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Summer of Joy

Are you Abiding in the Harvest?

My kids and my husband call me "the brown thumb".  My sister got all the green thumb genes from BOTH of my gardening parents.  I am the kind of plant mother that doesn't have to worry about repotting plants as they grow...just about getting new ones, the same size as the old ones, when  ...

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Summer of Joy

Summer Joy For Big Kids!

As a kid I anticipated summer! Well I should say I didn’t look forward to the Texas humidity but as the end of the school year wound down the countdown to summer joy began. I found myself looking forward to: Summer camp Family road trips Vacation Bible School Orange juice popsicles Staying up  ...

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May Printables

I hope you don't think I am too crazy but I have seriously JUST recovered from Africa. I never imagined that. Never! It is nice to finally feel like I have come back to life. I think I have mentioned it around these parts before but my husband and I started a prayer journal a few years back.  ...

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Sole Hope

How was Africa?

How was Africa? It has been the question of the week. I have searched all the adjectives in my arsenal and there is not one word that can sum up Africa. My mind has felt like a globe being spun out of control as I try to capture the “how was Africa?” answer. The best I have is that it felt like  ...

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April Printables!

Thank you for your prayers and support while I was on the blog Hope adventure. Honestly, as much as I had mentally prepared for the re-entry to be hard it is even harder than I was hoping. My husband calls me daily to check on me. I think he fears I have fallen asleep and the kids are coloring  ...

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Sole Hope

Why I Don't Love Africa.

My brother in-law is one of the co-founders of Invisible Children, my sister in-law is in the midst of adopting from Ethiopia, and my father in-law trains men in Ethiopia in the ways of small business and provides them start up money. Some of our closest friends adopted their little girl from  ...

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Intoxicating Touch

Touch. Touch is enticing. Intoxicating. Healing. Soothing. Powerful. A new bride slipping into her wedding night bed. A new life emerging and being placed bare on a mother’s chest. Hands wiping tears from a pain filled face. Fingers intertwining in support, love, and encouragement. Touch.  ...

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From: A child in Wakisi

I am a child. I live in the village of Wakisi. Wakisi is in Uganda. Uganda is in a continent called Africa. This is where I am a child. I am a child just like your children. I love to laugh. I go to school. I play. I like to be tickled. I think peek-a-boo is funny. I like to learn new things  ...

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