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Continue reading →: Pray for Bolivia! 🇧🇴Hello, dear friends! So this Sunday is the primaries for Bolivia’s presidential election! The joke going around is that everyone enjoy these last few of Bolivia’s peaceful days… 😜 Please keep Bolivia in your prayers as it heads into this election. We’re expecting crazy and exciting times to ensue afterward,…
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Continue reading →: Highlights | Weeks 3-6 update
Aaaaand suddenly a month flies by without me posting any updates. 😅 Some major events have happened in the last month! I’ll hit on the highlights. 😊 I spent two days taking care of all the Yoder kiddos. We went to school halftime those days, but that was enough for…
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Continue reading →: School Starts Again! | Week 2 Update
A new school year has begun! We had to start a day later than originally planned because I wasn’t ready. 🙈 Though at the same time, we originally weren’t even expecting me to be able to get to Concepción until September 2nd or 3rd… so maybe we started early. 🤷♀️😂…
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Continue reading →: Back in Bolivia! 🇧🇴 | Update
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! What a blessing it has been to be once again with the people in Bolivia that I have grown to love so much. There have been several times when I’ve just paused in my soul and rejoiced in the fact that I’m here. Thank You, Jesus! These feelings…
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Continue reading →: Counting the Cost | Weeks 42 and 43
On Friday, June 12, my grandpa died, and by every earthly estimation, I was trapped in Bolivia, with no way to be home with my family as we mourned his loss. Guys, this was hard. This was so hard. It was sudden, but it wasn’t necessarily a complete surprise. Because…
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Continue reading →: Hope | Week 41 Update
A week ago, I thought I’d be writing this update from the United States, and then taking a break from this blog while I enjoyed my time at home. Then my flight from Bolivia to the United States was canceled. Then I found out that there are no flights to…
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Continue reading →: Week 40 Update
Well, this week was definitely unique! One thing that made it unique was how unstructured my days were. Not that they were empty – though they certainly were less full than what is normal. I had the opportunity to continuing to tutor and love in general one specific girl, and…
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Continue reading →: Week 39 Update
School is pretty much wrapped up now! Final grades are put together and my classroom is all cleaned up. All that’s left are parent-teacher conferences! Er… conference. Haha. It wasn’t until I was staring at my clean and empty corner that I felt all the end of school feels. It’s…
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Continue reading →: Weeks 36-38 Update
Wow! So much has happened these last few weeks! For one, Bolivia’s quarantine was extended, and at this point I’ll be staying in Bolivia until the start of June. My original flight was for May 19th, but due to current travel restrictions, trying to make that happen feels like a…
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Continue reading →: My High PlacesHe makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me upon my high places. Psalm 18:33 I was pondering this verse the other day. My high places. Why MY high places? Why not just “high places”? Or “the high places”? I won’t claim that I know what David himself meant…
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