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Encontrando nuestra manera: Despedidas
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Our journey to Colombia. Saturday, June 2, 2012. Abby has probably spent more time in Colombian homes than any of us. Almost daily, she finds someone to play with in our conjunto. For this reason, she has had the most immersion of all of us. She has taken on Colombian quirks, tastes, habits, and mannerisms in addition to language. These are the friends she sought out and developed without my influence. Again, so grateful. I hope that she can stay connected to some of these friends. And if not, I hope...
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Encontrando nuestra manera: May 2012
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Our journey to Colombia. Thursday, May 31, 2012. This house is full of emotion. The end of school projects, reports, and presentations. The understanding that each day we might be doing something or seeing someone for the very last time. The arguments over who gets to use what technology, and why their need trumps the need of someone else. Knowing that things will not feel comfortable at "home" for a very long time. Deciding what needs to come with us, and what we need to leave behind. Yes, dear hearts&#...
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Encontrando nuestra manera: June 2012
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Our journey to Colombia. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Poem by our Friend Larisa Zehr. You can never replace it. And no matter how much you try to fit in the suitcase,. You will leave behind. And we will never be as “in touch” as we promise. Because you can't be in touch when you. Colombia, and her stomach-churning. Mountain roads and dusty beaches. Her regional pride in the arepa. And nation of football critics. Her heat of violence. And chill of displacement. Will begin to fade. Even if you come back,.
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Encontrando nuestra manera: May 2011
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Our journey to Colombia. Saturday, May 28, 2011. For Abby, this was the pay-back for a whole year in uniforms. The girls got to go to school in fancy dress-up, instructed to put flowers in their hair and wear make-up. For Andy, it was a pretty unhappy day. But I still got a little smile). Don't you just wish you could do this? Posted by Jennifer Chappell Deckert. Thursday, May 26, 2011. The families that come to our church for help. They do not have the luxury of picking up a telephone and calling a frie...
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Encontrando nuestra manera: Poem by our Friend Larisa Zehr
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Our journey to Colombia. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Poem by our Friend Larisa Zehr. You can never replace it. And no matter how much you try to fit in the suitcase,. You will leave behind. And we will never be as “in touch” as we promise. Because you can't be in touch when you. Colombia, and her stomach-churning. Mountain roads and dusty beaches. Her regional pride in the arepa. And nation of football critics. Her heat of violence. And chill of displacement. Will begin to fade. Even if you come back,.
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Encontrando nuestra manera: July 2011
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Our journey to Colombia. Sunday, July 31, 2011. Summer days with Diana. Our family has always made the choice to be with our children as much as possible in the summer months. This has been difficult at times, financially and logistically, but through a variety of community friends, some flexibility in work schedules, and part-time babysitters, we have made it work. This has been our norm. Posted by Jennifer Chappell Deckert. Two years ago, we were arriving in Colombia after getting to know our soon-to-b...
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Encontrando nuestra manera: December 2011
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Our journey to Colombia. Saturday, December 31, 2011. Here we go, 2012. 12 foods to eat MORE of. 12 books to read. The Midwife's Tale by Gretchen Moren Laskas. Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. All is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day by Jim Forest. Present Tense by Gordon Houser. Ecomind: Changing the way we think to create the world we want by Frances Moore Lappe. Marriage Rules, by Harriet Lerner. What color is the Sacred? Play by Stuart Brown. Craft with the kids.
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Encontrando nuestra manera: Time. Out.
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Our journey to Colombia. Thursday, May 31, 2012. This house is full of emotion. The end of school projects, reports, and presentations. The understanding that each day we might be doing something or seeing someone for the very last time. The arguments over who gets to use what technology, and why their need trumps the need of someone else. Knowing that things will not feel comfortable at "home" for a very long time. Deciding what needs to come with us, and what we need to leave behind. Yes, dear hearts&#...
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Encontrando nuestra manera: Piano lessons
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Our journey to Colombia. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Posted by Jennifer Chappell Deckert. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lydia, Andy, Abby, Jennifer, and Aaron. The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.". Click on map to see more). Other places of interest. Elizabeth and Neil's Blog.