Author: Adventures

And amidst the chaos, God whispered.

I remember Kristina and our ministry contacts telling us, “If you get a connection with a child this week, don’t avoid it. Embrace it. Pour into that child. Give that child all of your love. Put it all out there.” Well, Thursday started out much similar to the rest.  We spent the morning and some of the afternoon with the kids. Rocking out, laughing uncontrollably and just watching them grow comfortable around us. After dinner, Kristina and I were in the kitchen when she heard a familiar sound from the gate and she rushed to it with an excited “Abbaba!”...

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When the World is Shaking Around You

earthquake |ˈərθËŒkwÄ�k| noun a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. Im not gonna lie. I was scared. Im from Alberta, Canada. We generally don’t have earthquakes. My first thought was a train is rumbling past. And then logic kicked in. I am in the middle of the city. There is barely enough room for one car to pass through the street in front of us. We scrambled outside, after foolishly trying to fit under tables or anything for that matter. We must have looked...

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Jesus Loves the Little Children

Since Monday, we have been up in the northern most part of Thailand, Mae Sai, working with the Drop-In Center (DIC). The DIC is about 2 kilometers(if that) from the Thai/Burmese border and it is a place for Burmese kids to come and hang out from 9 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon where they can play games, learn about Jesus, learn Thai and English, get a good meal, and just be a kid. Whenever we woke up on Tuesday morning, we were not prepared for the 30+ that were waiting for us to come play with them and just love on them. The entire week was filled with games, songs, crafts, bible...

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Team Update

Just before noon EST a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Burma, on its border with Thailand. There is currently a Real Life team in the Thai city of Chiang Rai about 70 miles from the earthquake site. Real Life staff has been in direct contact with the Real Life team and all participants are safe.  They are still experiencing minor aftershocks, but have found a safe location to stay. We will stay in communication with the team throughout the day and will continue to post updates here if the situation changes.

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It’s His LOVE That Changes Us.

March 16, 2011      Exactly two months since the start of this epic journey, I can honestly say that I am NOT the woman that I was whenever I flew in to Atlanta for training camp. God has completely transformed me inside and out. I know who I am now. I am the daughter of a King, I am beautiful, I am worthy, I am holy, I am a saint, God chose ME to be part of His army.      Whenever I was baptized 3 years ago, it was out of obligation and out of fear that if I wasn’t baptized, that I wouldn’t make it into heaven. Basically, it was for...

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One last Phuket Adventure

          We had simple instructions from our leaders, Natalie and Andrea, to be in our room and ready to leave at 12:45 this afternoon. We were all a little peaved about their secrecy but played along in order to humor them. We were then delivered a four notes with instructions that only Mary was allowed to read. The first one said to get to Phuket Town (about 20 minute bus ride) and to open our next “clue” upon arrival. Well, this came with some rules. One being I had to wear a blindfold the entire way. Gabby couldn’t speak....

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