About me

Following joy at Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains, Canada, with my furry dog, Simba

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Believe He has freedom for you, too.

My Story

Chara Presley

Mountains and rivers surround my home in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Here my two children grew up amongst cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents and I still live with my husband, Michael.

A wife and mom of 2 wonderful children as well as a new grandchild, Chara is passionate about living live freely and loves to encourage those around her. She delights in living spontaneously and has traveled extensively with a heart for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. As a principal and teacher, she has also enjoyed pioneering a private Christian school for 11 years. Chara loves to connect with others and inspire them to find confidence and freedom by growing in their relationship with God. You might also find her sanding wood for her next wood project, hosting travellers or cooking creatively for her husband and friends.

Storyline

Travelled and worked my way around Europe and lived on a kibbutz in Israel

Graduated from University of Victoria, Bachelor of Education

Taught English in the countryside schools of Japan amidst orange and persimmon groves and rice paddies built into mountain slopes. Married Brian.

Birth of first child, Brett. Understood that God was real with the experience of maternal love, convinced that love was evidence of a Creator, Jenna was born 2 years later.

This is the year that my husband of 22.5 years suddenly died. Jesus led me through an intimate season of grieving and showed me that his love and his presence are more powerful than death. His goodness is breathtaking.

My new husband, Michael, and I went to Tanzania as missionaries with Shade, helping youth with albinism, followed by attending an Inheriting the Nations School with Fatherheart Ministries in New Zealand for 3 months.

Sitting with the Holy Spirit, I began a new adventure writing in the Spirit and poured out “Loved.” In five weeks it was completed and sent for publishing.

Living in the Kootenays and enjoying guests in our Airbnb. I look after my grandson Finley and hang out with close friends and family. Father is showing me how to find fullness in simplicity, like a green plant with its leaves drinking in the sun while its white roots drink in the deep water below the surface.. I still love to worship & pray with others. God’s presence often surprises me in everyday life.