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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: Things I noticed upon returning to the USofA
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Friday, August 12, 2011. Things I noticed upon returning to the USofA. Salsa- mild, medium, spicy? Lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, many more toppings that I can't think of right now? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Look in my interests, b/c this section has a 1200 character limit. Honestly, they are asking me to limit myself to 1200 characters? View my complete profile. Things I noticed upon returning to the USofA.
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: Left Behind
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. I have a theory that goes like this: it is easier to leave than to be left behind. Being left behind doesn’t mean that you do not have adventures on the horizon, but they are simply less tangible than those who are leaving. Although I will be leaving again, and will once again leave a void, I think it is better to have left South Africa than to never have come at all. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Birds on a Plane.
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: May 2011
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Saturday, May 28, 2011. In a town founded by Lutheran missionaries, I have frequently heard stories about the church of the past. Everyone was Lutheran because that is what the white people said they must be in order to be saved. And who doesn’t want to be saved? During colonization, this happened all across Africa, where white people stepped in with their “correct” religion and “saved” all of. What do these terms really mean? I have always kind of shied away from these terms in the. Without being born a...
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: April 2011
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Thursday, April 28, 2011. Weapon of Mass Destruction. Is not the only country struggling slowly with the equal treatment of women, this is a global phenomenon which affects us all. Similar ideologies about the proper “place” of a woman exist in the. And entering into a career historically male dominated is not exactly easy, even if it is occurring more in the. So what does this mean? The woman who denied giving Jesus water, and Jezebel. Contrastingly, when asked to name stories involving men in the B...
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: July 2011
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. Birds on a Plane. For your enjoyment, I would like to take this time to offer you a story of the amazing return journey from South Africa of Ms. Amanda Tompkins and Ms. Heather Nelson. Being on African time, Amanda and I were merely enjoying ourselves, and laughing at the ridiculousness of our own lives, but the other Americans around us were not so pleased or amused by the delay. I have a theory that goes like this: it is easier to leave than to be left behind. Birds on a Plane.
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. How to Survive Winter in Masealama. Two things will get you, the dark and the wind. Although indoors provides you with shelter from the wind, the thick stone walls and little sunlight penetration create conditions very similar to your freezer. There is no central heating and air as we are used to the. Try to find a spot in the sun still protected from the wind. Watch out for lizards and other reptiles which tend to gather in such areas. And hour before bed, boil water and put in...
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Saturday, March 26, 2011. The God of Water. Tap…. Tap… Rat-a-tapp-TAP. BOOM! The rain will fill the buckets which my neighbors and I have strategically placed, and save us a few trips with the wheelbarrow to the water pump. This is just one of the many water conservation techniques that I have picked up from the people here in Masealama. To slowly cut through the rock. The Grand Canyon,. A few weeks ago. We recently experienced flooding which left many people who inhabited the ...
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: Birds on a Plane
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. Birds on a Plane. For your enjoyment, I would like to take this time to offer you a story of the amazing return journey from South Africa of Ms. Amanda Tompkins and Ms. Heather Nelson. Being on African time, Amanda and I were merely enjoying ourselves, and laughing at the ridiculousness of our own lives, but the other Americans around us were not so pleased or amused by the delay. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Birds on a Plane.
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Young Adults in Global Mission: South Africa: How to Survive Winter in Masealama
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. How to Survive Winter in Masealama. Two things will get you, the dark and the wind. Although indoors provides you with shelter from the wind, the thick stone walls and little sunlight penetration create conditions very similar to your freezer. There is no central heating and air as we are used to the. Try to find a spot in the sun still protected from the wind. Watch out for lizards and other reptiles which tend to gather in such areas. And hour before bed, boil water and put in...
