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Special Request for a Celebration Offering Donation!
Can you imagine your children leaving the house at 5 am in the dark every morning to walk two hours to school; literally over the river and through the woods – through the Filipino jungle of mountainous and rugged terrain, crossing a river with their pants pulled up to their knees, and wearing flip flops,…
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A Big Move on the Horizon!
Gods peace makes even the biggest decisions and insurmountable challenges a reason for moving ahead with clarity and eager expectancy
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Thank You!! And now for more work to do…
Thank You!! Last June, I shared with you the need to raise $10,000 to build a girl’s dormitory at a tribal school in the Philippines…I place I lived for nearly a year, volunteering with an amazing Christ-centered microfinance organization called the Center for Community Transformation (CCT). I was truly humbled and in awe of your…
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12 Days of Christmas…Parties!
Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, I always go back and read this blog post from 5 years ago when I was living in the Philippines, working in microfiance and playing Elsa as a side job. I also want to thank so many of you who gave so generously towards the building…
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Raising Funds for a Girl’s Dormitory!
True confession…I’ve always been turned off by Facebook fundraisers as I thought it was slightly taking advantage of the platform. And then just recently I was so struck by the need of an organization I hold so close to my heart, that I realized my friends might be equally moved to give and that Facebook…
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12 Days of Christmas…Parties
Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, I always go back and read this blog post from 4 years ago when I was living in the Philippines, working in microfiance and playing Elsa as a side job. It’s easy to think that the magic of Christmas is just for kids eagerly awaiting that…
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Give Thanks…For Pumpkin Bread! Recipes for Classic Pumpkin Bread + GF/Low Carb Pumpkin Bread
I’ve spent many holidays living overseas and it’s always been exciting to see how other cultures celebrate. Except for Thanksgiving. Being an exclusively American holiday (sorry Canada, you don’t count) I always felt especially isolated and foreign when Thanksgiving rolled around. However, my Thanksgivings abroad have been anything but boring, and by far the most…
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Give Thanks…For Pumpkin Bread! Recipes for Classic Pumpkin Bread + Paleo Pumpkin Bread
I’ve spent many holidays living overseas and it’s always been exciting to see how other cultures celebrate. Except for Thanksgiving. Being an exclusively American holiday (sorry Canada, you don’t count) I always felt especially isolated and foreign when Thanksgiving rolled around. However, my Thanksgivings abroad have been anything but boring, and by far the most…
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Crab Cakes & Micro-Entrepreneurs Who Need Your Vote!!
I need your help! As many of you know, 3 years ago at this time I was living in the Philippines playing the part of Elsa the “tall,” blonde, American in a foreign land. When I wasn’t singing “Let It Go” to little girls, I was volunteering with a Christian microfinance organization. My partner organization…
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12 Days of Christmas…Parties
The fun, festivities & Christmas traditions leading up to the big day always make me reminisce of years past, and I always come back to 2 years ago when I was living in Manila and spent the days leading up to Christmas there. I hadn’t read this post since then, and laughed that I’ve once…
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Only in the Philippines!
In recent news from Manila… I’ve learned that not only are Asian people obsessed with taking selfies, but they use “selfie sticks” to hold their cameras at a further distance and better angle I’ve been serenaded in a department store by a woman who decided to test out the karaoke machine and sing several songs…
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Culture Shock
All I can say is that nothing could have prepared me for what it’s like here in Manila…I’ve been both pleasantly surprised and often heart-sick. It’s hard to put into words what it’s like here, and all that I’ve seen and experience so far, but here goes. Manila is SO crowded and SO big, and…
