Aliases: Lins, Lenses Magee, Midge
Hometown: Houston, Texas
After the Race: Every few weeks Lindsey has a different plan… from returning to Africa to reliving one of Paul’s missionary journeys to more school for social work. For now she’s heading back to Texas to wait for God to put one of those plans into action!
Support: Lindsey is support raised!
Lindsey is a really incredible woman, teammate, and friend. Lindsey has this really amazing sister quality about her and I have been so blessed to have her in that role in my life. Recently one of our ministry contacts perfectly described Lindsey as really 
comfortable in her own skin… she knows who she is. This makes her really great to be in community with. You don’t have to guess when she’s in a bad mood (although sometimes she tries to hide it for our sake…) and when she’s in a good mood that shines even brighter.
One of my favorite qualities about Lindsey is that she never settles for an easy answer. She wants to know what God really means when he speaks through His word. Two of the biggest topics I’ve seen Lindsey wrestle with this year are Justice and Compassion. What does it mean to loosen the chains of injustice? What does it mean to live out love? What about God’s compassion? She digs deep into many things where most people just choose to settle for the easy answer. And she really wants to live that out in her life.
Lindsey has truly been broken for every place that we’ve visited this year. She sees injustice and wants to see change. She builds amazing relationships with kids and grownups alike. She has a calm and compassionate nature that easily draws people from many cultures into her warmth. Lindsey is highly tuned into the simple things that make a huge difference. One of the things Lindsey does regularly is buying people food. And she never hesitates. When there are kids begging on the streets it has become such a common sight to see Lindsey hand in hand with them heading into the nearest convenience store to buy them something to eat.
A week or so ago I was listening to a sermon where the preacher summed up our call as disciples like this: “see a need, meet a need, declare the kingdom of God is a hand.” I instantly thought of Lindsey. Her desire for God’s heart makes her incredibly tuned into seeing needs. Her obedience to walking out God’s justice allows her to meet those needs. When I see how Lindsey lives I can tell you that her life declares daily that the kingdom of God is at hand. Lindsey is going to be amazing to watch over the years… her desire to know God’s heart for His children and her obedience to the details of how to be that love on earth are forming her into a gentle yet unstoppable weapon in God’s kingdom.
* Lindsey has a really amazing laugh… and when she really gets going her whole body begins to participate by shaking.
* In Cambodia Linds bought the entire series of Arrested Development on DVD… she is responsible for slowly but surely converting almost everyone on our team into fans… leading to many Arrested Development reminders… such as this one
* Lindsey is annoyingly sensible about things. She just doesn’t worry about a lot. For instance in the Philippines I was panicking about potentially getting lice and Lindsey just looked at me and said “look… if you get lice, you get lice… what are you going to do about it?” And she was right. And it somehow helped…
