Liz Ortiz

“I tested positive for COVID.” My heart sank as I read the message from someone I had been in close contact with. School had only been in...

Ten years ago I nearly lost my dad. He had come home (after what would turn out to be his final day of work) and collapsed on the floor,...

I was nervously waiting outside the room where the ABWE board members were gathered. I had gone through various interviews the previous...

Imagine not having the Scriptures in your heart language. There are over 400 sign languages in the world, and none has had a complete...

The school year is about to end. It hasn’t been the school year that I expected at my new job, but it has been good. We had to be...

I was about to finish my first week at my new job as para pro at a special needs school, and I was ready for things to start feeling...

It feels strange to think that I have been back in the states for 3 months now. Togo feels like a distant dream. I miss it so much. Every...

“How does it feel being back?” I've been asked that question frequently since I returned to the states. My response, “It feels weird.” A...

“Things have changed” wasn’t a phrase I was expecting to say over and over again during my final weeks in Togo, while I was covering the...

My alarm went off at 5:00AM. Although I am not a morning person, this morning I was excited to jump out of bed. After months of praying,...