Time for another Willard family update from Nicaragua. Over the past few weeks, a lot has been shaking in Nicaragua… it all started April 10th, when we were participating in our first ever Seder dinner. Just as we arrived at the host’s house, the ground started shaking and the power went out. After it settled […]
Archives for April 2014
If you wouldn’t say it about a boob job…
We got some pretty strange looks and heard some ridiculous statements when we were doing foster care. While I could handle most comments, we cared for school-age kids who absolutely felt the pain of those words and the sting of the stares. Working with adopting families here in Nicaragua has reinforced how clueless we can […]
Loving Through the Pain
I’ve been participating in an online Bible study through IF:Equip, and we’ve been studying the gospel of John for the past few months. These past few sections of the text have caused me to reconsider that first Easter morning. Check out this particular part: After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of […]
Braided Fruit Danish
A few weeks ago, I started seeing photos showing up in my various social networks that featured a delicious-looking and beautiful fruit braid. The titles of said photos threw around words like “easy,” “super fast,” and “flaky crust” and I got really excited. So I clicked. And then I read the ingredient list, which prompted […]
Loving Enough
I recently watched a video about a group of friends who decided to do something crazy for love. They have a friend who is battling breast cancer, and wanted to show how much they support her. Watch what they did… I love it. I love that they took something that separated their friend — something that […]
It’s a Nutella kinda morning
Everyone is on edge here. There have been hundreds of seismic events in the past four days. Having graduated from a college in southern California, I am not fearful of most earthquakes. The ’94 Northridge quake woke me from a sound sleep, with bookshelves, lamps, and other items crashing down all around me. I seriously […]