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Plus Points
Every once in a while, you have a pretty good day. Point 1: I got almost seven full hours of sleep last night. Do you know when was the last time that happened?! Point 2: Dash’s cousin (or twin? or … Continue reading
Posted in chocolate, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, family, food, Friends, gifts, gluten free, God, Holidays, Home, India, ministry, Mumbai, positive, positivity, students, teacher, Teaching, Uncategorized, updates, World Travel
Tagged blessings, classes, food, fun, gluten-free, lizard, meetings, ministry, plus points, positivity, sixteen, sleep, slum, students, teacher, travel
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So Much Life
We—————ll, it’s been a hot minute. And I mean HOT. And let’s scratch the minute. It’s been more like two weeks. Highlights: – This past Saturday, on the 9th, just a fraction of our typical CRC was available. It … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bandra, children, Decisions, Dream Big, education, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, exploration, faith, family, Friends, God, Growth, Happy, India, Journey, Learning, Life, love, Maharashtra, ministry, Mumbai, Mumbaiker, new experiences, outlook, Perseverance, poverty, Prayer, Reflections, Revelations, Sensory Processing Disorder, teacher, travel, Uncategorized, World Travel, Youth ministry
Tagged acne, adulting, air conditioning, allergy, armor of God, aunt, babies, bills, birthday, bug bites, coconut, coconut milk, discernment, expat, expatriate, family, friends, heat, heat wave, highlights, India, infants, learning, letter, mosquitoes, MP3, Mumbai, music, nephew, poverty, presents, proud aunt, richness, Sword of the Spirit, toasty, trains, travel, world travel
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How the Heck?
I’ve come to the realization this week that there are a lot of things I simply don’t know how to do or handle. I don’t know how to run a ministry for women and children; I’ve never done that before. … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, discovery, Dream, emotions, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, exploration, faith, God, Growth, Hindi, hope, India, Journey, Language, Learning, Life, love, ministry, Mumbai, Perspective, positive, Prayer, Reflections, Sensory Processing Disorder, Shift, teacher, Women's ministry, Youth ministry
Tagged children, DIY, download, faith, God, Hindi, honorable, India, King of Kings, knowledge, love, mastermind, Mumbai, noise, obedience, prayer, relationships, romance, sensory integration disorder, sensory overload, Sensory Processing Disorder, technology, understanding, wisdom, women
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Bloom
At approximately 9pm, it will be officially seven months to the hour since I set foot for the first time in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Maharashtra, Mumbai. And what a seven months it has been! Had anyone told me in … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, children, Culture, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, Growth, Happy, India, Journey, Life, Maharashtra, Mumbaiker, Perspective, Reflections, teacher, word travel, World Travel, Youth ministry
Tagged children, expat life, expatriate, experience, flowers, friendship, healing, life, petals, roses, the unknown, world travel
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2016 January Update
Not the most original of titles, I know. Bu———t I’m still working through a bit of jet lag and just ate a delicious Thai chicken curry: I’ve got a food baby, I’m tired, and my cognitive processes have been surrendered … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bandra, Beginnings, children, Culture, Culture Shock, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, food, Growth, Holidays, Home, India, Journey, Language, Learning, Life, love, Maharashtra, ministry, Movement, Mumbai, new experiences, Perspective, Reflections, teacher, travel, Trip, Uncategorized, word travel, Youth ministry
Tagged apartment, Christmas, cupcakes, curriculum planning, death, DIY, family, family time, first aid, flat, food, gifts, independence, India, jet lag, life, love, nephews, shoes, sleep, yummy
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Confessions
#1: I’ve been avoiding writing a new post lately. There is far too much swirling around in my head. Anything I put down here will be so unfathomably NOT comprehensive. For your sake, at least there are several other confessions … Continue reading
Posted in Decisions, distracted, endurance, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, family, Friends, God, Growth, Healing, Home, India, Journey, Life, Maharashtra, Movement, Mumbai, outlook, overwhelmed, Perseverance, Perspective, Reflections, students, teacher, Uncategorized, word travel
Tagged adulting, antsy, change, confessions, dependence, duffle bag, excited, Freedom, fresh air, God, perspective, prayer, productivity, recycle, shift, water
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Construction
When I asked God about India eight years ago, I had no idea that someday I would be where I am today. The ministry I dreamed of starting so long ago – one which would rescue abandoned and neglected children, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Beginnings, children, Culture, doctor, education, expat, Expat Life, expatriate, Expatriate Life, experience, faith, God, Growth, Happy, Healing, hope, humanity, India, Learning, Maharashtra, ministry, Mumbai, overwhelmed, Perseverance, Perspective, Prayer, teacher, World Travel
Tagged adventure, antibiotics, children, construction, crew, degrees, doctor, domestic violence, donations, endurance, establish, expatriate, faith, foundations, gift, God, healing, hospital, India, joy, kids, let it shine, life, light of the world, medical, ministry, money, mother, Mumbai, persistence, prayer, qualifications, rescue, strength
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It’s No Wonder
It’s no wonder we teachers tend to guard our “prep hour” with our very lives, and that we assign group work: our larynx would be destroyed in any other case and laryngitis would be called “teacher’s syndrome”. It’s no wonder … Continue reading
Posted in education, teacher, Teaching
Tagged books, bookworm, desk, documentation, exhaustion, files, food, honey, laryngitis, lunch, lunch box, lunchbox, markers, paper, paper work, pencils, tea, teacher, tired, Tulsi ginger
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::Contented Sigh::
Yes. Yes, yes, yes. So many reasons to be so very happy today! Though Paul says to be content in every circumstance, and to rejoice in the Lord always, sometimes your circumstances make that incredibly easy (as is the case … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bandra, chocolate, education, Expat Life, expatriate, experience, faith, food, God, India, Prayer, students, teacher, Teaching, travel, World Travel
Tagged aacha din, adventure, apartment, breakfast, chocolate, clothes, contentment, cricket, dark chocolate, eggs, excitement, food, God, grateful, Hindi, home, India, Jesus, Maharashtra, Mumbai, office, organization, paint, rejoicing, rickshaw, shopping, students, teaching, work
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