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I Hear the Rolling Thunder

September 17, 2017
Adventures
2017 Fall - India

Ever since I was little, I have loved thunderstorms. Back at my New England home, they were something of a treat in the summertime evenings when me and my family would gather in our upstairs storage room and look out the windows overlooking our backyard. We would crane our heads around the windows, looking for the first brief flashes of the lightning, then dutifully count the Mississippis until we heard that great rolling of thunder, which shook the house. They never fail to instill a great awe in me. It was my representation of what God was. An invisible force that moves through...

I Wrote A Blog Today

My team has been in Cambodia for over a week now, and my goal had been the same everyday since our arrival: I am going to write a blog today. And everyday it has come to the same ending: I did not write a blog today. I have not been able to put into words how I have felt these past few days. And to be honest, I still can’t. It’s more like a series of thoughts and feelings and events replaying in my head of the days past. I keep telling myself, “Margaret, you have to get your point across. It is important.” Writing this blog has caused unnecessary stress for no other...

The Gap Year

Hey all! As many of you know, I will be spending most of September 2017-April 2018 doing a Gap Year. I have had so many people ask me “What in the world is a Gap Year?” Many people think that I am just sitting out of college my first year. That is not true…well, not completely true. I am not going to college this year, and I am, by far, not just sitting around! A Gap Year is the year between high school and college, or the year right after you graduate college, when you take that time to travel and give back to the world around you. There are many programs available. Some...

“Just In Case You Wondered Why I’m Here…”

September 17, 2017
Adventures
2017 Fall - India

The greatest irony is this: To truly live, you must die. To be the best you, you must be less you and more of Love. In fact, isn’t that why Christ was proven to be God? He was 100% pure love at all times towards all people, and, as the Scriptures say, “God is Love”. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as...

Warm Welcome via Tarantula

If only I had enough words to encompass how much I already loved this place. Kampong Cham is such a wonderful place, but the people that make up Kampong Cham are even more wonderful. Our host, Vandy, operates an orphanage for 43 children. The orphanage is located in a village in Kampong Cham, Cambodia. My team arrived here a little over a week ago and the vast amount of experiences I’ve already gained is incredible.Once we touched down on the runway in Phnom Penh, I became overwhelmed with adoration for this foreign land. Little did I know that my adoration was going to grow...

WE MADE IT!

Hello! To all those who are following this journey, our team is safe here in Cambodia! We are living a very simple life here in the Banteay Meanchey province, which means we do not have wifi in our house! So we are able to walk to a place nearby a couple times a week to catch up with everyone! Ministry this month is showing the children at the New Hope Orphanage the love of our heavenly Father with some English teaching as well! We are all healthy, and even got to adventure to Angkor Wat yesterday! Our team is doing really well and loving each other more and more every day. We will be...

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