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changes coming
Not sure how to process all of the changes coming around the corner. . . What course of action does wisdom call for? What steps does faith require one to take? Friday morning I received notice that, as of September 2013, the Alliance Academy will no longer be able to pay salaries through international missionary…
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a walk home
I like to walk to school. Whether it’s raining or overcast or just downright foggy as mud, I like to walk to school. Walking home, on the other hand, is a completely different matter. First of all, the walk home is uphill. Second of all, the walk home gradually becomes steeper. Third of all, I’m…
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kith and kin
Dearest friends, those kindred spirits, they ease the passage through the darkest waters. Yes, days or weeks or months may pass before we warm our hands over the same fire, but it is a destination worth every minute that leads us there. I’m not privy to that which lasts. When I leave a place, I…
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The First Seven
The end of March marks the end of seven months living here in Ecuador. Seven months of this adventure and, as I made my coffee this morning, adding a drop of vanilla extract, I thought of the beginning that these seven months have been. These months have been joy-filled. After graduating from college and then…
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under tree branches
Today I went with my sister and her husband’s family to a little hacienda south of Quito. We ate lunch–I love potatoes!–and then walked around for a bit. There was much chance for thinking as everyone held their true love’s hand in the rain and me, well, I sat under a tree and checked out…
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