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Investigative Bible Study

Kathy with one of our dear international student friends at PSU
Yesterday, after working in the FOCUS office, I headed to the Student Union to meet a Kim (name changed),Korean married student to resume our weekly Bible study after a brief summer break. Last year, three of us had met together to study the book of [...]

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Tunisia… the Good News is

……people in Tunisia do not have superstitions about pictures taking away their souls—yessssss!
My morning started out in Le Kef, Tunisia. The scene? Me running up and down three flights of stairs in a hotel looking for an empty bathroom—-it took me about 40 minutes to find one and lots of times up and down the [...]

It’s Been a Good Day in Morocco When…

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It’s been a good day in Morocco when…
[Shannon and Alec posted this update on their Facebook page-- they are in North Africa for 3 weeks.]

you drive over what seems like the rocky mountains (can’t believe there is so much snow in North Africa), into wildflower covered fields, followed by a Moroccan grand canyon and then [...]

You know you’re feeling at home in urban inner Southeast Portland when..

You know you’re feeling at home in urban inner Southeast Portland when…
1.  while sitting your bedroom window you break out the popcorn to watch a drug bust take place across the street. 300-900 plants are taken– SWAT is there for a bit.
2.  Most of your (Libertarian) neighbors are glad the drug bust-ee just happened to be in the Philippines when it [...]

Shannon & Alec in Morocco

Alec and I have had several instances of outrageous laughter since being in Morocco…it’s been great. How interesting to travel internationally with a sibling, I highly recommend it if you want to be transported back to early childhood (I’m 12, Alec is 8). =) Maybe for some that’s not good, but for us it’s pretty [...]

Black Market II (Alec & Shannon Raising Money for Africa)

The Black Market II: Alec & Shannon in real life (from Facebook)
Shannon and Alec leave Thursday for three weeks of photography in North Africa building a new archive of digital photos and video for use by various non-profits and NGO reps serving peoples of the region. Check out this video he made today promoting his [...]

Middle School Drama Group Week 2

Before heading off to the second week of Middle School Drama Practice at church, I did some serious strategizing about how I was going to maintain the focus of the nine energetic 11-14 year olds. Last week, the boys and girls were trading verbal jabs and the boys informed me that the girls had cooties [...]

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