Who was Barbara Williams?
As a young person, mom wanted to be a career overseas missionary, telling
people in a faraway land about Jesus. That was the plan when she married my father Claude. But dad went to a year of seminary to prepare and then changed career direction—he went into the insurance business.
But if she had gotten what she would have preferred, mom and dad would have been
missionaries somewhere. Her brother Ken was a missionary in Ghana, Africa.
So, she did her best to be a missionary from her home in Ohio. She served faithfully in the church in many capacities. She was a volunteer host on a local Christian radio program. She was President of the Ohio Women’s Fellowship
(or whatever it was called).
She witnessed to strangers, neighbors, friends, and family.
Next time, I'll share more about mom and one of the most valuable lessons she taught me. In the meantime, I'd like to encourage you to reflect on the following this Mother's Day. Somewhere we have it on recording but below is the beautiful rhyme that my mother taught to her grandchildren.
