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  • Story Time

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    Jess
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    While at Rehoboth, I had the privilege of reading stories to the children before we had our group devotional time. I would finish up dinner and then head over to the older children’s house. As soon as I entered the room, I was instantly flooded with joyous children whose hands were usually heaping full of…

  • Putting it All Together

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    Brent
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    So I’m a bit behind the times here and finally found the auto photomerge feature in Photoshop. This is pretty cool! Take some fairly level shots in sequence across a pan and behold, beautiful panorama. I took a fair share of these sequences while in the Philippines and I thought that I would share them…

  • Little Feet

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    Jess
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    Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” God asked us to go. I want to be continually saying, “Here am I! Send me.” That is what I always want my answer to be…

  • Work to be Done

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    Brent
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    There is always work to be done. How you do it depends on where you are. Where you are influences what you have. What you have has bearing on how fast it can be done. In some places, work will be automated. In other places there will be some or even none. This work was…

  • Don’t Stop Believin’

    Don’t Stop Believin’

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    Jess
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    I am getting some help on this blog post thanks to Journey and their song “Don’t Stop Believing.” While at the party in the Philippines on our last night, Day 8 (Jess’s View), Bong was trying to get everyone to start singing some songs for videoke. A few people sang some songs. Then Jordan and…

  • A Smile to Remember

    A Smile to Remember

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    Jess
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    A picture worth a thousand words. (If only I knew a thousand to describe it.) She is standing with her arm stretched out towards you with the biggest smile you have ever seen on a child. Between her little fingers is a bubble wand.  At then end of the wand, there is a bubble that had been…

  • Boisterous Solitude

    Boisterous Solitude

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    Brent
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    Among the many things that we experienced while in the Philippines, we experienced a fairly noisy environment. We were well away from the big city bustle, but that didn’t keep the noise down. But before you begin to think that the noise bothered me, think again, it didn’t. The neighbor dog barking wildly, Two-stroke motorcycles,…

  • A Sad Goodbye

    A Sad Goodbye

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    Jess
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    I am reminded of the night that we had to say goodbye to the children and the workers. I changed the background on my work computer today from a picture of Glacier National Park to that night. Since I can’t put the picture up online (it is one of the children), I will describe it…

  • One Way

    One Way

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    Brent
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    I don’t know how many of you know this, but I’m somewhat a celebrity in the Philippines, especially in the city of Antipolo. Well, probably not, but I did have a giggling girl snap a picture with me when I played my guitar during an outreach there. We spent the afternoon in the city to…

  • Dry and Emotional

    Dry and Emotional

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    Jess
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    I have been back from the Philippines for just over one week. Two things that I have noticed about myself.

  • Here is not there

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    Brent
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    As a worship leader you would think that I have the whole worshiping God part down pat. But alas, I do not. When I travelled to the Philippines and experienced God in a truly real way, I thought that it would be somewhat easier to bring back the on-fire passion to the states. Last night…

  • A Servant’s Heart

    A Servant’s Heart

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    Jess
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    Every night while at Rehoboth, we had a group devotion time in which one of my team members lead us to reflect on God’s word, and what we were doing in the Philippines. It was a great time that helped me reflect on what I was doing while there, and back at home in the…