Author: Adventures

The Faces of Love

Today marks my last day in Cambodia. This past year I have been spending endless amounts of prayer time asking myself a few questions in preparation for this trip, what exactly is love? What does my God’s love look like? What does love in ministry look like? This month Love has had many faces. Love in ministry has been helping villagers pick rice. It’s been going into random strangers houses and playing charades to overcome the language barrier, only to end up awkwardly sitting there(still loving every second of it). It’s been playing soccer even when you’re...

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The Faces of Love

Today marks my last day in Cambodia. This past year I have been spending endless amounts of prayer time asking myself a few questions in preparation for this trip, what exactly is love? What does my God’s love look like? What does love in ministry look like? This month Love has had many faces. Love in ministry has been helping villagers pick rice. It’s been going into random strangers houses and playing charades to overcome the language barrier, only to end up awkwardly sitting there(still loving every second of it). It’s been playing soccer even when you’re...

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What makes you comfortable?

You know when you wake up on a Saturday morning and you feel completely content on your soft mattress, wrapped up in warm blankets with your pillow perfectly formed around your head? No part of you wants to get up because everything feels comfortable, cozy and familiar. Every bone in your body wants to bask in that comfort for as long as possible. I have often times wanted to experience that Saturday morning feeling again, however, this morning I experienced that feeling with polarizing circumstances. My bed is located against a window that directly faces where most of the children sleep....

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What’s Next

   For those of us that are going back to our normal lives after our time abroad.. what’s next? Having been in Zambia for only a month I find that I dread going back to a typical life of work, church, and maybe the local youth group. I want to live above and beyond like we have since training camp. Some of you may have everything figured out after this; finishing college, serving in church, going on the World Race or YWAM, and so on. You will have many other challenges where mapped out goals can really help, but I believe that the line “Take me deeper than my...

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What makes you comfortable?

You know when you wake up on a Saturday morning and you feel completely content on your soft mattress, wrapped up in warm blankets with your pillow perfectly formed around your head? No part of you wants to get up because everything feels comfortable, cozy and familiar. Every bone in your body wants to bask in that comfort for as long as possible. I have often times wanted to experience that Saturday morning feeling again, however, this morning I experienced that feeling with polarizing circumstances. My bed is located against a window that directly faces where most of the children sleep....

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What’s Next

   For those of us that are going back to our normal lives after our time abroad.. what’s next? Having been in Zambia for only a month I find that I dread going back to a typical life of work, church, and maybe the local youth group. I want to live above and beyond like we have since training camp. Some of you may have everything figured out after this; finishing college, serving in church, going on the World Race or YWAM, and so on. You will have many other challenges where mapped out goals can really help, but I believe that the line “Take me deeper than my...

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