tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57449510925552984932012-02-13T19:44:21.852-08:00There is no greater joy than to know and be known.Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-36751893203242602952012-02-13T01:13:00.000-08:002012-02-13T03:23:13.888-08:00

Men speak with their actions...not their words. This has been a profound realization to me, however simple it may be to others. Want to know how much he cares about you? It was the first thing he said when he brought you coffee in bed and the morning paper before he left for work. Wanna know how much he loves you? He told you when he brought your favorite dinner home so you didn't have to cook

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Since my last update many significant things have happened. Sitting down to type this is a struggle because I know it will be hard to convey in mere words. And... I'm exhausted. Our goal since the start of our trip has been to gather information and we have done just that. My brain and heart are on overload. Monday we traveled by overnight train to Mumbai. It was actually a relaxing experience.

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I was reminded today that many of you don't know the 3 men I am traveling around India with. I decided to give you a little snipet of info from my perspective on who each of them are:) And...I'm not exaggerating. If anything, I'm being reserved about how wonderful they all really are. Just sayin. NATENate is such a good friend to me. When I am around him my heart is at peace and I am always

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For you more visually oriented people following our trip, here is a VivoMap of our journey so far in India. Feel free to come check it out anytime for the latest updates as we travel. Just click the link below...and enjoy! Our India Journey

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It was around 8am as I stood in the Internet cafe waiting for the WiFi password. I looked out the dirty window onto the street. All of the shops in the alley were still closed and barred up. The scent of the new morning fires people had started for cooking and warmth as they started their day woke up my senses. A few stray dogs ran by and an old man with a filthy brown jacket and khaki pants

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It is 1am on Friday morning as I write this and I can't sleep. My mind won't shut off. On Wednesday we met with a group called Courage Homes that has an aftercare facility here in Delhi for girls who are rescued from trafficking and abusive situations. It was a LONG day full of new experiences for us like riding on the metro system (that's a WHOLE blog in itself!) to get there and then we

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I knew/know very little about the Hindu religion but I am learning more and more every day as I live among a mass of people with their incense burning every morning at the entrance of nearly every business you see as an offering to their deity asking for blessings that day. I find the spiritual condition of this country very oppressive and dark: masked by the beautiful color and complacent

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"O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, so that man who is of this earth will no longer cause terror." Psalm 10:17-18 I feel like it finally hit me yesterday that I'm spending at least 3 months of my life in India. Phew. This is happening, oh man! This has been a LONG week. We found

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It has been a whirlwind last few days!! Our travels to India took us from Reno to Seattle, Seattle to Paris and Paris to New Delhi. All our flights were great, no long layovers, and I tried to catch some sleep here and there. Scott was most successful in that endeavor. I was jealous. Once we got to the New Delhi airport we smoothly sailed through customs and were excited (well, we were as

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When I think of the adventures ahead in just 3 days, I feel anxious, not fearful, but just...anxious. The best way I can explain it is the feeling I get before I go to the dentist when I have butterflies in my stomach. It's just so much to prepare for and no matter how much you try too, things never go as you think they will (me and dentists don't get along! He he he). The question I have been

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My life has changed a lot since my last blog. I quit my job that I've had for almost 9 years and I am leaving for India for 3 months on January 11th. I joke that I'm "retired" now. I have had a job since I was 15. It is foreign to me to not have to go to work now! I'll be going to India with three awesome men who I know here in Reno and we'll be traveling the country researching for Transformed

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It was a Friday night. I had finished serving dinner to the staff people at church earlier and had gone and listened to the sermon deciding to clean up after the service. I was just walking into the kitchen to clean up from the earlier dinner when I noticed him there at the counter with his back to me. John comes to church every week. It’s his only outlet for socialization with people, so he

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Those of you who actually read this crazy blog of mine know I like to write, but something I don't usually share are my more intimate or private thoughts I jot down on paper. These things I write down while relaxing in my back yard listening to Andrew Peterson on a Saturday morning or on the beach while I watch the sunset. I wrote this about a month ago while thinking and praying for my future

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Relaxing with friends at the Girl's House... I’m blessed to share life with a group of people that I lovingly refer to as my “Community”. They make up the beautiful parts of my life. They are the reason for the wrinkles on my cheeks from smiling all the time. My days are better knowing they will be in them. This last weekend we said goodbye to three people in our Community who will be going to

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Me and Danel enjoying our night under the stars! Getting ready for the show!

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I am sitting in the Las Vegas airport and I’m so excited to go home. I can’t believe I have a life so wonderful I am EXCITED to get back home. Most people live lives sitting in front of their TV’s and communication is asking what’s for dinner. They are depressed and don’t have a safe place to call home. In light of knowing this, I am so thankful for what I have. I feel like I get this

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I am laying in bed right now and I can't sleep cause I'm so overwhelmed with the beauty and peace in this life G-d has given me. Sometimes, when I'm confronted by the blessings in my life I am dually aware of the struggle and battle I've had to fight in all areas of my life to get to this place. Life is not perfect, don't get me wrong...I'm afraid I'm hopelessly flawed and will always be screwed

Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-35842562798605401292010-10-28T11:06:00.000-07:002011-08-25T08:38:56.678-07:00

Have you ever noticed how a certain childhood song can just make you happy SO FAST?! Listening to a Disney song can instantly change my blah mood to a great one:) Ok, I know you're thinking, "How stupid," but I'm serious! Try it! I have a Pandora Internet Radio account and a radio station on my account that has nothing but Disney songs. When I want to be cheered up I turn it on and guaranteed

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I can’t remember what life was like two years ago. What did I used to do with my time? Two years ago I had this passion and dream G-d gave me of a girl’s community house where we could live together and share life as women. Now He has accomplished it and I have no idea how I survived without it! It was something I naively thought would be benefiting others and yet I find I am one of the ones most

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When the Mighty Waters cover your head, suffocating the soul and the flame that burnt inside... When raging torrents of confusion drag you away in their current, ripping you from your hold on Life... Look deeper. Beyond the soul. For the soul itself, as well as the flame it holds, are rooted in a serene G-dly World of Emanation, a world of quietness and sublime harmony. But the turbulence of

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In hearing someone speak the name “Saprina Grant” it may not be a big deal to some, but to me who has watched for the last year how G-d has worked in miraculous ways in Saprina’s life, I hold memories in my heart of who G-d is and how intimately He shows up for His children when I hear her name spoken. This name holds for me memories of seeing the Father’s never ending mercy, grace, protection,

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My friend and I were recently discussing the importance of male and female friendships. I was sharing with him how important I believe it is for women to have friendships with godly Christian men because it impacts our lives in many ways and gives us single women perspectives on life from a man’s point of view when we don’t have a husband to learn from yet. (A father’s role is vital in this as

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Our home is so full of love! I found this note on the fridge this morning as i was leaving for my mission trip to Mexico. How i love my life!

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CNN.COM and David Gentiles

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Definition of “CHIVALROUS”: “Mounted men at arms; marked by honor, generosity and courtesy; gracious courtesy and high-minded consideration especially to women; valor; knightly skill; gallant or distinguished gentlemen”To some men, the word “chivalrous” might not mean something or may seem old fashioned and dumb. To women, however, it is the highest compliment that can be paid a man. Men like

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Men have a very hard time figuring out the things women deal with in their heads and hearts. WOMEN have a hard time figuring it out too so you're not alone! I believe many godly and caring men try hard to understand us and I am forever grateful for their pursuit trying to understand what makes us tick. Us women can be quite emotionally draining! In the last 2 months I have had an influx of

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What is it about sorrow or pain in someone life that makes us wanna run away? It's like an inate reflex action that says to ignore or shield yourself from becoming involved or having to care. I think it's because we know once we are invested in a problem we have to commit to supporting the person thru it and many of us are afraid of intimacy that is raw and powerfuly full of emotion like sadness

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When I woke up today I was thinking of my day yesterday and was overcome with love for my Dad. I spent my morning as I was getting ready and putting my face on thinking about how BEYOND blessed I am to have him in my life. I want to share it with you. Yesterday my phone rang at my desk and it was my dad. He said, “Hey can I bring you lunch or take you out for lunch today?” I was excited about

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“It’s a great day to be alive…” as the old country song says! I am so thankful to be home!!! I spent the last week catching up with family and friends, celebrating the New Year with ones I love, and resting and recouping from a ton of travel and adventures. I have had only one night of jet lag, other than that I’ve been really ok on sleep and getting back in the regular routine here. I am BEYOND

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Today was my last day in Kitale. I woke up and spent time with Daniel, Nate and I went into town to have some time together and get some things done, and then I came home and made us 3 lunch.Daniel and I packed up all our TI crafts we are bringing home and then I went and cleaned and packed up in my room. As I was in there it started just downpouring rain! It looked wierd and I stuck my hand

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Christmas day. I woke up and went into the house where Hannah and Nate were already cooking French toast and Christmas music was playing. I was immediately festive and happy. We all worked around eachother as we all made our parts of our Christmas breakfast: eggs, hasbrowns, bacon, French toast, fruit salad, a special kind of crepe, and Daniel worked his magic on the capuccino machine all

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What a BEYOND fun day! It is actually about 3am on Christmas morning and I'm laying in bed typing away on my iPhone cause since I have done so for 17 days I can't break the cycle now, lol. My iPhone catches the wireless here and so it's great cause I get to send of blogs right from my phone even though I have no service. I just turn it on airplane mode and use it like usual.Today was a big

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This blog may be graphic in me describing things so skip it if you're squeamish.Nate and Scott, two young men here on the TI compound, have a serious heart for the street kids in Kitale. Street kids are generally homeless or come from very poor families and so they are sent into town to beg all day or do so to scrape by. Most of them are addicted to glue, shoe glue to be precise, that they

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Andrew took me out today. Surprised me with getting my toes and fingers painted at a small little African beauty shop that was about half the size of my kitchen at home and then took me to lunch at Mid Africa which is located on top of the roof of one the buildings here in town. I had such a great time and then he topped it off with buying a set of two dozen of my favorite roses. It was fun

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I had a pretty miserable night last night. I went to bed about 12 and was up for about two and a half hours coughing and just couldn't stop. I even tried sucking on cough drops but it didn't work. I think I was finally so beyond exhausted I just fell asleep. Not a good night.On my boda boda ride into town to catch a matatu to go to the project we call Soy, my water bottle opened and i spilled

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I woke up this morning, grabbed some toast and chai, and spent an hour skyping with Hope. It was so good to talk to her!!! I loved catching up and look forward to being home again:) I am thankful for my friends and the ones I love.After my skype date with Hope, Nate and I went on our weekly lunch date on Sunday. It is so wonderful to just be in the presence of such a wise young man that is

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I am thankful. I owe Love everything yet can never repay what ive been given. Thank you Father. That is all.This message was sent from my iPhone

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We have such an adventurous day! Daniel and I left home at 8am and walked to town. At the stage we got in a kangaroo (small van) and i couldnt even sit straight up! Daniel could barely sit in it too so we got out and waited for the next one to come and it had much better seating. We would have been miserable all the way there if we'd have taken the first one and were hitting our heads all

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I spent a good part of the day with Daniel today and loved it. He invited me to go to town with him and tag along as he ran errands and got his to do list taken care of. It was great to spend time seeing all the little ins and outs of all that goes into living here in Kitale. We ran a few errands and then Daniel helped me find christmas lights...I was beyond happy! He bought me lunch at the

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Today I started reading The Singer Trilogy. Incredible story and writing by Calvin Miller. So relaxing to sit and read something so poetic and beautiful that all has to do with our Savior!At 1pm the Shimo girls came over. These six girls come over two days a week and create cards that we pay them for weekly and it supports them. Shimo is the name of a spum right downthe way from our

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Nate took Hannah and I out at 5:45am this morning to watch the sunrise. What an awesome experience! I got some of the most incredible pictures and it was a memory here in Kenya I'll treasure:) I was a bit nervous about walking in the pre dawn on roads here but it was obvious Nate had things under control and we'd be safe.The rest of my day was spent doing very little. I fell asleep when I

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Nate pick pocketed me. Yep, showed the street kids how to do it and used me as an example. I learned a valuable lesson, Lol. Didn't even know he'd stolen my iPhone till we were at the coffee shop for lunch after shopping in town. Nate asked me if he could see my iPhone and my heart sank as I realized it wasn't where it should have been. Then he laughed and pulled it out of hiding and busted

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Day 7- Every night here in Kenya I climb I to bed after my day and lay here pondering all the goings on. It's nice to just rest for a change. I loved my day today. I slept in and woke up to a beautiful morning, got ready for my day and went online, all of which was so restful and relaxing. Then I read a bit and took off to town with Nate for some quality time with him. We went to the coffee

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Day 4- Today we visited the neema girls house, a home for former street girls. TI provides these girls with a second chance at having a life of purpose and hope rather than prostitution and abuse. They are taught every day in school subjects as well as the Bible and sewing. This gives them the ability to really develop skills they can carry into their adult lives to support themselves as

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Day 1- I woke to the birds singing today. It was so beautiful and peaceful. I have forgotten so much of the simple beauties here that I came to appreciate the last trip.I loved waking up and going into the house to get chai and toast and sitting around the table as we all discussed what we'd be doing and where we'd all be for the day. I love the connection and oneness of everyone sharing

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Jeremiah 17:7-10...GOOD stuff! I have enjoyed meditating on these verses lately and am learning a lot:)

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I have forgotten so many things about the process of leaving and traveling overseas. The nervous excitement in the pit of my stomach at the adventure that awaits, the tedious packing and the fear I left out something hugely important that I can’t find there, the OCD in me coming out as I search our travel details for any discrepancy, all the business of getting things in order in my personal and

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In our community nights we are often left laughing and amused at MANY comments throughout the evening while hanging with each other and Jesus. Last Tuesday was no exception and I just decided I wanted to write down some of the wacky comments that made us laugh. Here they are for your amusement. (FYI: Don't be offended by them if some seem harsh, it was part of the "moment" and all is well and

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When people leave or our lives draw us down different paths and I have long enough to think about it I have realized there is a part of me that wants to detach. Sometimes I even find myself trying to sabotage things and want to get in an argument just so that rather than dealing with my emotions I can be mad. I’m so dumb! I want to close off my heart and prepare myself ahead of time so it doesn’t

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I have this ability to drive myself into the ground with over thinking things and stress myself out…especially when something is going on with someone I love. You think I’d learn by now but Noooooo. It seems God teaches me so much about not worrying but to give it all away and lay it at His feet and bring my prayers and thoughts before him. Often times He asks me to lay down my worries and fears.

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So here’s an admission: I suck at money and financial stuff, have my whole life and stills truggle with prioritizing things. Ya, and to top that off, my NAME is “Faith” and I suck at that too. On that note, I have decided to share the journey of “faith” that God took me on before I went to Africa. “Why,” you might ask, “are you choosing such an embarrassing and humiliating story of your life to

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Jesus, I don’t understand. How did you choose who to test and try in different ways and who to give an “easier” life too? Why was I spared so much in my life and others have to go through so much? What am I supposed to do with that knowledge and how am I supposed to react? Do I just thank you for sparing me of so much? Do I use my happiness to help others through their sadness? Will it even help?

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"Satan fears virtue. He is terrified of humility; he hates it. He sees a humble person and it sends chills down his back. His hair stands up when Christians kneel down, for humility is the surrender of the soul to God. The devil trembles before the meek because, in the very areas where he once had access, there stands the Lord, and satan is terrified of Jesus Christ." The Three Battlegrounds by

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I have become aware recently of how when I know I'm gonna have to say goodbye to someone I find myself wanting to detach or disconnect and to shield my heart from the emotional "goodbye" that inevitably will come.God brings people into my life for a reason or a teaching time that I need to learn from their example or have them around. Rather than fretting over the person leaving and God bringing

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Recently when studying “Attention” and the wrong ways women go about looking for it as a Bible Study topic in our Girl’s Bible Study, Joy and I decided to ask four men we know some questions that we believed the girls in our Bible Study group would be very interested in knowing and hearing a guys opinion on. (Joy and I lead a Bible Study for Teenage girls every Sunday night.)The age range of the

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It's always amusing to me that at the start of every year many people are freaking out and making all their New Years Resolutions (many of which fail within the first week, lol!) and looking ahead to all the things they want to change and do differently that they didn't like about the past year. I take another approach...I choose to be at peace. To love myself. to accept the good and work slowly

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It has been a year since God brought me home from a life changing trip to Africa. How time passes! My sister Hope has left to Africa for the whole month of January. My thoughts volley back and forth from excitement at what God will do in her life while she’s there, to jealousy that I’m not going with her! Hope has such a beautiful and joyful spirit that I know the trip will prove to be exciting

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From my Brother Bill a week ago who's in the NAVY in Virginia:So I was staying at my buddy’s house last night, so I had to drive to work this morning. It was like 4:30am and it was raining like crazy outside! Hurricane Hanna is coming right for us so its been pretty crazy today!Well I was on I 564 coming towards the base and there was a lady trying to change her tire in the rain. I stopped and

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I am leading a mission’s piece all this week for a church here in town and was invited to be their missionary and share with their kids at their VBS every evening about Africa. I was so excited and honored to be a part of it and get to share about Africa and they’ve also decided to support TI and give all the mission’s offering from the week to TI to use for children in Africa. On this note, I

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Recently I started Lifeguarding on the weekends as a part time job at my apartment complex that has an outdoor pool and diving area. Yesterday was Fathers Day and so families came to play outside at the pool with their dads and celebrate together with a day of fun in the sun.There’s just something about the admiration that little kids have for their dads that is so adorable and I saw it firsthand

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“Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” James 1:27As she walks towards me I realize just how absolutely beautiful she is. She carries herself gracefully and she smiles with a joy that could come only from God. Her husband died. It’s been over 5 months now yet every night it

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My heart is burdened. I have never been as overwhelmed at the condition of my generation before as I am now. Within the last week and a half I have had some opportunities to look into the hearts and minds of young people around me. I’ve had opportunities to hear frustrated, jaded, cynical, angry, misunderstood and all together just plain HURTING young people. When they talk about their views of

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Rascal Flatts was the first music band I ever saw in concert. This is their brand new song they just released and I am absolutely in love with it!!! Watch this video and think about the ones in your life who have helped you...

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Fear holds us and binds us and keeps us from growing. It kills a small piece of us each day. It holds us to what we know and keeps us from what's possible, and it is our worst enemy. Fear doesn't announce itself; it's disguised, and it's subtle. It's choosing the safe course; most of us feel we have "rational" reasons to avoid taking risks. The brave man is not the one without fear, but the

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What is it about intimacy that freaks me out? I’m not talking about the physical side of a relationship that is normally thought of when you hear the word “intimacy”, I’m talking about the REAL kind of intimacy:The definition of intimacy is “to know and be known”.I have always put up walls when I felt like I was starting to be known by someone. It’s my natural tendency until I can know if I can

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My brother Nathan has taken up Rock Climbing. I am such a proud sister because there’s a little part of me that is very happy he has taken up the sport that I love and did for 5 years. For me, it was always for fun and never for competition, but for Nathan, he desires to actually compete in rock climbing. He is far superior than I ever was at Rock Climbing. (insert resigned sigh here)Saturday

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The 2008 Promotional Video for Transformed International is finally out. View it below...it's only 3 minutes long...you've got time! :)Transformed International

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This is the latest news article this morning on the status of peace talks in Kenya. It is heartening yet discouraging all at the same time. Please continue to pray for Kenya, the people displaced, the children who are now orphans, and the men and women there serving who are trying to reach them and help in whatever way they can. Some 600,000 displaced in Kenya Three hundred camps for displaced

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I have grown up as the oldest child to a father and mother who LOVE the outdoors. We grew up on the beach in San Diego cuddled up under covers all of us kids in the sand as the sun set watching mom and dad fishing in the surf for fish for dinner. I grew up appreciating the beauty of God’s creation and the world we live in and still do to this day. Most of my greatest memories are outdoors with my

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For most of us, God uses trials in our lives to teach us things. We cry out “Why God?” when things happen to our perfect plans for our beautiful little lives and things don’t go our way. When our lives don’t work out exactly how we want them too we whine and seek pity, yet none of us can doubt that when the storm has passed there is a maturity that comes from trials. How many times have you drawn

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There's nothing like the smell of rain…the way the rain hits the dry ground and sends up that musty smell that makes me want to curl up under a blanket and just let out a happy sigh while the breeze settles on me. I love to feel the rain drops hit my face and play with my eyelashes as they run down my cheeks; when the air clears of the musty sent of dirt and then there's this smell of newness as

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Although things have calmed for a last week in most places within Kenya (not all), the fact is that there are still major problems...and it looks as if things may get really bad again in light of some recent news.The BBC just posted a news report that Raila Odinga, defeated presidential candidate, now is planning protests from Wednesday-Friday of next week in 25 towns and cities in Kenya. This is

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Things in Kenya have calmed. From all the blogs and news reports I've read the last few days the cities are calming and people are able to get out and move around now. Praise God! Everyone at the TI Compound is safe, yet going a bit stir crazy and needing to get out of the compound when they can. Please continue to pray for them all as they try to return to "bussiness as usual" in the midst of

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I received word that things are calming in Kenya. Below is what Daniel had to say about things in Kenya this morning on his blog site...www.dlipparelli.blogspot.com. Calming Continues, Kenya Update Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Things have calmed down considerably all over the country although violence continues in some parts. Kitale, where we live has been quiet. Yesterday all the supermarkets

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Here is the story of my trip home from Kenya and about how greatly God protected us…December 29thI woke up this morning and I was sad to be leaving but anxious to see family at home. Amanda made me eggs for breakfast and the team gathered around me and prayed for my safety home as well as safety for Daniel and me on our travels. It was a nice way to say goodbye to everyone. I wasn’t very worried

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Monday, December 24thToday was our Christmas party. We had such an amazing day! From 8am until 5pm we were crazy busy…but it was SOOOO worth it! I helped in the kitchen until people arrived. It was such a ton of food! I cut cabbage for 2 hours straight with Ali! We also peeled potatoes like no body's business! Dan and Meredith went into town early to get the meat we needed to feed over 100 people

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This is my first Christmas away from my family in my 24 yrs of life. At first I didn't want to think about having Christmas here as it got closer because I knew I'd start missing all the little family traditions we have at home like sitting with my sisters and mom curled up on a couch watching White Christmas and Little Women, and attending the Christmas Eve candle light service with my family.

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This is a previous blog I wrote last week but the pics wouldn’t upload online so I had to wait to post it…Saturday, December 15thWe went to visit Hope Bright Future Children’s Home today. This is an orphanage that TI helps support and most of the children are individually sponsored by people in the USA and Canada. TI’s goal is never to own a children’s home or have our own, but rather to help

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This will be such a long blog…get ready for a ton of stories and pictures!!!Thursday, December 13thThis day was great. We all woke up and started our day with devotions. Meredith was leading us this morning and just really felt the Lord leading us to spend time in prayer and asked that for our devotional time we all specifically pray for one another. We all went one by one and shared a specific

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You know, God has a funny way of doing things His way no matter how much we plan, prepare, and tell Him how it should be. When I came to Africa I had so many preconceived notions of what I’d go through, and now that I’m here I realize I knew so little, yet was so prideful about what I did know. I am a 24 yr old woman who God had to get to Africa and pull everything away from I used as my

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Well, since I have some free time I decided to give some more pictures. Here are some pictures of the safari Kate, Amanda, and I all went on. Thanks again Momma! It was a BLAST!The compound we live in is gated and has a full time gardner, night watchman, and lady who comes and cleans for us a few times a week. It feels like I live in a resort, no joke. It’s absolutely breathtaking here all the

Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-91221263704208474792007-12-05T13:24:00.000-08:002007-12-05T13:52:27.774-08:00

The "road" to town. We walk this way when we don't ride boda boda's...The view from inside a MAtatu (van)...and this isn't EVEN crammed in yet!Me and Destiny, the little baby who I told you about in a previous e-mail...do you see her suckign her thumb? Oh my gosh, talk about a heartbreaker!Me visiting an orphanage...I was walking along minding my own business and this little lizard scared me

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HOMESIn case you didn't know, Transformed International is supported largely in part by Home Parties. A person offers their home and we come and set up crafts and items from Africa that are for sale, give a short 20 min presentation on what TI does and how things work, and then people shop and talk with friends, etc. It's like a Tupperware party, only for a WAY better cause! By people offering

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It's official, I have my plane ticket to Africa! I'm so excited I can't hardly stand it!!! This is, by far, the most exciting thing I've ever done, and yet it's definitely the scariest too. To have to trust so heavily in the Lord's protection and provision continues to be one of the biggest journeys of Faith that I've ever had. It's a daily thing to have to remind myself God is control so I don't

Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-11984588064787969272007-09-12T09:34:00.000-07:002007-09-12T09:35:47.435-07:00

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Remember the good old days when TV didn't consume your every waking moment? When a movie was a treat and a family event? I do...and I miss those days.The first actual movie I can remember seeing was at the El Rancho drive in. It was The Lion King. My mom and dad packed our station wagon with enough snacks to fill a food pantry, shoved all us kids in, and we all went to the drive in. I remember

Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-53846594287148035042007-07-03T13:17:00.000-07:002007-07-03T13:51:52.468-07:00

So you’d think that my name actually being FAITH, that I might know a little more or be a little better at HAVING faith. That maybe that I’d write a best selling book on how to have faith in the Lord, how to trust without knowing the outcome, and how my life has been undeniably changed by the revelations I’ve had in my walk with God as a woman named “Faith”. You would think so (and I would sure

Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063346129386442490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744951092555298493.post-56428976535880553802007-06-28T16:47:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:52:32.094-07:00

This is my blog page...YAY! I've been wanting one for a while and finally just decided to make one:) (It seems anyone who's ANYONE has a blog page now...)Keep checking in now and again and I'm sure I'll say something VERY meaningful before long, LOL!Thanks for stopping by!Faith

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