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The God of Details

Posted on November 30, 2024November 30, 2024 by Pam

This is my last solo bakery outing of my long stay in Prague. I have raised the consumption figure for pastries/person in the nation. I’m a bit ashamed and will return home with a renewed vigor for all things healthy. I did make a ‘refrigerator’ omelette for dinner last night which will last another day, filled with my remaining fresh veggies. I value alone time because there is not much to count on when you volunteer in an unfamiliar place, living with people you have never met. As I climbed the sunny incline, to find a place I had not been before, I asked God for a new friend. I’ll be at a dinner tonight and church tomorrow but I feel incomplete in regard to more connections. So there she was – Eva – a petite woman of 76 years, a retired surgeon, also alone. A half-hour later we are sharing photos of our grandchildren and discussing our lives. Her grandson, also, golfs left-handed as do my two children. I tried to ask her about the occupation but I essentially have no Czech and she, maybe, understood about a quarter of what I said, or less. My bad. We still laughed and were no longer alone in a bakery. This can happen anyplace. I deliberately asked God to use my morning. I was looking for my person with my hands held open for whatever He would do and He did it. I am so grateful that God has kept an eye on me and I have only four more sleeps before I fly. I’ll include the photo of us and yes, our detailed God was in this conversation, however not the full story. Our God is a God of details. (Ceiling of the National Museum and Eva)

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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