Category Archives: Links

Join the Movement {STUCK via Both Ends Burning}

I’m always inspired by those willing to take on a cause. I mean to really take on a cause and not only dig into the whys but also the ways in which we can all work to make change possible. That is exactly what Craig Juunten did when he realized the overhwhelming number of children,...

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Looking back… {Chapa Sponsorship: one year later and a Holiday Challenge}

It’s been one year since our family became Carepoint Coordinators for the Children’s Hopechest Chapa Carepoint in Ethiopia.  What an adventure it has been! This very weekend one year ago we were diligently working to pull off an event to educate our friends and family about how our community could transform a community far across...

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Come Away with Me… {Chapa 2013}

Parenting is the most challenging job on the planet. When to say yes and when to say no. There are no online courses or roadmaps to prepare you for the choices you will be forced to make for and with your children and every day I am aware of how much responsibility it takes to...

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Changing the Story of One…

Are you missing the Olympics as much as we are around here? We miss the competitions and the family predictions of who will win, but what we really miss are the inspirational stories of how the athletes made their way to the games. The stories are generally so powerful and what the athletes endured in...

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Africa bound… {Sixty feet in Uganda}

I keep waiting for someone to pinch me… Ever since my first trip to Ethiopia I must say I have spent so much time dreaming about visiting several other African nations that have called to my heart. My eyes were opened to the children’s crisis in Uganda back seven plus years ago when I watched...

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