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Category Archives: Guest Bloggers
Chickens and Roosters – Guest Post by Coral Swieringa
A few weeks ago, I had some time free from caregiving, and walked through Dittos [a thrift shop]. I found a colorful metal rooster that I knew had to come home with me. There has been this connection in a … Continue reading
One Step on Air – Guest Blog
“My Once-in-a-Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. Stepping off the platform, there was a second or two where it felt … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, fear, trust, zip-lining
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Sundown – By Guest Blogger, Coral Swieringa
A journey can be an actual trip or it can be a pathway to spiritual or emotional growth. It can describe the change of a relationship, the sharing or ending of a marriage, the details of a career, the recognition … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, healing prayer, long-term care
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My Once in a Lifetime Life – My Friendship with Bela
“My Once-in-a-Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. This post celebrates the friendship of two unlikely friends, a young American missionary and … Continue reading
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Tagged Communism, faberakas, friendship, Hungary, Jesse tree
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My Once-in-a-Lifetime Life – The Hymnal
“My Once-in-a-Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. This post recalls the creation of a hymnbook which becomes a lesson … Continue reading
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Tagged American missionary in Sicily, church hymnal, church in Sicily
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My Once in a Lifetime Life – The Lesson of Zia Annetta
“My Once in a Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. This post celebrates the life of Zia Annetta, a … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, Methodist Church in Sicily, Sicily
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My Once in a Lifetime Life: Finding Community in the Concrete Blocks
“My Once in a Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. This post recalls her life in the Budapest apartment complexes … Continue reading
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Tagged Budapest, building community, Hungarian Reformed Church, The Concrete Blocks
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My Once in a Lifetime Life – The Invedurata
“My Once in a Lifetime Life” is a series of occasional blogs written by Joy in reflecting on her time as a Christian missionary with three young children in the mid-2000’s. This post is about the “Invedurata,” a century-old event … Continue reading
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Tagged church youth groups, God's plans for our lives, missionary work, Sicily, the Invedurata
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Living as Apprentices 