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 […]
My 3-bag challenge toward 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 […]
Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?
Several years ago I wrote a post entitled “Yes or No?” about the desire God placed in our hearts to move to Nicaragua for a year, and how it seemed completely impossible. A few months before I wrote that post, we felt like God had thrown open various doors to pave the way south. But […]
Raquel and Rachel
The first time Raquel* met her second parents, they ushered her into their rented apartment and showed her a variety of items symbolizing her new life. Raquel proceeding to express her interest in this new life by throwing each of the articles of clothing into a heaping pile at the feet of her excited audience, […]