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Watching others Dream
Do you have people that you know in your life that inspire you to do things you only dreamed about? I’m sure if we all took a minute to pause and look back or in our lives we would all find those people that when we see their lives in action…. they somehow leave us…
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Why Haiti Changed Me On My First Visit
15 years ago? It was the summer of my junior year in High School. I took a trip to Haiti with an organization from a nearby town in upstate New York. I had never been out of the country. My first trip to Haiti changed my life forever. Liciajust posted this post (I’m including the…
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Love Gives
I’ve been stirred beyond words. How do I make our world a better place? How do I be a part of… “stopping hunger, injustice, poverty, making someone else’s life better, investing in people?” I don’t know. And I don’t think many other people know either. Or they know there are problems out there but at…
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Congrats Parker Family!
Just found out tonight that this family is adopting from Haiti! Debra and I roomed together in May on our trip to Haiti. Go find out how they are taking great leaps of faith. I am so excited for them. It’s been something they have been talking about for a long time. Congratulations Parker Family!
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Want to walk a journey with me this week?
Many of you know I was able to take a trip to Haiti earlier this month. And I was able to visit and see first hand the amazing work that Lori, Licia and Zack are doing. Licia has just told Aaron that without immediate financial help, the rescue center is in danger of closing. Arron has said…
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Day 7 – Meeting Angela
Last Wednesday I met Angela our 6 year old child that we sponsor through compassion. When Emma was born Dave and I decided to start sponsoring a child through compassion that was the same age as her so that she could journey with them through her life. Our first child sponsored was Leon. She was…
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Oprah and thoughts
Did any of you see Oprah yesterday. The TV was on and Dave and I were in the room when the story ran of a 3yr old Madelaine who is fighting cancer and Simon Cowell told the family he was paying off their mortgage. It was a blur of emotion for me… not what Simon…
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Hope
Dave is speaking at our church tomorrow. I think it’s been about 6 weeks since I’ve been there myself. A few Sundays were spent taking Dave to and from the Airport for his Peru trip and then the sickness hit us for about 3 weekends in a row. First it was the croup and then…
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The Response to Izzie
I always think it’s interesting the response I get to Izzie’s name and the conversations it takes me to. Last week we were at mom’s pool and a father was there with his two daughters. Emma began to play with them and he was asking her what her sisters name was. Emma said “Izzie”. He…
Rhodes to Anywhere 