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Children.

by Jim on 26 March 2011

in Special themes

Stories about them, pictures of them, how they live, what they need – these posts all have at least something to do with children…

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Nueva Jerusalen La Laguna (Guatemala)

by Jim on 19 February 2011

in Interesting Posts

What, you’ve never been to Nueva Jerusalen La Laguna?  Well, now’s your chance!

The pictures and the story will give you a feel for this family’s visit.  The village is K’ekchi’ – (Q’eqchi’) – a people group numbering about 400,000 in Guatemala.

Thursday night we were invited to the village of Nueva Jerusalen La Laguna to attend a special service for the women.  The village is about an hour away.  The pastor and another man met us at the store in La Torre to show us the way.  He wanted us to be there at 3:00. Why so early?

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Recent and Random: Taxi Drivers, Students, and La Lucha

11 December 2010

Here are just a few recent interesting posts from around the world… Christ School Stories (Uganda):  The stories of a couple of students. Am I a Cool Christian? (Philippines):  On being a cool blogger, a cool church, and a cool Christian. nou la (Haiti):  "We’re here. We’re watching the place we love fall into further [...]

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So hard… but so rewarding!

13 September 2010

Yes, it’s often the theme of missionary blog posts.  And yet, it really can’t be explained in a post.  The challenges that missionaries face – how "simple" tasks around the house can sometimes cause so much discouragement – the heart-rending challenges in relationships – crying with those who cry – the silent discouragement that comes [...]

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Kids, Moms, and Tarantulas…

18 May 2010

An interesting mix of themes for today’s post of interesting missionary blog posts from around the world!  But all of the posts do have something to do with kids, so here goes… What happens when a 4 year old finds a tarantula on the wall… (Ecuador) A birthday party in South Africa An upcoming women’s [...]

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Videos, pictures, and naming God

12 February 2010

Lots going on out there in the missionary blogosphere – I’m especially noticing an increase in the use of video!  So here are some posts with video first, then we have a few more… How to train fleas (Ecuador) – I know you’ve always wondered. Retreat and Prayer Requests (Japan) – just a basic update [...]

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5 years!

27 January 2010

Photo courtesy of light_arted It’s time to congratulate those who have completed 5 years of blogging!  5 years is still a good old age for a blog – in fact, these blogs are still older than this site (which started in 2005). I’ve done this in the past, but I’m not sure if I’ll do [...]

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Totally Random Missionary Blog Awards (2009)

24 December 2009

Now before we start, I have to admit I’m still adding blogs from 2009, so there are lots more that could be mentioned.  But here are some fun facts about the blogs I’ve got in the system so far that have started in 2009: Most unusual blog name of 2009 And the award goes to [...]

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Christmas is a’comin’

4 December 2009

It seems to me that a lot of people out there are getting ready for Christmas.  Let me show you what I mean… From Niger, Gifts for Those Who Have Everything In Russia, find out what getting ready for Christmas is like when you’re away from home in Christmas Decorating And in Brazil, find out [...]

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Recipes from Missionary Bloggers

12 November 2009

Missionary bloggers have a unique way of cooking.  Sometimes they’re learning to local dishes in an unfamiliar culture.  Sometimes they’re trying to cook something familiar, with unfamiliar ingredients.  And sometimes they’re just having fun! So in this post, let’s look at recipes missionaries have shared in the past – first, some with a cultural flavour, [...]

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