(If you're reading this from my newsletter, you will start on the 3rd paragraph!)
Two weeks ago the girls told Janice (the wife-part of the founder duo of El Pozo de Vida) that they feel like they are always working, and not having fun. That people are telling them what to do more often than trying to find ways to play with them. After this, Janice reminded the team that while we are authorities in their lives, we need to prioritize periods of fun with the girls too. In this way, they won't only associate the staff & volunteers with reprimands and work.
It was really good timing to have…
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I'm shooting off the hip with this blog post (for the second time because this whole thing was deleted when I first wrote it). So HOPEFULLY, my thoughts will be coherent (or at least more coherent than before, but I make no promises).
Last week I studied Genesis 11:1-8 with my Avance team. You know the story: God creates total confusion for the nations that came forth after the flood (all of Noah's descendants). I think there are about 25 generations listed in Chapter 10? They were the ones who tried to build a city with a huge tower, but God came down and confused their language, so…
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Friends, family, country men... lend me your ears! Or rather, eyes.
As most of you do not know, I am in Chicago! "For what?" you may ask. Well, I am in training for my two year mission to MEXICO! Yes, Mexico. This training is what GoCorps calls "GoWeek."
In fact, I am sitting right now at International Teams' headquarters in training as we speak. This is actually part of my training (how to write a blog post.) I'm supposed to be done by 12:30PM (it's 12:00PM people). I do not like writing blogs, nor have I ever written one. So, this is going to be a very rough draft.
As painful as it is…
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