About Me

I was born in the late 70s. I grew up in a small town of Pennsylvania as the second to youngest of 9 children. My parents are amazing. They were Amish until the age of 23, and they sowed so many good seeds into the ground of my childhood.

A year after I graduated high school I moved to Kansas City to attend Grace Training Center, the Bible school which Mike Bickle led at the time.  I chose this school because I craved quality Bible teaching coupled with training for ministry in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I loved my 2 years of study. I especially enjoyed theology courses, like Systematic Theology.

One year into school, the International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOP-KC) started. I was there for that 1st prayer meeting in 1999. I stumbled into my destiny that night. I was born for night and day prayer. I just didn’t know it until I found myself in the midst of it. In 2000 I quit my part-time job to raise support as a full-time  missionary of prayer (intercessory missionary) with a vision to partner with Jesus for the end-time harvest of souls and hasten His return to the earth.

I met my husband, John, on the night watch in 2001. We were married in 2002 and now have 2 children: Abigail (2006) and Andrew (2008). They are the most fascinating little people we could have ever imagined. We love them!

John is a fire fighter for the city of Overland Park, KS.  He is a wild yet tender man. He lives with an urge to fight danger, a steadfast resolve to be the best dad and husband he can be, and a longing to feel God’s love and love Him back with all his heart. He’s a work of wonder.

I love being a mom. I sing on an IHOP-KC worship team and love this, too. I love hearing the Lord’s voice as I sing the Word with others, and my heart burns with vision for what it means to be a prophetic singer.  I love growing things (gardening) and being outdoors!  I enjoy cooking a lot, too.

Although I am truly one of the most introverted persons I know, I do care about people a great deal.  I love my family and friends; my worship team; and my group of mom-friends who regularly meet in our home to share hearts, get in the Word together, and pray.

I’ve come to see that, no matter what season of life I am in, all my labors are pretty much pointless unless they are unto God’s glory–not mine–and unto His return. The spirit of the world is loyalty to self, and oh! the anger and bitterness that comes from living from this center! But such joy I have found in living out of loyalty to Another. I pray I grow in this loyalty to Him all my days. No matter what it costs me in this short life, He will reward abundantly in the next age.