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Musings in the Sky

Posted in Letters From the Field on February 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »

The Sun is Always Shining Above the Clouds
Last evening, as we began our initial descent towards the airport in my home state, I again marveled at the brilliant stars glowing outside the plane window, the rich, blue canvas of the night sky and the toy-sized homes lined up perfectly below. For someone who first flew [...]

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Water in the Desert

Posted in Letters From the Field on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to my mother’s dad, my grandfather, we were able to spend the week of Thanksgiving in Arizona with some of our relatives on both sides of the family. He gave us a week of time at his Arizona timeshare. The resort life is a foreign concept to my family, and one that I do [...]

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Morning Glories

Posted in Letters From the Field on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

From the journal of Lady Carmen, August 30th 2007
Last night was matchlessly gorgeous as far as evenings go. Our family took a canoe out on the lake and gazed silently as the huge yellow moon rose amongst a vast host of stars. Even though the glow of the evening celestial lights seems to attract [...]

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El Gallo Canta

Posted in Letters From the Field on August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

(The rooster crows)
All was silent and motionless as I rolled over on the cold, concrete floor of our host family’s home enjoying the precious, quiet moments of sleep after a long, hot day of street ministry and half of a night awake listening to dogs fight outside the front door. My watch indicated 3:45 am. [...]

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El Salvador

Posted in Letters From the Field on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Hello everybody! I am actually writing to you from Texas, not El Salvador. We are stuck here in route home from our missions trip to Central America because of the hurricanes. I’m not sure when we’ll be able to fly out, but here are some numbers from the trip to give you a general idea [...]

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Brazil, Summer ‘07 (Part II)

Posted in Letters From the Field on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Giving Up the Pieces
For as long as I can remember, I have detested public speaking. Pretend you’re just speaking in front of the mirror. Look at the wall behind them instead of their eyes. Imagine everyone is in a clown suit! None of that advice helped me. I would draft perfectly smooth speeches for class [...]

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Brazil, Summer ‘07

Posted in Letters From the Field on July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Seek and Ask
My first wandering, since the initiation of this site, brought me to the southern beaches and jungles of Brazil. I traveled hoping to be a blessing to the Brazilian people by teaching English, speaking in the churches where my friend was doing her concerts, and bringing supplies to the poorer families of our [...]

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