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Continue reading →: Update | Weeks 10-11
Sorry I missed an update last week! Boy, has it been an interesting two weeks to be in Bolivia! Not that I’ve personally encountered much of the “interesting.” What a blessing it’s been to live in the countryside! Bolivia’s political situation hasn’t improved. In fact, it seems to be continuing…
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Continue reading →: The Christ PrayingThe Christ character, the Christ life, and the Christ Spirit, must be ours if we would do the Christ praying, and would have our prayers answered as He had His prayers answered. …if we are His, if we love Him, if we live for Him, and if we live close…
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Continue reading →: The Lord Directs His StepsThis is part three of the story of how I ended up in Bolivia. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here! Once upon a time, I thought teaching sounded like a trap. Like a job that would induce teeth-grinding, hair-pulling, frustrated sighs, and misery in general. Yeah,…
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Continue reading →: Upheaval and Orchids | Week 9 UpdateIf you’ve been following my blog, you know that Bolivia is in a state of civil unrest right now. Protesters are rioting in big cities, putting up blockades, and adding some extra excitement and stories to write home about in my life. 🙂 Things are mostly peaceful where I am.…
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Continue reading →: If You Can’t Take the Heat……theeeeeeeeeen maybe don’t fly to Bolivia right now. 😂 Things are heating up here. Cities are rioting, blockades are going up. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s even happening from where I am. Things are normal. Peaceful. At rest. The gnats certainly don’t seem to think they need to…
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Continue reading →: For the Peace of BoliviaAh, South American politics. I shall say no more. 🙊 What I shall say is that I am safe and my soul is at peace. For those wondering why I would be saying such a thing, the elections have in fact erupted into protests and violence. Major cities are shutting…
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Continue reading →: Long Distance Fellowship | Week 8 UpdateToday was Election Day in Bolivia! Things should be calm today and even in the next few days, but there is potential for emotion to erupt into action in the weeks to come. Please be praying for favorable results from the election, and for the peace of Bolivia in the…
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Continue reading →: Christ Is Risen
This song has been playing on repeat in my head and now on my phone for the last three days. He is risen! ☀️
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Continue reading →: New Things | Week 7 UpdateBolivia is still softly rejoicing in the rain she received last week. Creatures are emerging from their winter sulking and, as Andrew Peterson put it, “The hills remember green again” (or the grass does, at least. The trees still have some work to go, haha). Creatures coming out meant I…
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I’m Olivia
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