Forest in Sri Lanka

I met Mala, Woman of Valor, in her small palm-branch-thatched home in a rural village in Sri Lanka. As we sat in the plastic chairs stamped with flowers in the front room of her two-room house, she stood in the elbow between a handmade standing table and the woven palm branch wall of her home.…

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Sri Lankan girl looking out the window

(Looking for Life: Unmasked? Gen of Turquoise Gates is hosting the link-up today. Share your post over here!) I’ve been listening to U2 in the van as we bounce down dusty roads in rural Sri Lanka. It just fits for the kinds of things we’re doing here. I met the two boys we sponsor today.…

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(Our internet service is very unpredictable, so I apologize in advance for typos and low image quality – I can’t edit after I post, and I had to shrink the photos to get any to upload.) We made it! And I survived, even snagging a couple hours of sleep in the airplane. This is by…

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I am the mother of two boys and two girls. All four of them are beautiful, in my humble opinion. Girls have been following my oldest son around for quite some time, partly because he’s so darn cute and partly because he’s such a nice kid. My youngest boy demands attention wherever he goes, but…

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