Holly Vernon Miller

Living in the heart of the USA, in Wichita, Kansas, I've learned a little bit about myself and the people I've served. I like people. After becoming a Kansan, starting 1992, I never imagined I'd live 26 years outside of Grove, Oklahoma where I was raised on the Grand lake O the Cherokee’s. It was there, I got my training through my upbringing. Not only because my parents owned a fishing/swimming resort, but they also stepped into the ministry when I was just 11 years old. My dad became a Pastor of the church he built, literally. The impact of my life began while I was growing up in Grove. It was on the shores of Grand lake where I learned to respect the deep waters. I learned to swim, I learned to fish, I learned to paddle a boat and most importantly, I learned to DIVE. 😁 I would also visit with the fishermen who would in turn, teach me to bait a hook. I became good at casting! Lol. Part of that learning was to remain quiet while inside the fishing dock. That was a hard lesson for a talker. I found common ground with people though. I loved the summers, seeing new faces. That didn’t change much after daddy sold the resort to become the pastor of Grove Christian Center, 1979. New faces were always curious when they came to visit the church. Some became members, others became regular visitors. Today, I still find myself respecting the deep waters both in the tangible and the spiritual, through my ministry and my church. Even though I was a hairdresser for many years, after marriage to Charlie, (second marriage, single 10 years after my first one ended) he never minded that I wanted to quit! I opened my home to teaching the Bible, in September of 2008 and continued every Monday for 2.5 years...where I continued a monthly study, to date. Our 10 year celebration will be this September and this will conclude our meetings. We are and will always be, Tribal Bible Sisters. I only feel grounded when I’m seeking Gods WORD. I strive to live helping others become confident in who they are and where they are desiring to go. So I find it important to know that within myself. Who I was and where I am now is still serving people. Retired from the salon, I still serve a few older ladies in my make-shift salon, in my basement. (It's a Steel Magnolia kind of feel. I find it kinda fitting since I was born in the south. Louisiana.) I'm a cook for my husband and a treat giver for my sweet, sweet little shitzu dog, named Sushi. I traverse all over the country in Honduras over the last 7 years, and my heart has been locked in a small village high in the mountain, called Proteccion. The “kids” I've met and serve, also help to serve impoverished people while some of them still suffer the lack themselves. This lack caused me to do something, so I did. I started a project called Adopt a chicken build a coop. Adoptachickenbuildacoop.org. The village is eating and self sustaining. My plan is that they increase, to form a business, because it is working. I anticipate my return to Honduras, every single time I get back on that airplane to return home. Just as I remember waiting for certain people to return to Twin Oaks Resort where I grew up. Serving others is the best order of my life business. I choose to embrace it and enjoy it. Most of all I want to become someone’s special order, who can help change a life. Simply request it, become it and eagerly make it "sunny side up"!