Niina's Notions

So many things went wrong. I spent months calculating and strategizing every dynamic of our international move to keep our family on...

For the last couple years God has been cultivating this massive shift in my thinking and perspective. It wasn't just the pandemic, but...

My life has been insane since June. I've moved internationally several times now, but moving internationally with toddlers is next level....

I pressed pause on my blog after my last post in April. The situation that took place with potential teammates was the final straw in a...

I'm 40 now. It’s strange and wonderful to be at this phase of my life. I always thought I would dread my forties. In my mind, it's always...

Last summer my OBGYN asked if we were planning to have more children once Ellie was born. To be honest, the question completely surprised...

Over the last 8 weeks our family dynamics have changed drastically with the arrival of our sweet Eloise. Every moment right now revolves...

As I near the end of this pregnancy with my sweet Eloise, I can’t help but reflect what a crazy ride the last 8+ months have been for our...

Read Our Miracle (Part 1); (Part 2); (Part 3) “ See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way...

Read Our Miracle (Part 1); (Part 2) "While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader....

Read Our Miracle (Part 1) "So now we must cling tightly to the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!"...

"What doctors said could never be, God has done miraculously!" I wrote this in March when we announced our miracle pregnancy. After 9...

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of...