with his VA doctor to help regain a sense of balance with his health. El Paso is also where my dad lives and where he is still involved in mission work in Mexico. We live with him and help care for him as needed. Our son, Jonathan, was a college student at that time. Currently, Jonathan is looking into a Master of Arts in History degree.
I am a stay-at-home keeper and enjoy being a homebody. I love to handmake greeting cards and send them to friends and family. I consider it a ministry of encouragement. Examples of cards I make are on Instagram @ stray_gifts_studio.
I was saved by grace through faith and baptized at a young age. Being a missionary kid, I always felt a bit awkward around people, but totally at home with others like me who grew up on the mission field. And even though I mostly grew up in the states, I still felt different- not really belonging to any youth group of any sort. My husband did not grow up in one specific home, either, so living in many different places after we were married seemed normal to us.
The reason I write (and a more detailed version of my life) is in my first blog post, Grace Comes Along. I hope to be an encouragement and blessing here on A Record of Graces.
