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Category Archives: Volunteering
Open your hearts and your world expands
This post is about our experience volunteering with the Helping International Students program. Our international friends are Brazilian and a fun fact about Brazilians is they speak Portuguese. You’ll notice after every paragraph there will be the Portuguese translation. We … Continue reading
Useful, Nourishing and Needed
I shared this infograph on my Facebook wall a few weeks back. There was no attribution, no link back, no nothin’. One of my friends said, “That’s from Jen Hatmaker’s book ‘Interrupted’.” I’m so thankful she shared that info. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in God, Religion, Thankful, Uncategorized, Volunteering
Tagged Compassion International, God, learning, thankful
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It’s a ‘being’ trip
I am so happy! Lovely Wesa has written a post about her and hubby Steve’s quickly approaching (two days!) trip to Africa. If you recall I wrote a previous post about the amazing things God is doing there. If your … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Thankful, Volunteering
Tagged beautiful things, church, God, jesus film project, miracle, religion, spirituality, thankful
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It takes a village
They say it takes a village to raise a child and I say, “Amen!” In today’s world, a community might be a better way to say it…and I got to see that first hand today. I spent some time this … Continue reading
God’s hands at work
I love seeing God at work. Some times you don’t have to look very hard. I’m finding the more I let go of “me” the more I see God at work.
Posted in Religion, Thankful, Volunteering
Tagged CASA, community, Cycle CASA, friends, fun, God, nature, people, Sunflower CASA, thankful
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chaos
Chaos, a storm of questions, a barrage of people, a million handouts, more paperwork on the horizon. I felt like I had been put through the ringer after two hours. And guess what? I wasn’t even the one in the … Continue reading
Be “that person”
Today our local CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) program, Sunflower CASA Project honored the 160 abused and neglected children served by their CASA volunteers in 2011. One hundred sixty children were in the Riley, Clay or Pottawatomie County court system … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Thankful, Volunteering
Tagged abuse, CASA, child abuse prevention, Sunflower CASA
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Open my eyes
Attention book lovers! I’ve found another book I highly recommend. It’s “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. I started reading it last night and had to make myself put it down and go to bed.
Posted in Religion, Thankful, Volunteering
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Can I deal with “normal”?
Yesterday I wrapped up my very first CASA case. There wasn’t any fanfare. No fireworks, no balloons, no music. There was relief in the family. There was happiness in those involved in the case through the court system. The case … Continue reading
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I heart CASA
Have I told you how much I love CASA? If not, let me tell you…I love, love, love CASA! Maybe I’m still a newbie. Maybe I’ll get frustrated and jaded and disappointed, but right now I can truly see how … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Thankful, Volunteering
Tagged CASA, child abuse prevention, Sunflower CASA
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