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selected scenes: Holy Holidays

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Much has happened since last I wrote. I had the great pleasure of returning to Kansas City for a family Christmas and managed to wind up in the hospital Christmas Eve. What can I say? I love it. Just can't stay away. It turned out I had a mean case of strep throat that was hurting my whole body. As one might guess the nearest clinics were closed on the 24th so instead I had my first ever visit to the Emergency Room. The upside? Can you see the snowman I made? I spy a resolution.

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Witnessing in Waiting | Deep in the Heart|land.

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Deep in the Heart land. This was originally posted on the Mennonite Church USA “Menno Snapshots” blog. On my last day in Ecuador a year ago, I descended the hill viewing for perhaps the last time the most beautiful sky views I had ever witnessed, nestled by some of the most impoverished living conditions I had ever witnessed to go to the Quito airport the one I had arrived at just nine months before. I was ending my 2-year mission term prematurely. I was with child. At times, I denied the life within me,...

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Mothering and Moving On* | Deep in the Heart|land.

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Deep in the Heart land. Mothering and Moving On*. As I reflect on celebrating my first Mother’s Day as a mom soon, I must make one hard admission. I did not always celebrate earning the title, mother. I imagined carrying that title years from now. And there was so much to do before that moment. As others inquired about morning sickness, I fought the often physical manifestation of having survived a trauma in identical ways upset stomachs, tenseness, sleeplessness and nightmares. Who is the father? I drea...

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Scott - A Traveler: 594 - Stories!

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Scott - A Traveler. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. This story may not be new to everyone. If you've read my most recent prayer letter, this is just copied and pasted from there. But, I wanted to share this on my blog, because I don't know that everyone receives my prayer letter. Expect more updates soon! I'm currently in Quito, Ecuador visiting David Shenk. The two Mennonite Mission Network workers in Quito. I've only been here a few days, but I already have a TON of stories to share! Within his first few s...

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alyssamrodriguez | Deep in the Heart|land.

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Deep in the Heart land. Mothering and Moving On*. As I reflect on celebrating my first Mother’s Day as a mom soon, I must make one hard admission. I did not always celebrate earning the title, mother. I imagined carrying that title years from now. And there was so much to do before that moment. As others inquired about morning sickness, I fought the often physical manifestation of having survived a trauma in identical ways upset stomachs, tenseness, sleeplessness and nightmares. Who is the father? I drea...

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Scott - A Traveler: August 2013

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Scott - A Traveler. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. 601 - Youth Venture Part 3 - BEING in Colombia. This final part in the Youth Venture trilogy of posts is one that I've been thinking about a lot over the course of my, now, 601 days in Colombia. I recently read an article about voluntourism. By Oline Castel on the Condé Nast. Travel blog website, that talked quite a lot about some of my sentiments. Together, we played games, we laughed, we shared life stories, and we got to know each other. I saw how big th...

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God’s Loving Resurrection | Deep in the Heart|land.

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Deep in the Heart land. God’s Loving Resurrection. I have loved this season leading up to advent of ruminating on “wild hope”. Our pastor’s sermons. Have been amazing and one really spoke to my recent experiences. It led to this devotional…}. A year after I was raped and began nurturing and birthed my beautiful daughter all while mourning this rerouting of my life trajectory, I am telling myself this and I am welcoming and witnessing our loving God’s resurrection. A lotus flower blooms in the mud. As Mag...