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My New Normal

September 14, 2018
Adventures
*2018 Fall - Nepal*

Life in Nepal is different. It looks like praying that the street dogs don’t bark so you can get some much needed rest at night. It looks like sharing a small flat with 14 strangers. It looks like bucket showers every few days. It looks like hand washing laundry on the roof and praying it doesn’t rain so your clothes can actually dry. It looks like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day. It looks like dirty hair and blistered feet. It looks like walking (a LOT). It looks like a van fit for 15 passengers carrying 23. It looks like teaching English and dancing with kids...

I’ll Keep On

Ok ok, technically Cinematic means relating to motion pictures, not how artfully words are strung together but give me a break! I couldn’t think of another word that even sounded like an S to go with Saturday that would give the same feelings as “Cinematic”. For those of you who didn’t read my last blog (and you totally should), today is Cinematic Saturday which means I will (try to) paint word pictures and share digital pictures of what is happening on this trip. If you want a more informational/story format, go to my Truthful Tuesday blog (which happens to be the...

His Eyes and His Ears

I’ve been learning a lot about truly listening. Here I am surrounded by orphans hungry for attention. My team covers these children in love and it still never feels like enough–they crave our hugs, our words of affirmation, our time. It breaks my heart open for them. Many of them don’t know what it is to have an authority figure pursue them and fight for their hearts, and I want so badly to be able to fill that hole only Jesus can fill. When I am with them, it cannot be about me. The instant I allow my perspective and my priorities shift to myself, I have lost...

Water Bottle Baptism

Wow, so Tuesday morning we went out to ministry in the squatter camps here in the Johannesburg area of South Africa and I partnered with Hannah, Chloe, and one of the Impact Africa interns named Stephen! Throughout the morning we talked to a man who was a Christian and were able to encourage him in his faith and pray for him. We then continued to meet another lady and I proceeded to distract her puppy (a 14 month old golden lab) while Hannah and Chloe helped her hand wash clothing and share the Gospel with her! After hearing Hannah share the Gospel, she decided that she wanted to accept...

God is so Good!

My short time at New Hope for Orphans has already made me feel at home in so many different ways. I have found a home in each bright smile of all 20 children. I have found a home in the mom and the dad who provide love and care for all the children. I have found a home in my small room with 2 fans and 3 other girls who have created their own version of home on the floor with me. I have even found a home in the squatty potties/ bucket showers. But most of all I feel as though I have become a part of a beautiful community called New Hope for Orphans in Siem Reap, Cambodia. These...

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My New Normal

I’ll Keep On

His Eyes and His Ears

Water Bottle Baptism

God is so Good!

Water Bottle Baptism

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