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Archives for August 2014

Introducing… FIT Conversations (because God writes the best stories)

August 27, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

How does your story intertwine with parent-less children?

A few years ago an acquaintance made an offhand comment that has become one of my favorite phrases. While I’ve often thought of myself as a storyteller, this sentence helps ground me to the Author of all. “Doesn’t God write the most amazing stories?” she said with a smile. At the time, I was in […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care · Tagged With: adoption care, adoption stories, Bible study, international adoption, small group

My 3-bag-challenge toward living with less (part 3)

August 22, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

My 3-bag challenge exploring the freedom of living with less (part 3)

This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad two-and-a-half years ago. [This was the third post in this exploration of living with less.] I wasn’t expecting to write about this topic again (see part 1 and […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World · Tagged With: living with less, moving, Nicaragua, packing

My 3-bag challenge toward living with less (part 2)

August 21, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

My 3-bag challenge toward exploring the freedom of living with less (part 2)

This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus a some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad. [This is part 2 of me exploring the freedom of living with less. Read part 1 to catch up.] When I originally wrote Part 1 of my 3-bag […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World · Tagged With: living with less, moving, Nicaragua, packing

An ice bucket challenge video that actually teaches about ALS

August 19, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

ALS Video Response

We’ve all seen a ton of those #icebucketchallenge videos, right? You’ve undoubtedly been affected somehow already. Well, when I was challenged, I couldn’t quite figure out how to respond. On one hand, I completely support the idea of raising awareness and money to find this disease. I love how the greater community has come together […]

Filed Under: + Craving Justice · Tagged With: als, ice bucket challenge, water crisis

My 3-bag challenge toward living with less (part 1)

August 19, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

My 3-bag challenge: exploring the freedom of living with less (part 1)

This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus a some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad. We had two showings that Sunday* to try and find a renter for our house. Since I am only a clean-what-people-see type of housekeeper, this means we […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World · Tagged With: living with less, moving, Nicaragua, packing

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