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Continue reading →: Weeks 33-35
The quarantine continues! Originally the quarantine in Bolivia was supposed to go until April 15; it’s currently set to lift on April 30. We’ll see what happens! This extension has prevented volunteers from leaving the children’s home, who had planned to leave in April. They’re handling it really well, but…
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Continue reading →: Weeks 30-32 UpdateMy, has it been an eventful three weeks! Bolivia is currently one of the countries with the strictest quarantine laws in place. Only people 18-65 may leave their homes, and only one per household, and only on certain days, and only on weekdays, and only between 8am and 12pm. Anything…
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Continue reading →: Week 29 Update
Since this is the hot topic right now, yep, coronavirus is in Bolivia. From what I hear, things aren’t as crazy here as they are in the States, but schools and large gatherings are cancelled. We’re waiting to see if the hoarding starts up here… But for now the biggest…
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Continue reading →: Drawn to You | Week 28 Update
Last weekend was beautiful. I got to tag along with the Yoders on a trip to a city called Camiri! They went to drop off a young man named Juan Luis at the Facultad Bíblica de Camiri (a discipleship school) and make connections with the missionaries that run the institution.…
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Continue reading →: Weeks 25-27 Update
Here I go again, not posting for three weeks. 😅 One of these days I’ll get back into the habit… Week 25: Feb. 9-15 The second full week of February was full of water! I got to experience the REAL rainy season downpours. Ponds were overflowing, which resulted in the…
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Continue reading →: Longing | Week 24 Update
It was another unique week here in Bolivia – though it seems more and more that unique is the normal. 🙂 My grandma had heart surgery toward the start of the week. It was hard to be away from home with something like that going on. I wanted so much…
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Continue reading →: Weeks 21-23 UpdateThese last few weeks have been full! My apologies for the lack of my regular update; hopefully no one was concerned, haha. Week 21 I started spending more time with the staff at the children’s home (*coughFINALLYcoughcough* haha…)! Admittedly, a part of it probably had to do with the fact…
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Continue reading →: Week 20 Update
This last week marched by pretty normally for me, but this last weekend was delightfully different! One fun event that took place during the week was a group from YWAM in Chile coming by the orphanage to bless the kiddos. I missed it, but by the stories I’ve heard and…
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Continue reading →: Embracing Jesus | Week 19 Update
Happy New Year, everyone! 🎆 I got to celebrate the arrival of 2020 by camping with the Yoders! It was a ton of fun and a refreshment to the soul. And there was something so profound about waking up to the dawn of the new year on a mountain in…
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Continue reading →: By Faith | Weeks 17-18 UpdateStarted out school last week with the kiddos bringing what I’m pretty sure is the most venomous caterpillar in the world to school. #boliviaproblems Ha. They knew not to touch a fuzzy caterpillar, so they coaxed the beautiful little thing onto a stick so that they could show it to…
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