Category: Faith
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The Albanian Baker Who Refused to Take Our Money
The other day Gabe and I went out for our nightly walk and the most unexpected yet sweetest interaction happened to us. I’m a sucker for a good sunset so I’m always looking for good places to watch the sunset wherever we go. So, there we were, just walking through the streets of Pristina Kosovo …
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It Took Me 30 Years to Learn This
As I approach my 30-year birthday, I’ve been reflecting a lot on all of the lessons I’ve learned throughout my life. Some of these I have learned on my own “the hard way”, some of them come from other people’s advice, a lot of them come from the Bible, which is my first and best…
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The Best Stop in Europe Isn’t a Place
Picture by Caleb Pierce Last week my husband and I embarked on the adventure of our lives. We decided to pause our lives in the US for a few months to go travel around Europe. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for years and he also loves adventure and traveling so here we…
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Savor the Moment
Picture by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The other night, Gabe and I were watching the Winter Olympic Games. Specifically, figure skating. This sport has always been so impressive to me ever since I was a little girl. My sister and I loved watching it, even though it was so foreign to us, because we had never…
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Overcoming Disappointment
Disappointment has a way of slipping into our lives quietly, doesn’t it. You wait and hope and plan, only to watch something you longed for fall flat or fall apart. Maybe you saved for months to take a trip that never happened. Maybe the life you’re living looks nothing like the one you pictured years…
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Winter Blues
Today, there is a freeze warning where we live in SD. I work for the school district, but schools were canceled today due to the cold weather. That’s the bright side. The thing is, winters are hard when you live in the north. I’m sure people who live in places like Alaska or Russia might…