tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58725548728416033722024-03-05T04:50:15.871-08:00Banner and SailStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-49075849805078211742022-06-02T10:51:00.010-07:002022-06-03T12:10:45.070-07:00Little Art and Gift Shop by the Sea <p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><b> Welcome!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><i>God's work is not man working for God; </i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><i>it is God's own work, though often </i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><i>wrought through man's hands.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> <strong>Hudson Taylor</strong></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;">I haven't posted for a while, a lot has happened. We have been in a state of limbo for over a year now. We are still looking for a home and a place to land.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;">I am still doing my volunteer work with World Vision and opened up shop on Etsy until hopefully I find a place to sell in person, I usually do events to sell my art and gifts but I have been thinking about doing my own thing somewhere. (Lord Willing) Most likely, I will stay online as well as offering an event in person.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>You can find my art and gifts here...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;">(I am a small business) <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #45818e;">⛵</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: x-large;">Etsy shop Bannerandsail </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bannerandsail?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Inspirational Art and Gifts</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;">Prints ArtPal <a href="https://www.artpal.com/Bannerandsail" target="_blank">Current Artwork Prints</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;">World Vision Art For Charity Donations </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"> <a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" target="_blank">Click on Link for current Fundraiser or to sponsor a child </a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4DchukVjn8kSgjC-yb8fNb8whRKlZyDsC9MT4W16NC3A8Zz6Jphfjdw7KS_GbNq5lhZyM_bcLW2lpk9-U-MmAwzcJuXt-THKYERygv9y5fms0UzHH_meRcFtIMbEMrK7rhkVVAvNhMy_7hsPOEeUq_C-ZPk0mzHBAVAVMWDRosn3ZajnkgUqYqAABg/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_8737.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1280" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4DchukVjn8kSgjC-yb8fNb8whRKlZyDsC9MT4W16NC3A8Zz6Jphfjdw7KS_GbNq5lhZyM_bcLW2lpk9-U-MmAwzcJuXt-THKYERygv9y5fms0UzHH_meRcFtIMbEMrK7rhkVVAvNhMy_7hsPOEeUq_C-ZPk0mzHBAVAVMWDRosn3ZajnkgUqYqAABg/w412-h388/thumbnail_IMG_8737.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #cfe2f3;"><a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Coastal </i></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bannerandsail?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank"> Art and faith inspired gifts</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">A portion of all art and gift sales </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">goes to help fight hunger with the charity World Vision. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;">I'm in a season of waiting upon God, trying to be productive in this time and unsure what the future holds. Working with my hands has helped in that wait! I hope you can find your little treasure here in my Inspirational art and gift shop by the sea!:)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;">Blessings,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: x-large;">Stephanie Bannerandsail</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9-iSw5mw3cAfUJjpB4cxkQsP0Y8bsuaXWY2P6RFaXbffsA1k0GW3LH3nwAhzTN6Gb5sCfCfSIkYA24C1KIA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtBsrfa8QIAcgyJdUOGAF9KtLQHckZZK5omUeXZVg1Ic9kOrRDMIMTGHjyNON3GUOxMd-MpAgQP4yhSatwU6GCe8ys4pq2C5bYV-t4dyTb0KSnROmo0erenubeS9nApwtVUhYtkHCT1svxJTQN9DrJmOP4j63OrnapSx-yoe-bhg-2JOqSFBwEiXLVg/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_8746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="812" height="583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtBsrfa8QIAcgyJdUOGAF9KtLQHckZZK5omUeXZVg1Ic9kOrRDMIMTGHjyNON3GUOxMd-MpAgQP4yhSatwU6GCe8ys4pq2C5bYV-t4dyTb0KSnROmo0erenubeS9nApwtVUhYtkHCT1svxJTQN9DrJmOP4j63OrnapSx-yoe-bhg-2JOqSFBwEiXLVg/w370-h583/thumbnail_IMG_8746.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Marck Script; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-47728900104283018872021-11-16T18:44:00.010-08:002021-11-17T10:56:29.196-08:00Give Thanks 2021<p><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8-KmPV9DMBnQExhFYoi_mJ218ycQu-LFVBZXZ2mamPSZh6RwW5rE15FjmLNrdWOja0LirpmIPjTgzAlcJrEq38MtkunISWn6rbilAGDpwhlYo1yR0UPHZ1xk4mBZ4LLJXpEEEm3US-WQ/s1280/thumbnail_9E1D2894-00FD-49DB-B5A3-D13843657A60+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8-KmPV9DMBnQExhFYoi_mJ218ycQu-LFVBZXZ2mamPSZh6RwW5rE15FjmLNrdWOja0LirpmIPjTgzAlcJrEq38MtkunISWn6rbilAGDpwhlYo1yR0UPHZ1xk4mBZ4LLJXpEEEm3US-WQ/w512-h640/thumbnail_9E1D2894-00FD-49DB-B5A3-D13843657A60+%25281%2529.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Shadows Into Light;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span><a href=" https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400058580"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: x-large;">ecome a child sponsor!</span></a> <span style="font-size: x-large;">🤍</span></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: large;">Painted from World Vision's photography from the field.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-cPqqTaWAIzMGgF7OLMFKcVI5guGr45Izv7GBk1Nhkl0spYPH0TplxERwSr0mqOPvBXiMusakswnIIaxDmIa1reKP1CHrKzFeiiRc3IGx-y5tpNZegl2pQ_HXzrevhTLcmBBnfJoQnp0/s1280/thumbnail_FA0C667E-EA01-4FFE-8473-4149FC8008FA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-cPqqTaWAIzMGgF7OLMFKcVI5guGr45Izv7GBk1Nhkl0spYPH0TplxERwSr0mqOPvBXiMusakswnIIaxDmIa1reKP1CHrKzFeiiRc3IGx-y5tpNZegl2pQ_HXzrevhTLcmBBnfJoQnp0/w239-h239/thumbnail_FA0C667E-EA01-4FFE-8473-4149FC8008FA.jpg" width="239" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rny6_8jrzjMLwUUJBOhtm_YY7-OdSaCGyeXthX3ar1Y5HFSrQXw4iFWbaB6YEDdkvmD5EOleDeHb8xOdlN9U40rJOrYBtdbeAr-Xc1nDdUaRBRJOdMu0EXxNjCGWEtAkzZ4tTNY8_wjR/s539/254129853_2107100429437038_6683676085641381913_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw7vFRb2qH_LCmmR3rRDegAfKCu5EhXTRf_fx6Z-FA795aZle3mZymz3hOem1JuQzTObrYPFErRIzPH7KYw0czrgnf7dwoTo0ZrcwDmKY-iLk-UyZCpxnNNhOx7PTDCoFJ6tLb3Tb5AqT/w232-h248/thumbnail_2C82BB72-E80F-4B56-899C-84BB9E637C40.jpg" width="232" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://WorldVision.org"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: x-large;">Give an animal this Christmas and change a life!</span></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 🐐🐤🐄🦆🐖🐑🐇</span></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3vOc3q-7DuDcv8n1gbsCdSmFilsW_YBysgNuQH4Hp5dN9fiLy06kX8i0pnjhjSSAcCVlEQVgLLwdfbK2IyAufiW4h4BTBQ4J_TU5oP6q4yuusu14yCEEFzWY8aSfQ5MTr0VuASs3Ig7Q/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_4425+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1027" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3vOc3q-7DuDcv8n1gbsCdSmFilsW_YBysgNuQH4Hp5dN9fiLy06kX8i0pnjhjSSAcCVlEQVgLLwdfbK2IyAufiW4h4BTBQ4J_TU5oP6q4yuusu14yCEEFzWY8aSfQ5MTr0VuASs3Ig7Q/w321-h400/thumbnail_IMG_4425+%25281%2529.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.wvi.org/stories/hunger-crisis/saving-lives-through-multi-sectoral-response-hunger-and-malnutrition"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Shadows Into Light;">Quinquilia's story of resilience.</span></a></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><br /><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.artpal.com/Bannerandsail" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: x-large;">Prints</span></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: x-large;">Art for Hunger</span></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400058580" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: x-large;">Sponsor a child here</span></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bannerandsail?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: x-large;">Etsy</span></a></p></blockquote>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-79454669649137098542021-08-13T14:44:00.015-07:002021-11-16T17:52:35.713-08:00Event page <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: large;"><a href=" https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400058580">Sponsor a child</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDPT1n667J7fOS_65nZjO73yOF3bK2bhxaMB5X7gku12TTEx465sxSUilM4pFmam37VGpgUWtwUhlAzXwn73goU97W9mdUBZiR_NFpx3uUchVJKWdYVvu2uy4zSuolbLzfMMEkv4KDrqj/s1333/228300372_10160264534601977_6041189890635521246_n.jpg" style="background-color: #cccccc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDPT1n667J7fOS_65nZjO73yOF3bK2bhxaMB5X7gku12TTEx465sxSUilM4pFmam37VGpgUWtwUhlAzXwn73goU97W9mdUBZiR_NFpx3uUchVJKWdYVvu2uy4zSuolbLzfMMEkv4KDrqj/w400-h400/228300372_10160264534601977_6041189890635521246_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #20124d; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;">Photo credit World Vision<br /><span><a href="https://donate.worldvision.org/chosen?keyword=honduras&cobrand=chosen&step=2&campaign=400049845" target="_blank"> https://donate.worldvision.org/chosen?keyword=honduras&cobrand=chosen&step=2&campaign=400049845</a></span></span></div> <b style="font-family: "Marck Script"; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBypAQOteeC2IBon8XV2l_aEM3bMDpZZWXqmjXVTrgrTfiebBXcjGuG3c0Fc9nBO08lWwzj8ScGwuXfhmWUBFL7aoEkB1b-9yE4RqRJgRR3oveEjXQdr18Kd6wFDluOheVD6XXvVKMORko/s459/Qc-DGMfxF_fV8SY-BPBITg_r.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBypAQOteeC2IBon8XV2l_aEM3bMDpZZWXqmjXVTrgrTfiebBXcjGuG3c0Fc9nBO08lWwzj8ScGwuXfhmWUBFL7aoEkB1b-9yE4RqRJgRR3oveEjXQdr18Kd6wFDluOheVD6XXvVKMORko/s16000/Qc-DGMfxF_fV8SY-BPBITg_r.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bannerandsail?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=978099518" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #20124d; color: #fce5cd; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;">Etsy Shop <br />Bannerandsail</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></span><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span><span><span style="font-family: "Marck Script";"> </span> <span><span><span style="font-family: Architects Daughter;"> </span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"> <span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></span></span><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bannerandsail/" target="_blank"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Instagram📷</i></a></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Srisakdi;">⚘<a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" target="_blank"><span>Gallery</span></a></span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">⚘<a href="https://www.artpal.com/Bannerandsail" target="_blank"><span>⎙Prints</span></a></i></span></b></span></h1><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Marck Script;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-42397086317683444362021-06-08T08:15:00.006-07:002021-06-08T08:39:14.905-07:00Local shop charity display<p><i style="font-family: "Dancing Script"; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891"><span style="color: #444444;">All artwork painted by a local artist, painting from photography from World Vision's top photo journalists from the field.</span></a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891">Sharing stories of children and families around the world.</a></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891">All proceeds go to fight hunger with the charity World Vision. </a></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891">I'm asking for a 100 dollar donation for paintings in this series. Your welcome to donate above to help with this hunger campaign. </a></i></span></p><p><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" style="font-family: "Dancing Script"; font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank"><i>Donate here...</i>🥣 </a></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i>Take your painting home and enjoy thank you!</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i>Consider taking home a child folder to sponsor a child too!</i></span></p><p><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-family: "Dancing Script"; font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><i> </i><i>Donations for Art for charity</i></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" target="_blank">🥣</a></span></p><br /><p><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "Dancing Script"; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845" target="_blank">To sponsor a child, just choose a child on the stand and fill out the attached card. Put your filled out card, in the envelope that's included with your chosen child and drop in the mail. To find your own child with a specific age or country.</a></i></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845" target="_blank"> click here...</a></i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><i>Thank you for your donation! </i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q4BNtaJO1im1935P29EIeEINWtXTBvmdcTyP8eBy6K5ZY_ZrrXtw1MWRuc1AOqb_AHCN3j3rlvB77OJf3QnSQmQ9JiCRWDYnOOzG7HOwo9d3TyeQTLAkEAWyuR9eK1Xm3rXNXoac2MLo/s640/IMG_E7535.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q4BNtaJO1im1935P29EIeEINWtXTBvmdcTyP8eBy6K5ZY_ZrrXtw1MWRuc1AOqb_AHCN3j3rlvB77OJf3QnSQmQ9JiCRWDYnOOzG7HOwo9d3TyeQTLAkEAWyuR9eK1Xm3rXNXoac2MLo/w484-h400/IMG_E7535.JPG" width="484" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5Hxpw-LtfOGTWikrJ9E3hQDyh7anMNCHsJiXY7iHctrc_cUWjaxMvbPM-cmhH5iB9JTrvI41sfJHH_aGcbiIK_tGvMsj2otfxAoPb_F7EruAd9y682SJccLU67_MLUFLl5yKleGkiu6L/s400/IMG_7544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5Hxpw-LtfOGTWikrJ9E3hQDyh7anMNCHsJiXY7iHctrc_cUWjaxMvbPM-cmhH5iB9JTrvI41sfJHH_aGcbiIK_tGvMsj2otfxAoPb_F7EruAd9y682SJccLU67_MLUFLl5yKleGkiu6L/w477-h371/IMG_7544.JPG" width="477" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-51199556946459354522021-04-18T19:00:00.030-07:002021-06-29T06:47:02.970-07:00 Artwork by Bannerandsail 🎕<p><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"> <a href="http://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" target="_blank"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><i>Artwork by Bannerandsail</i></span></a> <span style="font-size: x-large;">🎕 </span></span></b><i style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: xx-large;"> <a href="http://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite"><b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Gallery</span></b></a></i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: x-large;">"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: x-large;"> leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">- </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black;">Dietrich Bonhoeffer</span></span></span></p><span><span><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">#1</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> The first painting had to be about the pandemic! Covid 19 affected all of us, some worse than others, but it’s much harder on the most vulnerable where food and supplies are scarce! Food is life changing for kids that have very little!</span></span></div><br style="color: #050505;" /><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large;">You can help, donate to my art for charity series.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;">Donate to fight hunger World Vision</span></a></span></div><div><span> <b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Indie Flower"; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Available</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85Spssldp7mSoBazyGQI5FuIuxNl4JgRYk2njqKh1JH2hVTamWngjvnkJZKclpVRwPXO3ux8ADH9WzMfoe3ZhFbNlkkOuMj9nBQlYbmLBIJ6K3vW4sVK9Tg8In9QLq4P8Xvt29KOPKelj/s960/179788790_1955261401287609_7486674833919589505_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85Spssldp7mSoBazyGQI5FuIuxNl4JgRYk2njqKh1JH2hVTamWngjvnkJZKclpVRwPXO3ux8ADH9WzMfoe3ZhFbNlkkOuMj9nBQlYbmLBIJ6K3vW4sVK9Tg8In9QLq4P8Xvt29KOPKelj/w640-h485/179788790_1955261401287609_7486674833919589505_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span><span><br /><span><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This little girl, Ireen walked 3 to 4 times a day collecting water in Malawi. It’s unsafe and dirty water, that makes them sick and many times she doesn’t have time to go to school from walking so far multiple times a day!</span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;">Now she has clean water close to home from a borehole drilled by World Vision. Health, Education and safety are some of the benefits from not walking so far to get water for this little girl and other kids in her village. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;">Photo credit World Vision 2020 Atlas Productions</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">Sponsor a child here</span></a>🙋</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white; color: #800180; font-family: Poiret One; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Indie Flower;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"> <b> Sold</b></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: "Lobster Two"; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnQCjVt5NbEN9O4f9FkAvzc9OmOuBH2wttRDoTh8JWSK_b4G0cybkkJsrYiCs113jZ5-hKNDtTFmluBI1zI_LOTBNYIzucSUmBHuvBbgiH1xN-BEj-pCa6-mGdrAH3DcMJ_GUSIDuXpJl/s960/179560536_10218651587136992_7271829125696458468_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="960" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnQCjVt5NbEN9O4f9FkAvzc9OmOuBH2wttRDoTh8JWSK_b4G0cybkkJsrYiCs113jZ5-hKNDtTFmluBI1zI_LOTBNYIzucSUmBHuvBbgiH1xN-BEj-pCa6-mGdrAH3DcMJ_GUSIDuXpJl/w640-h534/179560536_10218651587136992_7271829125696458468_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: large;"> I was surprised to find out that this is the president's sponsor child. He chose Edgar from a wall full of photos, not knowing that it was the president of World Vision! </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #050505; text-align: left;">This one didn’t turn out as close to the picture like I would of wanted, the World Vision photo is a stunningly beautiful photo and my painting wouldn’t do it justice! I added some flowers for Mother’s Day.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Photo credit </span><span style="color: #050505;">World Vision /Lily Mary Rodrigues </span><span style="color: #050505;">Bangladesh</span></span></span></span><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"> <b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Indie Flower"; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Available</span></b><br /></span><span><span><div><span><span><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSssGAPvfR1qw2Jg46N6V6zxg_VVm7QlxYSvkeMTUKQpg_Nj9JwFUweeW0zA01qfwLiGSCn1XyUoISg7hCz4QxtrrVAxq5Y1lRkAdbWTHm4oBgSI2XS7TvYqOjgAFfg4r2cpE8ZpwGiJY/s960/183094993_1961368177343598_4924159513682524431_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="960" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSssGAPvfR1qw2Jg46N6V6zxg_VVm7QlxYSvkeMTUKQpg_Nj9JwFUweeW0zA01qfwLiGSCn1XyUoISg7hCz4QxtrrVAxq5Y1lRkAdbWTHm4oBgSI2XS7TvYqOjgAFfg4r2cpE8ZpwGiJY/w640-h525/183094993_1961368177343598_4924159513682524431_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><a href="https://donate.worldvision.org/chosen?keyword=mass&cobrand=chosen&step=2&campaign=400049845" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Be chosen </span></a><span style="color: #e69138;">💙</span></b></span></div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">Hunger is on the rise and I can’t even imagine being a mom and feeding little ones when there is hardly any food. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891&fbclid=IwAR118LeQs88zm-MOhlignvYeap8mhHGdkUErHigepb9go22leV79hZqa35A" target="_blank">Art For Charity Link</a><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">World Vision</a> \Jemima Tumalu </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">South Sudan </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Indie Flower;">Sold</span></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eLEz9uXUCk9lxW7QhNUKX0NqnyTlQ0bpdbHUMeuNubiTXP98hgs5oRS1-QGUj5pAvbSThmFKYWJNtf9EYzCpAB5X5mhlqI-_7STQYB6QM09KebHmDpS9liPbLpM8ssyv551lI2t5nIJS/s960/184114227_1963025210511228_1551944973678922174_n+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eLEz9uXUCk9lxW7QhNUKX0NqnyTlQ0bpdbHUMeuNubiTXP98hgs5oRS1-QGUj5pAvbSThmFKYWJNtf9EYzCpAB5X5mhlqI-_7STQYB6QM09KebHmDpS9liPbLpM8ssyv551lI2t5nIJS/w640-h541/184114227_1963025210511228_1551944973678922174_n+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">So many children around the world are traumatized by domestic violence, emotional abuse, traffickers and the pandemic. Heck, we are all traumatized by the pandemic, but poverty makes things harder for them! They are home with their abusers more, there may not be enough food on the table or clean water and lack of medical care makes things more difficult. Children need support, both emotionally and spiritually when they have gone through something traumatic in their lives. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845&fbclid=IwAR3OmLepzqjfb7R2C6vS7v1rLq7AzPTSVKk5Gut8VpA5ptkzW46wWYgaiKU" target="_blank">Sponsoring a child</a> helps the child with basic needs but also looks after their whole wellbeing with emotional and spiritual support. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">Photo Credit </span><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">World Vision /</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Joy Malwyo</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: "Poiret One";"> </b><b><span style="font-family: Indie Flower;"> Sold</span></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ0v7MbemXXMMiiYT9n1o96OxZiAY2AKCMkUAruOelqoXvk4U6C7kLVulMZfNP1eX9fPT_tY7jo9run3wo8fDupqIna6xsaRI05Pw907amax4gtvxw5JlLslye6LIK4XE1rPJgi3yspl5/s712/184469413_1965992416881174_3754392508229516574_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="712" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ0v7MbemXXMMiiYT9n1o96OxZiAY2AKCMkUAruOelqoXvk4U6C7kLVulMZfNP1eX9fPT_tY7jo9run3wo8fDupqIna6xsaRI05Pw907amax4gtvxw5JlLslye6LIK4XE1rPJgi3yspl5/w640-h551/184469413_1965992416881174_3754392508229516574_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;">This painting is Moms feed the world”. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne;">These women are feeding their family with crops they planted and hand water with jerry cans in South Sudan.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Parisienne;">"Community members water their vegetable gardens early in a Saturday morning in Kuajok, Warrup State, South Sudan".(©2015 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren)</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Indie Flower"; font-size: xx-large;"> </b><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: "Indie Flower"; font-size: xx-large;">Available</b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXzh2HuHxSbRkCcV9ktjaD8wv3r5hM3TwvMcvcjVaIRvZYOJsiLA2mgL5yqlnm4DYCuxd6OpGffTQjuG2Z8oaZv_s4juOvo5VBvQMJTsCXFO5klaKmg_IcvYvcNkc9R7GED2s4R9KkAUJ/s960/188482806_10218788652723546_3485855106528952837_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="960" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXzh2HuHxSbRkCcV9ktjaD8wv3r5hM3TwvMcvcjVaIRvZYOJsiLA2mgL5yqlnm4DYCuxd6OpGffTQjuG2Z8oaZv_s4juOvo5VBvQMJTsCXFO5klaKmg_IcvYvcNkc9R7GED2s4R9KkAUJ/w640-h505/188482806_10218788652723546_3485855106528952837_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Parisienne;"></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tip Tap water system built by World Vision helps children with clean water, </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #0f1419; flex-direction: row; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sanitation?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;">sanitation</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #0f1419; flex-direction: row; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hygiene?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;">hygiene</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to keep them healthy and happy not to have to walk several times a day for </span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #0f1419; flex-direction: row; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/water?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;">water</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Photo credit World Vision/Eugene Lee</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Available</span></b></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></span></div><span><div><span><span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJABTR7JgP8VRsIto4CCvfPtqdz6nmHJb1Jx9_AzUfMrxKUMErDiy99nkaEn_SNZhYqnn3nQ6fshnPyDcouljhLH2gy6N2Y46LHWqtoPa_RqpPTCtaW1BOsRF2EXpMQJtxaAQiAn6mIXR/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1280" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJABTR7JgP8VRsIto4CCvfPtqdz6nmHJb1Jx9_AzUfMrxKUMErDiy99nkaEn_SNZhYqnn3nQ6fshnPyDcouljhLH2gy6N2Y46LHWqtoPa_RqpPTCtaW1BOsRF2EXpMQJtxaAQiAn6mIXR/w640-h475/thumbnail_IMG_1487.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><i style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">Irene (I just found out she has my mother’s name) is watering plants on a farm plot in Malawi. She’s cultivating high quality seeds that will yield valuable crops for her family.</span></i></div><div><span><span><i style="color: #1c1e21;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;">Photo reference World Vision</span></i><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: xx-large;">Sold (from last the series)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbjP81wg7SlszEzx1iGdWZiHPppkL4R2uhHXfYcTHbeQWImccT62bPmxH73AuoG7UDUWpHABS3qKGdMhNk5QGkkcEQchmLdHUM2zsL_NRja8TRfsjH-zD2NHEcztSQvOYEQiGUPDHEMCJ/s640/thumbnail_IMG_9088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbjP81wg7SlszEzx1iGdWZiHPppkL4R2uhHXfYcTHbeQWImccT62bPmxH73AuoG7UDUWpHABS3qKGdMhNk5QGkkcEQchmLdHUM2zsL_NRja8TRfsjH-zD2NHEcztSQvOYEQiGUPDHEMCJ/w604-h428/thumbnail_IMG_9088.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;">Kids in Zambia taking a joy ride on a bicycle while the photographer captures their fun. </span><br style="color: #050505;" /><span style="color: #050505;">Photo credit Laura Reinhardt/World Vision Zambia 2019</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Parisienne; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFIoWCF_TGM80OxqVYUG-kBwMI13KPjBqGlIwPbqngLEn5G0tjgoA4R3itmgqBzAdZJ3_8XBcsSbEP344z7XA8FYnqXPE68T5ZTKWPbu8Z6SlKSH55Mp4jjdYbMLFZelDgek2rg3rb15yY/s960/196873955_10218894796897084_2951179882264572894_n+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="960" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFIoWCF_TGM80OxqVYUG-kBwMI13KPjBqGlIwPbqngLEn5G0tjgoA4R3itmgqBzAdZJ3_8XBcsSbEP344z7XA8FYnqXPE68T5ZTKWPbu8Z6SlKSH55Mp4jjdYbMLFZelDgek2rg3rb15yY/w640-h486/196873955_10218894796897084_2951179882264572894_n+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><br /><span><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">This painting is from a photo by World Vision / Jon Warren </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids getting there life saving vaccines. Diseases like polio, measles and malaria can be greatly reduced by these vaccines.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YWQ-BsQvlrsIzzZtrzMCfaGp9M1t1EG-rRWV8amvUPtdHlvItoj_Cb1fkkM_Zb5grgwoPGJeuMh33WePcV3K0W00YcPF4Coxnu8LefUcjjlA1DfxP3GgiSb69JvbIKFpwgbWEGq1dZnT/s960/204634454_10218982523090184_4684253889885588540_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YWQ-BsQvlrsIzzZtrzMCfaGp9M1t1EG-rRWV8amvUPtdHlvItoj_Cb1fkkM_Zb5grgwoPGJeuMh33WePcV3K0W00YcPF4Coxnu8LefUcjjlA1DfxP3GgiSb69JvbIKFpwgbWEGq1dZnT/w640-h480/204634454_10218982523090184_4684253889885588540_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“The Olympic Spirit”. Painted from a world Vision photo by Eugene Lee/World Vision.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The last piece of this series is a little boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo proudly showing his soccer ball that he made himself out of plastic bags and found strings from mosquito nets in his village. Celestin, who is 12 years old took two hours to complete this ball. How’s that for the <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/olympic?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Olympic</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/spirit?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#spirit</a>! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sponsor a child, who needs someone like you to believe in him, you never know what his potential could be! https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/olympicsgames?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Adidas</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nike?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#nike</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/beliveinyourdreams?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#beliveinyourdreams</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/kids?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#kids</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/summersports?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Summersports</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/sports?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#instaart</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/art?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#art</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/figurativeart?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#figurativeart</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/brushstokes?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#painting</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/worldvisionusa?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#WorldVisionusa</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/worldvision?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#worldvision</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/charity?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#charity</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/artseries?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#artseries</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/games?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#games</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hope?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#hope</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hopeinthefuture?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#forachild</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/olympics2021?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#olympics2021</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/theolympicspirit?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#theolympicspirit</a> <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/haveagoodday?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVaE7TMSCFi2arWUuOpR7cVXUIg2XRd-kUnRAgEeNFGxfzH1yLEGhKOIENL0WMVGNxAQ6VbzZPZHL-nKD-tKCFHiSAZkEihnDJ05x9fGjUDuptZBBN-RseW68tiMxn8IiRsCmrcfHEl498QYkcc_uhyzHZUTS5rwNAybMViY0wcJg_nXZNivATrw9OXKYV0FFE&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-family: Parisienne; font-size: x-large;">all you who hope in the Lord."</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.48px;"><span style="font-family: Parisienne; font-size: x-large;">Psalm 31:24</span></span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.48px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.48px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCdhYP4YxQISqua7_gS98B0XIclDxsUF3XhzW18CE8ShsC4lcuMx4JP09-r9D9vqF2jdQ81xfu53pVYfj72f_80BslKYdMa1uQ0BgbMupzZPjPl7kGLJJzJ7803ToLLZks7apgqsKr98g/s1000/logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1000" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCdhYP4YxQISqua7_gS98B0XIclDxsUF3XhzW18CE8ShsC4lcuMx4JP09-r9D9vqF2jdQ81xfu53pVYfj72f_80BslKYdMa1uQ0BgbMupzZPjPl7kGLJJzJ7803ToLLZks7apgqsKr98g/w658-h186/logo.jpg" width="658" /></a></span></div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.48px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: Parisienne;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><i>Click here to</i></span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Parisienne;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw-uCrBDOwku7aF8HphU_HSS9ZSUM_3ly_EbpaeMFEGlBiN9KcjLtyRzCThjNOi2Bjwvdk7zzr2H4q4xo4KNA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you to all the amazing photographers that go out to the field and take theses amazing photos! </span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: -0.48px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Parisienne; letter-spacing: -0.48px;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&participantID=3891" style="background-color: #eeeeee;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;"><i>Donate to my art fundraiser to feed the hungry</i></span></a><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> </span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">🥣<b> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=400049845" style="font-size: xx-large; 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font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQln5IDqeVr5l7c2yJvrZjaQ1_kdNtJEc8JhtsDjpqFkyULlIDSi62HXTtSjxhsoSQ8b5g7m1QgPC6JWWauYw6M8LuoPjhMktofHg6QAgRqlCS0VALg4vx4Id7ROzBhmsWULKC6d0NTNHm/s800/i-MNFpDXT-L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQln5IDqeVr5l7c2yJvrZjaQ1_kdNtJEc8JhtsDjpqFkyULlIDSi62HXTtSjxhsoSQ8b5g7m1QgPC6JWWauYw6M8LuoPjhMktofHg6QAgRqlCS0VALg4vx4Id7ROzBhmsWULKC6d0NTNHm/w640-h480/i-MNFpDXT-L.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />There is a candle in every soul </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">🕯</span></span></b><p></p><p><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">Some brightly burning, some dark and cold</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">There is a Spirit who brings fire</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Ignites a candle and makes His home.</span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">Carry your candle, run to the darkness</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Hold out your candle for all to see it</span></b></span></span></p><p><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge">We are a family whose hearts are blazing</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">So let's raise our candles and light up the sky</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Make us a beacon in darkest times.</span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Carry your candle, run to the darkness</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Hold out your candle for all to see it</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Take your candle, and go light your world. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Chris Rice (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Lyrics) </span></b></span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFv_ayii5PSB33JK3Ll0mwJcxaOpVA3wV1R-yKCmloEdZI501yk9Jt1K67zdBWt3fSKWt4XAakCfbuaUDwmiccfZjYvIXEs0Yvxe3qy_sXkL4bw4qHA7XpQGAuElF8gyruswICW0Hmg8T/s2048/20201114_122534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFv_ayii5PSB33JK3Ll0mwJcxaOpVA3wV1R-yKCmloEdZI501yk9Jt1K67zdBWt3fSKWt4XAakCfbuaUDwmiccfZjYvIXEs0Yvxe3qy_sXkL4bw4qHA7XpQGAuElF8gyruswICW0Hmg8T/w395-h400/20201114_122534.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Homemade Apple"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artpal.com/Bannerandsail?i=179488-19"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Prints</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>I have been working on having encouraging prints and cards lately</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>It's needed, especially today!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Homemade Apple"; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdztC1buoQmB47V01jt55oP3udfhK7n8pASt5mruHmqe89ZTumaTnQFIyY6FIEfUzanxVOqvuOXPqY0W7cNivVMhK5Nw3QDPHhkLHNM0yq07beg3mfYGnQAXnLZY2NCcMTu3omxD54yAMe/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1174" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdztC1buoQmB47V01jt55oP3udfhK7n8pASt5mruHmqe89ZTumaTnQFIyY6FIEfUzanxVOqvuOXPqY0W7cNivVMhK5Nw3QDPHhkLHNM0yq07beg3mfYGnQAXnLZY2NCcMTu3omxD54yAMe/w588-h640/thumbnail_IMG_1169.jpg" width="588" /></a></span></div><span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Bannerandsailcom" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>3 for 10</b></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Bannerandsailcom" target="_blank">Message me if you would like any or just to support my art. 🎨 </a></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span><b>(I'm surprised that people have been really supportive overall)</b></span><br /></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>The area that I visited with World Vision in February is available for chosen, I would love to get some of these kids sponsored! </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>I have two kids from this area, I am happy that it's now </b></span></span><b style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: xx-large;">available for sponsorship. </b><b style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: xx-large;"> That means some of the children that we met there, can be sponsored, and they don't have to spend all their time carrying water multiple times a day! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>Clean water, food, education and child protection from traffickers and child labor are some of the problems these children face. Sponsorship would really change their life! </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>They really want to learn, they are so bright! </b></span></span><b style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: xx-large;"> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>Please join me in sponsoring a child from there!</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sign up today! </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Homemade Apple"; text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 🌺</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF_FocPC0bXcz9I_ytkQwuGtLsd9f8MPEPM5cp2FTHTNOBk679vw7EaUX_pZD4I1sI34M8UBtry9YI2MRkEx0QoBjhB_xJJ-u_Fx4YaXCJaB-v9MTKqUMqmY2OcMYfk-XDY9PgkUnRLkZ/s908/thumbnail_IMG_1050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="908" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF_FocPC0bXcz9I_ytkQwuGtLsd9f8MPEPM5cp2FTHTNOBk679vw7EaUX_pZD4I1sI34M8UBtry9YI2MRkEx0QoBjhB_xJJ-u_Fx4YaXCJaB-v9MTKqUMqmY2OcMYfk-XDY9PgkUnRLkZ/w640-h270/thumbnail_IMG_1050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;">Top section of a painting I did over the summer of the countless number of children in need in this area of Cambodia! </span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;">All of them beautiful and bright! </span></b><b style="font-family: "Homemade Apple"; text-align: center;"><span>🌺</span></b></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: medium;"><b>Often we want to be able to see into the future. We say “How will the next year be for me? Where will I be five or ten years from now?” There are no answers to these questions. Mostly we have just enough light to see the next step: what we have to do the coming hour or the following day.</b></span></span></p><div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: medium;"><b>The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark. When we are able to take the next step that follows, with the trust that we will have enough light for the step that follows, we can walk through life with joy and be surprised at how far we go. Let’s rejoice in the little light we carry and not ask for the great beam that would take all shadows away.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: medium;"><b>~ Henri Nouwen 🕯</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #282828; font-size: 15.3333px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUHkq8NIjDdSO1Z5thR0K1PmfG85ru9f4lhyphenhyphenXXgC8ZSafauNOXMwixes2dQzkySwlRuu84WcvDsrHTZLTnKcjDBGVpfhonXyNQrpIa0WIfJZRoGZyof1DHCcOzHk6HlOEsHeMw9YtBaEW/s1600/ATFR1579.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUHkq8NIjDdSO1Z5thR0K1PmfG85ru9f4lhyphenhyphenXXgC8ZSafauNOXMwixes2dQzkySwlRuu84WcvDsrHTZLTnKcjDBGVpfhonXyNQrpIa0WIfJZRoGZyof1DHCcOzHk6HlOEsHeMw9YtBaEW/w579-h366/ATFR1579.JPG" width="579" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><b>Classroom in rural Cambodia</b></span></div><div style="color: #282828; font-size: 15.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><b>Photo credit Jonathan Gomez </b></span></div><div style="color: #282828;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.3333px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w9Q16FOj6rw" width="320" youtube-src-id="w9Q16FOj6rw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.3333px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_9lABOR7nRM" width="320" youtube-src-id="_9lABOR7nRM"></iframe></div><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR5wnbSUSRtI3AQos5kiaj9XJLnVRPaWHlXwRY5dgf1vC30lQiQUff9DyK06oH4DekCC05ndwNg-CCC4F1TkMXhYLK4W4cNJFlHQaPPafEuQLq3t__3O5NyMM13mL-oleijb-EVo9ykV4/s1280/i-qQCWX24-X2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLR5wnbSUSRtI3AQos5kiaj9XJLnVRPaWHlXwRY5dgf1vC30lQiQUff9DyK06oH4DekCC05ndwNg-CCC4F1TkMXhYLK4W4cNJFlHQaPPafEuQLq3t__3O5NyMM13mL-oleijb-EVo9ykV4/w640-h384/i-qQCWX24-X2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>On our visit to Cambodia 2020<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQPSW9yv0sSJmSUyVtowRHhYtIN-rlTRfww4S6phW1v6x48hbt-Uyfcd_Idpsg9Fn9zy0IqQdJrpATCE8-vbGO06gZrlokLMKcjA61ZAAtUo3cIheyHzNM3FKrOWAkyRNZ7qz80kjSaoS/s600/i-RXZKkw9-M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQPSW9yv0sSJmSUyVtowRHhYtIN-rlTRfww4S6phW1v6x48hbt-Uyfcd_Idpsg9Fn9zy0IqQdJrpATCE8-vbGO06gZrlokLMKcjA61ZAAtUo3cIheyHzNM3FKrOWAkyRNZ7qz80kjSaoS/w640-h368/i-RXZKkw9-M.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Photo credit Jonathan Gomez </b></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Fe7t1Hny2Pr5TIGLa_xC52WWfCOdMPBPUU7KAVLqcHAt0ZM7u2blDqGUcS_Ej3kiGjvzt1LxxrmgT5bxSI_qcaD78u3khpfbv00XG1JH1BWfAPwkClAjUDwg6tDJVbHsttYwxgstQoL/s960/86375658_10217745503802135_4810889174301278208_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Fe7t1Hny2Pr5TIGLa_xC52WWfCOdMPBPUU7KAVLqcHAt0ZM7u2blDqGUcS_Ej3kiGjvzt1LxxrmgT5bxSI_qcaD78u3khpfbv00XG1JH1BWfAPwkClAjUDwg6tDJVbHsttYwxgstQoL/w480-h640/86375658_10217745503802135_4810889174301278208_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>Let a child choose you! Sign up today to have a child that has no choices,</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b> have the choice to choose their sponsor, </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><b>you!</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 15.3333px;"><span style="color: #00fbff; font-family: Srisakdi;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #00fbff; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://donate.worldvision.org/chosen?keyword=cachosen&cobrand=chosen&step=2&campaign=400049845" target="_blank">World Vision #Chosen</a> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="text Matt-25-31"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>“When the Son of Man comes<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24040R" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24040R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)"></sup> in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.</i></span></span></span><span class="text Matt-25-32" id="en-NIV-24041"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24041T" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24041T" title="See cross-reference T">T</a>)"></sup> the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</i></span></span></span><span class="text Matt-25-33" id="en-NIV-24042"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.</i></span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-25-34" id="en-NIV-24043"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24043V" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24043V" title="See cross-reference V">V</a>)"></sup> prepared for you since the creation of the world.</i></span></span></span><span class="text Matt-25-35" id="en-NIV-24044"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,</i></span></span></span><span class="text Matt-25-36" id="en-NIV-24045"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>I needed clothes and you clothed me,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24045Y" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045Y" title="See cross-reference Y">Y</a>)"></sup> I was sick and you looked after me,<sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24045Z" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045Z" title="See cross-reference Z">Z</a>)"></sup> I was in prison and you came to visit me.’</i></span><sup class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24045AA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24045AA" title="See cross-reference AA">AA</a>)"></sup></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-25-37" id="en-NIV-24046"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?</i></span></span></span><span><i> </i></span><span class="text Matt-25-38" id="en-NIV-24047"><span class="woj"><span><i>When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?</i></span></span></span><span class="text Matt-25-39" id="en-NIV-24048"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’</i></span></span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-25-40" id="en-NIV-24049"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"><span><i> </i></span></sup><span><i>“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these </i></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="text Matt-25-40"><span class="woj"><span><i>brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’</i></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="text Matt-25-40"><span class="woj"><span><i>Matt 25</i></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PnFN8rhasVVYvKPfgJeXefYCtYHYFsjmWUQSuSA3YvcfBcdotsM_HbOjayGCMFfcr6jMmAmfqqLNbHhwIsSquXVrJJrGE9oNx4-p0QHlC8m6qgZ0f1_RqejfgaVfFm6dknMrNkfaPK4X/s850/57ff0e8e47f1c7fdac79005b3c403a50.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PnFN8rhasVVYvKPfgJeXefYCtYHYFsjmWUQSuSA3YvcfBcdotsM_HbOjayGCMFfcr6jMmAmfqqLNbHhwIsSquXVrJJrGE9oNx4-p0QHlC8m6qgZ0f1_RqejfgaVfFm6dknMrNkfaPK4X/w482-h640/57ff0e8e47f1c7fdac79005b3c403a50.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="text Matt-25-40"><span class="woj"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></span></b></span><b><br /><br /></b></span></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-65721711446401376222020-10-01T13:39:00.003-07:002020-10-01T13:44:32.449-07:00Thank you for showing up! ♡<p><span style="font-family: Indie Flower;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The healthiest response </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Indie Flower";">to life is joy"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Indie Flower";">. 🎕</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-large;">Deepak Chopra</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaTddZLX08FOboZBhWII7VP2mob3FyfuswBI4O5u1LF24IbfNNhHwvJDUBbLQgf2lcS8IOSLgDqyAlfyFU0KVKHsSNrP8RifiKBw_VLZLK5kQToMYDkiZx1RtDuK0yb73vLbRzqcF7znD/s2048/IMG_5109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaTddZLX08FOboZBhWII7VP2mob3FyfuswBI4O5u1LF24IbfNNhHwvJDUBbLQgf2lcS8IOSLgDqyAlfyFU0KVKHsSNrP8RifiKBw_VLZLK5kQToMYDkiZx1RtDuK0yb73vLbRzqcF7znD/w440-h386/IMG_5109.JPG" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Indie Flower;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some of life's greatest treasures</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> are faith, hope, love, joy, along with good health, supportive family and encouraging friends. In is day and age we live in, praying friends are as valuable as gold! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: large;">Some Days, it's just the little things that keep us going, like an encouraging note, a timely word, or just someone who sees you and is rooting for you in life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: large;">They are little signs that God is still for us and is very aware of our suffering. </span></p><p><i style="color: #001320; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: large;">That is why I put some of my artwork on encouraging prints and cards, to share and hold as reminders of God's goodness.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6hZ0AGn_8e6geJ5AH1xUXlCup1eKzXuQU4JWzN6LhTSG-VCmUq1PVMaijNnEOIb6_jTiMeLcRZ63f_mrCRGn9qawjEFKcg9kDUS8pJay93NoIuluZG6Fl8nUbO5V43k7P6j6DzZhkYDT/s2048/IMG_0273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6hZ0AGn_8e6geJ5AH1xUXlCup1eKzXuQU4JWzN6LhTSG-VCmUq1PVMaijNnEOIb6_jTiMeLcRZ63f_mrCRGn9qawjEFKcg9kDUS8pJay93NoIuluZG6Fl8nUbO5V43k7P6j6DzZhkYDT/w640-h480/IMG_0273.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: "Indie Flower"; font-size: x-large;"><b>Let brotherly love continue.</b></i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: large;"><i>Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;"><i>Hebrews 13:2</i></span></span></p><p><i> <br /><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LtU9xLMTlHyVeyKxotSF4Smnkr-tDAPZfJ3LrnwKGedkTYllOV7mCuV_TzXSWOTn-1vkRnswBLB3wRzK-X2Z68Ox7D1fE4mnCEqQMQviWC6AkpVMjiTiUmvIjpfU0EhXkp0TEaOKlfFG/s2048/IMG_7037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2048" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LtU9xLMTlHyVeyKxotSF4Smnkr-tDAPZfJ3LrnwKGedkTYllOV7mCuV_TzXSWOTn-1vkRnswBLB3wRzK-X2Z68Ox7D1fE4mnCEqQMQviWC6AkpVMjiTiUmvIjpfU0EhXkp0TEaOKlfFG/w640-h506/IMG_7037.JPG" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-large;"><b> Give thanks in all things</b></span></p><p><i><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">*You are not alone</span></i></p><p><i><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">*God is good</span></i></p><p><i><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">*No one is out of reach to His hand (no pit too deep)</span></i></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;"><i>*God is able,</i> through his mighty power at work within us, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think</span></p><p><i><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">*Nothing is impossible </span></i></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">*The LORD is your shade at your right hand</span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Indie Flower; font-size: x-small;">Psalm 121:5</span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3; text-align: justify;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Indie Flower;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><i style="font-size: 16.25px;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;">"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."</span></i></p><p><span class="woc" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.25px;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;">Matt 18:20</span></i></span></p><p><span class="woc" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.25px;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;">"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.</span></span></i></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Indie Flower;">Hebrews 13:8</span></i></span></p>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-64297407115161082402020-09-02T19:15:00.001-07:002020-09-02T19:15:16.931-07:00The Simple Things <span style="font-family: Great Vibes; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite/portfolio-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Gallery</span></a></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Out of difficulties grow miracles.</span><span style="background-color: white;">🌼</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Jean De La Bruyère</b></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Nova Script; font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwjiunnwgDjcvtUXkAr4MAQwDNzgiZk12wOIU5ub_RAUYuKfN_3TOecL5TMY4GkXOqq7Px2TUYSWTbrbIYyFg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Srisakdi;"> </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Srisakdi;"> </b> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Srisakdi;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Great Vibes;">His</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Great Vibes;"> name is worthy to be praised. </span></span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodRQP13s7nRcarANu9XLYHwel87HjrNbKdID1haOg1sydnlcUwXfMvCqmspuHWD6E0MCZlZCZ-DrpKQbYAr8LZr_rSeuELPm03c1ttvuQIenEuMaxzjMDlTM5RiOfyhRhjO9Iko4Ypn3_/s920/thumbnail_06AA9D48-57F2-4E8B-8917-C05DCE75D023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodRQP13s7nRcarANu9XLYHwel87HjrNbKdID1haOg1sydnlcUwXfMvCqmspuHWD6E0MCZlZCZ-DrpKQbYAr8LZr_rSeuELPm03c1ttvuQIenEuMaxzjMDlTM5RiOfyhRhjO9Iko4Ypn3_/s640/thumbnail_06AA9D48-57F2-4E8B-8917-C05DCE75D023.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><b>God cannot give us a happiness </b></span><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>and peace apart from </b></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>Himself, because it is not there. </b></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: large;"><b>There is no such thing.</b></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnqKbrKfKvZunWcoP0dOzRQ8IH_PkemcB01BQV3wsDMgIE5fBIB5CGXOolqoKxKfu_JQ7167rZHitCoS89flHVLEH-GN0UTJ0IKwV0GOqRiNevqAFGRcnLA7P9dTfkj3gZabrF6tPhR91/s1600/IMG_E7358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnqKbrKfKvZunWcoP0dOzRQ8IH_PkemcB01BQV3wsDMgIE5fBIB5CGXOolqoKxKfu_JQ7167rZHitCoS89flHVLEH-GN0UTJ0IKwV0GOqRiNevqAFGRcnLA7P9dTfkj3gZabrF6tPhR91/s640/IMG_E7358.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnBvVPtt4GqCYWzkFaakm00psf1vXqEnX3VOA5pWkb6wD-EuyL_6x4Un1QLFzTOM1I-e61KQDZBXuE4hyphenhyphenmcC1nwGmSWC5ZFCUfsAhVnJME12IRi3TKv0-IYugb_BpLV0wFuOPOugmXD56/s1440/GODH2492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnBvVPtt4GqCYWzkFaakm00psf1vXqEnX3VOA5pWkb6wD-EuyL_6x4Un1QLFzTOM1I-e61KQDZBXuE4hyphenhyphenmcC1nwGmSWC5ZFCUfsAhVnJME12IRi3TKv0-IYugb_BpLV0wFuOPOugmXD56/s640/GODH2492.JPG" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> 🎕🎕🎕</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> <a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126" target="_blank">Sponsor a child/World Vision</a></span> 🗺</span></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #b45f06; font-family: Srisakdi; font-size: xx-large;">🎕🎕🎕</span><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx73cYZinBtI9vgOOzJDfn6WVRHXHptxczPY1lMeE1-DIb_rBrPSGRdmXXEPXVNmGpu8T2igliEd17LWroSh1hMv7OS_YSfsPDiDivCVh4eU-APPj_HBjQc5nY2WLHX94Z7EHwFLL44Ns/s1280/IMG_5565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx73cYZinBtI9vgOOzJDfn6WVRHXHptxczPY1lMeE1-DIb_rBrPSGRdmXXEPXVNmGpu8T2igliEd17LWroSh1hMv7OS_YSfsPDiDivCVh4eU-APPj_HBjQc5nY2WLHX94Z7EHwFLL44Ns/s640/IMG_5565.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;">Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Srisakdi;">Col 3:12-14</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: PrumoDeck, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;">Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.</span></span></p><div class="paragraph" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 712px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Srisakdi;">1 John 4:11</span></p></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-20563399925622984022020-08-24T18:31:00.014-07:002020-08-24T19:55:01.260-07:00A Safe Place to Land<p><span face="" style="font-family: "dancing script"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;">“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”</span></i></span></p><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;">– Louisa May Alcott</span></i></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "dancing script"; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></i></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgab9MdiNtXg7xROGV0RqiYqzpedkzcRGZCPt13xpq-nKrzYNebs9ynp0SCjmxH1i_lAOw7HVtqzYkp-J4X3yDlaPN_tx3HgYsAvIc_A-n9YDxAv7XIhXELqN0dkUEslQj1ZrhADPsku5en/s2048/IMG_E5197.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1909" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgab9MdiNtXg7xROGV0RqiYqzpedkzcRGZCPt13xpq-nKrzYNebs9ynp0SCjmxH1i_lAOw7HVtqzYkp-J4X3yDlaPN_tx3HgYsAvIc_A-n9YDxAv7XIhXELqN0dkUEslQj1ZrhADPsku5en/s640/IMG_E5197.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: "great vibes"; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" id="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" name="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite">Art Gallery </a></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><i><b>Rainbows and butterflies,</b></i></span><b style="font-family: "poiret one"; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"> my husband is always teasing me that I see the world that way. Well, in reality, the world feels like it's spinning. Almost everyone i know is going through something. My prayer list is getting larger and I only did a few small art pieces this summer, but I did paint a larger one. this one is a much more serious subject then what i usually paint. Maybe it's making me see things a little different lately. This season has been especially difficult in a different way, we have some changes happening and no way to see what's around the corner. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "poiret one"; font-style: italic;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMyVAXs4QgpnqLNl-1UnK0IpY4SLqTwQ8xIay55QxXf85qmVMddDvaNBcmC4ruoDyKnXW4T1npvce5_Mbd-MB0AVUNVqc-F94AU6ITr_mpiWtvzBoWCSB5XTgS6J3fZ0I79zfxeniaGER/s1440/BYKJ6802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMyVAXs4QgpnqLNl-1UnK0IpY4SLqTwQ8xIay55QxXf85qmVMddDvaNBcmC4ruoDyKnXW4T1npvce5_Mbd-MB0AVUNVqc-F94AU6ITr_mpiWtvzBoWCSB5XTgS6J3fZ0I79zfxeniaGER/s640/BYKJ6802.JPG" /></a></div><b style="font-family: "poiret one"; font-style: italic;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><span face="" style="font-size: xx-large;">Faith </span><span face="">rescues a heart held captive by sorrow.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Hope </span>guides a soul out of the shadows into the light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Love</span> is simply everything else,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";">~R C</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">I have this song stuck in my head, over the last few days. A song from the seventies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">"Dog and a Butterfly" by Heart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "indie flower";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">The lyrics could have so many meanings, especially for an over thinker like me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">Laying on the grass, daydreaming on a hot summer's day,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";"> watching the dog play and the butterflies fly by.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">A few theories... </span></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">*Physical or emotional child abuse</span></div></i><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">*The lightness of the freedom of the Butterfly (a safe space)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">*Get back up and try (she has to try).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">*Reaching for higher things that can't be reached and soft landing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">*<span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">escaping all the political news on an election year :)</span></div></i><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";">the song has so many meaning depending who you ask. What do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpoP4YSFKGA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpoP4YSFKGA</a>♭🎜</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRoRrsa-nTL3j75NTughWLghwgFdTGAwvLGHjU-8HcrTn46yYoy77ko3iPNNJmbNsroTY6yT-rZY0TNg-llJW-Q8Oy3G9a0wp8tG0AuysShsjhMIjRecymiTMkiuok27h6Q-noru_nJog/s1166/thumbnail_IMG_9890.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><br /></span></b></span></span></div></span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR880Eo1rfXgouWzZgmUa-ZDQigI1rg5TfnvxSLmRx8dWrH8vaZWbObb7spTGyzDcf3JXqASHn3qvZTfRrM53UhS8FR_gauotcJOu07r_S-ZqWx5Bsm6gSEFoL5X6kNHWh2qepoyvvVhLa/s960/338e435716d7344786a23ace191b49a3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="478" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR880Eo1rfXgouWzZgmUa-ZDQigI1rg5TfnvxSLmRx8dWrH8vaZWbObb7spTGyzDcf3JXqASHn3qvZTfRrM53UhS8FR_gauotcJOu07r_S-ZqWx5Bsm6gSEFoL5X6kNHWh2qepoyvvVhLa/w499-h1000/338e435716d7344786a23ace191b49a3.jpg" width="499" /></a></div></div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYXRWjsRc66-cEmdNhG44g1RkMy8Yhyphenhyphenlb-P43MqcBZv_d171JTStFm5o260igVwJIMwYu0sJ2IU2qwoM9WDSGowYwMGfUKYxTHWVQxb7z6CMDX5IRBTVTQmn7C0djROTo6dv2kUQPNgzj/s1600/butterfly4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1061" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYXRWjsRc66-cEmdNhG44g1RkMy8Yhyphenhyphenlb-P43MqcBZv_d171JTStFm5o260igVwJIMwYu0sJ2IU2qwoM9WDSGowYwMGfUKYxTHWVQxb7z6CMDX5IRBTVTQmn7C0djROTo6dv2kUQPNgzj/s640/butterfly4.JPG" /></a></div><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><br /></span></b></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #535353;"><i><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><b>In Limbo</b></span></i></span><br style="color: #535353;" /><span face="" style="font-family: "architects daughter";"><span face="" style="color: #535353;"><span style="text-align: center;">Photo credit<span style="text-align: left;"> Jon Warren/World Vision </span></span></span><br style="color: #535353;" /><span face="" style="color: #535353;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: rgb(245, 248, 250); border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background: rgb(245, 248, 250); border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At night, Jannatul's mother sings her to sleep with a quiet lullaby. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="color: #535353;" /><span face="" style="color: #535353;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: rgb(245, 248, 250); border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I pat her back and hold her closely in my arms", says Salima. In the dark, there is peace until morning. The world's largest refugee camp is located near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Families live in small overcrowded and hot shelters made of bamboo and plastic tarps that often leak during monsoon season storms.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOED_H2NQ9_c3ucQ1tA82E1VZ9Rlu6XJWifqv7tIfMKnFXI0rcZNFc1D1ZwSbB4P2nndkkhrnwE5jYC6xaUTkeGGIuWS-czfcAJJ8A8QK0WzxoteKL5pqqRbmLJv2mlPYiya_JksOckdF4/s751/thumbnail_IMG_9790.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOED_H2NQ9_c3ucQ1tA82E1VZ9Rlu6XJWifqv7tIfMKnFXI0rcZNFc1D1ZwSbB4P2nndkkhrnwE5jYC6xaUTkeGGIuWS-czfcAJJ8A8QK0WzxoteKL5pqqRbmLJv2mlPYiya_JksOckdF4/s640/thumbnail_IMG_9790.jpg" /></a></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 10px 0px; text-align: start; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" title="Song Title"><span face="" style="font-family: "architects daughter";"><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 400;">I am wearing some </span><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 400;">earrings that were made in a refugee camp in Bangladesh called the women’s peace center that World Vision </span><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 400;">provides for women that are regularly abused by their husbands. The women there live in such small quarters that getting away with other women and making jewelry is a highlight to their day. With Covid 19</span><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 400;"> now, how hard it must be for them to not be able to get away very easily. I would think that it would affect them very much! </span></span></h4><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter";">Sponsoring a child is one of the most effective ways to help fight poverty in the life of a child. Look through the videos and pictures of children that would love to have a sponsor, you can't help them all but for 39 a month you can help one child reach their potential. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter";"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter";">Every one child you sponsor, helps the family they live with and four more children.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Sponsor a child today!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "architects daughter"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126">https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126</a><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="color: #262626; font-family: "poiret one"; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: black; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126">World Vision Sponsorship 🙋</a></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span face=""><span face="" style="font-family: "poiret one"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: 700;"><span face="" style="font-family: "architects daughter";"><span style="color: #262626; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></div></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywAR2t0TqmPjuk360_ZEaA8YCdAVS4bm73A9INPYO7JkDaX1ne7IdLBW9JrcjgXtvRqD3BXB6SFw2e-l4961IbNkHyk-urJMy8ixK2GoneyoaBuvDnHFw_HkyrxvStys1KpJYQY3jWswE/s1440/GODH2492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywAR2t0TqmPjuk360_ZEaA8YCdAVS4bm73A9INPYO7JkDaX1ne7IdLBW9JrcjgXtvRqD3BXB6SFw2e-l4961IbNkHyk-urJMy8ixK2GoneyoaBuvDnHFw_HkyrxvStys1KpJYQY3jWswE/s640/GODH2492.JPG" /></a></div><i>Now more than ever, these kids need us! </i></b></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333;">If everyone just sponsor one child, can you image </span><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126"><span style="color: #444444;">what a great impact that would make!</span></a></i></b></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span style="color: #e69138;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126">World Vision</a></span><br /></i></b></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5v5x5_1ZK9jcnG1rjYEFMiJSMED6J1xqqYVMqtoZC6Q_GNl1rB4BW86gKu98Z38aK1BERIEi6Jxn2ds_LOsVnZznO137jol2msXv2EWtmIe0X1XXA_cnC1jU_qehu6SJ9MCPlch6Hc-u/s2048/RHKH5915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5v5x5_1ZK9jcnG1rjYEFMiJSMED6J1xqqYVMqtoZC6Q_GNl1rB4BW86gKu98Z38aK1BERIEi6Jxn2ds_LOsVnZznO137jol2msXv2EWtmIe0X1XXA_cnC1jU_qehu6SJ9MCPlch6Hc-u/s640/RHKH5915.JPG" /></a></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "dancing script"; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Safe for He is my refuge</span></div><span face="" style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; text-align: right;"><div style="font-family: "homemade apple"; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Blood He has shed for me</span></div><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-size: x-large;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Firm on the Rock of Ages</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ever my trust shall be</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Firm on the Rock of Ages</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here let me wait with patience</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wait till the night is o’er</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wait till I see the morning</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Break on the golden shore</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="quote-author-name" face="" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Safe, safe</div></span><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple"; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Safe in the arms of Jesus</div></span></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" face="" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";">Lyrics</span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"> Meghan O Brien</span></b></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span face="" style="font-family: "homemade apple";"><br /></span></b></span></span></div></span></span></span></i></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">2 Cor 4:17-18</span></div><i style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;">Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.</span></i></div></i></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large;"><i style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;">Phil 4:8</span></i></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Safe in the arms of Jesus</b></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://stcallsen.wixsite.com/mysite" name="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #333333; font-family: "homemade apple"; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><i><span> </span></i></b></span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "dancing script"; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">A Safe Place to Land</i></a></span></span><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLv27rAewW8QOBI17nTJYsplkZrhHlEAPq5hfWW9lxqxG2yNSekJausYjg-P3gPFLO409THbTbHBwsS6j-UZPurmmT68Sn615d_MmhPj-os6fBjhg9CHt3j2Qp96HhIiokMOrrI6gKfz_/s700/7MiJNTAxc6bb5ZN3pXdziA_r.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="523" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLv27rAewW8QOBI17nTJYsplkZrhHlEAPq5hfWW9lxqxG2yNSekJausYjg-P3gPFLO409THbTbHBwsS6j-UZPurmmT68Sn615d_MmhPj-os6fBjhg9CHt3j2Qp96HhIiokMOrrI6gKfz_/w196-h262/7MiJNTAxc6bb5ZN3pXdziA_r.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><span class="quote-author-name" style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And their fury falls on me</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I wonder what I have done</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">That makes this race so hard to run</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Then I say to my soul, take courage</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Lord will make a way somehow</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Lord will make a way somehow</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">When beneath the stars I bow</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">He will take away each sorrow</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">There will be no sad tomorrow</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Many a nights I toss in pain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Wondering what the day might be bringing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Then I say to my soul, take</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> your courage</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Lord will make a way somehow</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>I love a quiet morning. </i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Coffee, the small chat of birds as the sun sets on the dawn of a new day. This day will be better, more productive, less stress and back to normal. This is July, a lazy summer day right? To the contrary, reminders everywhere that things aren't normal, at least not yet.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> I have kept myself busy, withdrawing to my own little art world is what I do best. I know I have to look up from my work to check up on the ones I love, and of course pray. There is so much out of our hands but prayer is powerful, especially in the hands of a believer. (look back on previous posts) </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>In the middle of this mess, my husband is out of work and is remodeling the kitchen. There hasn't been much peace in all the upheaval in my house but grateful to get it done. I have been updating my shop and art gallery. I have one large painting to finish and two commissions, and I start work on Sunday in full protective gear. Just another day in 2020, will I ever learn work/life balance? I think all of this is teaching me just that, what's important in life. </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> One of the things I have been into over the last year is natural fabrics, organic products and nice light, non synthetic scents, like the true flower, quiet and subtle. </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I am a true believer in natural </i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>fabrics on the body! Cotton, linen and wool are the best to wear. Fabrics shouldn't be blended, it's hard to find non blended fabrics, but you can feel the difference in your mood while wearing them, at least we can, my husband agrees. One of most difficult things about being quarantined is our Spotify wars, ;) I love my music, and usually I am open to new music too, but my husband's music. </i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">😬</span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, let's do a little math, you go to the store to buy something, and you may be exposed to 10 people or under, depending on what time of the day you go. A retail worker is exposed to hundreds and at least one of them will most likely have Covid 19. </span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went to pick up my glasses at the eye doctors last week, and I saw that they are taking temperatures on each person arriving. They told me that they turned away two people already that had a high fever in one week. One of the temperatures they turned away was 104, and the customer insisted that he was fine and went away mad, so you see as a customer your odds are better not to be exposed than that of an employee. </span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I'm</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> confused these days, when did it become a political statement to love your neighbor? Am I the only one going in a store and apologizing for other people's unloving behavior? What is it going to be like on the receiving end of all this at my work?</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And what about love? Our brothers and sisters are still hurting, can't we stop and listen to the injustices that are sadly still happening in our day?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Introverts</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"> know how to isolate themselves and do the quarantine thing.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">What is your experience? </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">What do you all think of 2020?</span></span></i><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Racial injustice</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mask wars</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Riots</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pandemic</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Isolation</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unemployment</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Strange weather</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">locusts </span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was reading the other day, that it was like a stormy ocean slamming against a sea wall and quieting down after each crash.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Yesterday at tennis, </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>(Im very grateful for a social distancing sport) </i><span style="background-color: white;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>I saw the sparrows, the same sparrows I use to see at the tennis courts in our area, darting back and forth at play, as if all was normal. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>God has been good, </i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Be strong and courageous.</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-5735A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5735A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> Do not be afraid or terrified</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-5735B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5735B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> because of them, for the </span><span class="small-caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> your God goes with you;</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-5735C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5735C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> he will never leave you</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-5735D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5735D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> nor forsake</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-5735E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-5735E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> you.”</span></span></i><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span><span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One day we will all look back at this and say...</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I have no idea" this is what my husband says.</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"i learned this...</span></i></span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Hopefully we all learned a lesson from this)" </span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I changed the things I needed to change"</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I have more compassion to the ones that are hurting, helping the poor and vulnerable".</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Remembering that life is fleeting, and eternity is forever".</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble".</span></i></span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">"Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes." </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">— Henry David Thoreau </span></span></span></i><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>it's the gift we always have to give to each other.</i></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">"We see the present clearly</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But He sees the first and the last</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And like a tapestry He's weaving you and me,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To someday be just like Him</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">God is too wise to be mistaken</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">God is too good to be unkind</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">So when you don't understand</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">When don't see His plan</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">When you can't trace His hand</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Trust His Heart".</span></span></i></b></div>
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">~Babbie Mason</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">With all the recent layoffs </span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>we took a little time to spruce up my little kitchen. There is no window in my kitchen, so I painted a mural painting to go over my kitchen sink to brighten it. I love toucans and feature them in some of my art pieces occasionally. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">🌺</span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. This is going in my own kitchen and it tells a story. </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Basically it’s the three types of</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> advocacy</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">. </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">1 - self-advocacy, </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">2-individual advocacy and </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">3 systems advocacy. </span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">In this painting the workers that can not be seen clearly in the </span></span>background<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> are the “behind the scenes people”, working the harvest fields and socializing (my husband liked that, because he can’t socialize with his friends at the moment).</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The first woman is sitting at the well learning, filling up, getting educated and listening. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>(Notice the dove for the Holy Spirit). </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Second woman is gathering and trimming the harvest. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The third woman is carrying the weight of the harvest and advocating to the world. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #262626; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Tree </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">is a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">symbol</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> of stability and strength.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Toucan is communication. (a little too showy in his presentation). </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The Bird of paradise </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">symbolizes</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> freedom and joy.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Pink flowers</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> represent grace, gentility, and happiness.</span></i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Plumeria symbolizes</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> positivity.</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Cambodia was beautiful, dry and dusty. Smoke filled the air as patches of land were burned traditionally for purification and planting as it was customary for generations. I found the people of Cambodia warm and friendly and rich in tradition. I am so inspired by the local World Vision staff and their undeniable fierce faith. They felt like family immediately. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> Bananas and fruit are staples here in Cambodia and they are good too. Bananas are served regularly. My favorite food was a bamboo stalk with sticky rice, coconut milk, banana leaves and black beans. The style houses in the countryside were lovely; they reminded me of tree houses made of one room buildings on stilts. We were able to see one inside, where a lady said "excuse my mess", I smiled and said "It's a whole lot neater than my home".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">On the very first day I heard</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> one of the most amazing stories I ever heard. This topic would be </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">a theme that I would hear throughout our stay. I kept hearing "<i>healing and transformation</i>" from the first story and it trickled down to the very smallest of speakers, the children. A grandmother's legacy, a lost boy, a child who is broken, a listening ear, resilience in advocacy, neighbors sharing their land for the greater good of the community and restored hope. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This photo and moment was one of my favorites. The World Vision Operation Director of this area trimming the nails of a little boy of parents that are dealing with domestic violence and alcohol abuse. He cares so much and told me a word that he has for the people here “transformation”. This is such a dedicated staff here in Cambodia, they have a really big h<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; text-align: left;">eart for these children here. I loved hearing his heart for this work and I feel like transformation is coming from the seeds that were planted here. These kids here are so worth it! What they face just to learn and dream. The resilience of the grandmother’s stepping in to raise their grandchildren is beyond amazing and is mentioned many times by the staff here.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Our team thanked the mothers for allowing us to come visit them, and encouraged them to keep up the good work. "From a mother to mother", I said, "you all are doing a great job!!!"</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><i>"As we wrap up our Cambodia trip we’ve been able to see the transformation that World Vision has made in the communities. The difference is night and day. The areas where the work has not begun are full of despair and poverty. The areas where the work is underway are full of joy and hope and we got a front row seat of the the stark realities. Thank you World Vision for broadening my world view and showing me the vision".<br />Photo credit </i></span><i>Jonathan Gomez </i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some children did not know their lives would change because World Vision was bringing sponsorship to their village.</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i>All things new!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In this reading camp it was bright and colorful, </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a huge contrast from the first places we visited. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>Father, I pray that your hand would be on this World Vision staff and your spirit would pour onto this land. Search every nook and cranny for the lost and find the most vulnerable and heal every last child and heart. I pray that the grandmother's resilience be rewarded with renewal in strength. I pray that you would equip this staff for your work, protect them and their families. Place them in your will for the coming wave of transformation and healing that will come to Cambodia's beautiful people. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>Do what only you can do! All things are possible with God!</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>May this light spark today!</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Amen </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>2 Cor 3:18</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #000c30;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>“Over rivers and valleys, mountains and plains—over all you have lost and all you have gained. Over all you have gathered, and all you let go, you have traveled at length through the wild of unknowns. And through all that is changing you can see you have grown. You have walked in the light. You have not been alone.”</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b><i>I have been struggling</i></b> to find a good word this year, I landed on renewal. </span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-size: large;"> There are so many of us that have had very hard year this year and are just holding on to hope. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Hope and faith go hand in hand, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">kinship of sort,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "arial";">Stepping forward (or hobbling) </span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "arial";"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: #4a4a4a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>in the future where God already is and waiting for us.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">He has been in the beginning and in the end. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">The only real solid place to stand.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">then he looks up quietly with his nose up in the air. </span> </span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Change and renewal are themes in life, aren't they? <br />We keep growing throughout life.<br /> Susan Minot</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Faith makes all things possible.</i></span><br />
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<i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” </span></i></h3>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Every year I like to start the year with a walk on the waterfront. I injured my foot (it's mild I think) and I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it this year. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> I took one look at the weather over the next few weeks and it showed a long stretch rain so I figured I better hobble on over there now and I packed Titus in the car and parked in a different spot, very close to the middle of the path. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was greeted by the familiar chatter in the parking lot. I really thought "It couldn't be". </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Is this the same hummingbird that is usually on the path?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Did it really met me where I was?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>There is something really discouraging about starting a new year with an injury, but seeing this little miracle fills me with hope for the New Year. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>For an active person a little rest off my foot is not the end of the world, I know it could be worse. There is always someone that has it harder than you.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Learn from yesterday,</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>hope for tomorrow. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The important thing is to not stop questioning.” </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i> Albert Einstein</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Trust in the Father that loves you and will never abandon you. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">I wish and pray that this year will be a year of blessings.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">New things and restored hope.</i></b></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">each other </span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Have hope</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126">You can make a difference </a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/sponsor-a-child?campaign=226220126">in someone's life for 39 a month. </a></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Eccl-3-10" id="en-NIV-17370" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-17370A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17370A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eccl-3-11" id="en-NIV-17371" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>He has made everything beautiful in its time.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-17371B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17371B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-17371C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17371C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> what God has done from beginning to end.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-17371D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17371D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eccl-3-12" id="en-NIV-17372" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.</span></span></i></div>
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<span><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"><span> </span></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>There has to be at least one day </i></span></b></span></span><div><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #7f6000; font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span>of the year to remind us </span></i></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>When I drove up, there was a line to the event to get into the store. After a full shift at work, the last thing I wanted to do was stand in a line in the cold! It was getting dark, cold and sprinkling, and very crowded. My schedule was busy this week, so I had to make a decision, wait in the line and quickly do what you need to do and get out, or just come back at another time. Reflecting on my busy schedule that week, I chose the former.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>About 4o minutes later I thought to myself that I made a bad decision. This is the very thing that I dislike about the Christmas season, but I tried to make the best of it. I found a little covering from the light rain and asked the lady next to me, why?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Why are all these people here? Why did you come? She said she had nothing else to do and she didn't even know what she even wanted to buy there. I'm feeling extremely confused, but yet, I am there too! Standing in the cold, after a full shift at work, by myself on a Saturday night. ;)</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Painting by Stephanie Callsen/bannerandsail</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Shadows Into Light; font-size: large;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</span></i></span></div></div>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-40418661663629534692019-11-13T14:32:00.002-08:002021-09-06T19:14:11.796-07:00One year or maybe two 🖌 this one is long <span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>May God give you rest on all sides. May your good days outnumber your bad days. May your dreams speak louder than your fears. Where once you continually braced for impact, may you now live with holy expectancy knowing that God gives good gifts to His children.</i></span></b></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>I started a new art project this year</i></b>, <span style="font-size: x-small;">this year was a long year for me but in the middle of everything, I painted. Caregiving for my ill mother for over 15 years, plus managing my own household and a job, the outlet came at a good time for me. Most of all, my previous artwork has been embroidery, folk art illustrations sketched in thread, but I picked up painting a few years ago as my mother's needs became more and more difficult. A bit of compassion fatigue set in and my life was consumed with fighting insurance companies, constant doctor visits, and dealing with a much more combative situation in trying to meet all those needs, if anyone has been there you know. I am running into more and more people with their stories about caregiving, so I included a little about my story and what was going on with me during this art project.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Either way, I express my world in pictures in a way my grandmother did in her artwork, and my other grandmother did as a folk artist in wood carving, a skill she didn't pick up until her eighties. For me it's always been about the story. My objective in this project is to just express the story. The story of walking with the poor and how our lives collide, and how we learn from each other in life's difficulties. While all our are paths are different in life, we can still learn from each other to grow and heal in a beautiful, deep, profound way, and be what God created us to be. I collected a few thoughts along the path, mostly to remember God's faithfulness along the way. Recording that at the same time as painting this art project can only be what I call miraculous!</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This painting project post I added last years paintings of World Vision's work and I don't in any way claim to be an expert, but I'm more of a beginner; just a simple folk artist expressing the world around me. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This time, I used the wonderful photography from World Vision's photographers. With permission, I picked out some photos that I felt would tell a story of some of the kids I was working on getting sponsored. I jumped in, full heartedly! As a natural observer, I hoped to show that we are all the same, and Christ calls us to care and we are His love expressed to others. In a unique way, we all have something to bring to the table. Time, talent, resources, your voice or even your pain, yes even our struggles. We can connect with a child a world away because we too have been shown kindness at a pivotal time in our own life, and the needs of that child in heaven are taken seriously, they are noticed, and all of heaven hears every cry. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">On February 17 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans";"><br /></span><span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans";"></span><span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">I was doing some artwork and everything I was painting sold right away, and I had some interest in my work. I also had a jar of pumpkin seeds from my last years garden, and I was giving away a few of them. They were the Cinderella pumpkins that took over my tiny backyard last year.</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> As I sit here and try to put everything together, I am amazed at God's faithfulness and some of it gave me chills and I'm grateful that I wrote them down, as scribbled as it was. The joy and sorrow interweaving with my project and the lives around me could only be divine timing. Folk artists have a different way of seeing the world around them, much different than a realist. We aim at making the complicated simple, simple symbols with simple language and I'll do my best to share that journey in the best way that I can.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> "</i><i>Folk art enters a place, warms the colors, softens the edges, and plays in the yard. It is the tipping point, the key element transforming a house into a home".</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> Light and easy, my brush was a soft place to land while meeting all the challenges of caregiving for my mother over the last several years. The creative outlet of a new art project was a good outlet for me while I was caring for my very ill mother whose needs became increasingly overwhelming, and I was doing art shows that had kids living in poverty on picture folders that needed sponsorship, so I thought the paintings I would do would go well with that to use as displays to tell their stories. The photos I used from the amazing photography work from World Vision were already beautiful and I tried to be as true to what the photographers meant to show, and I was grateful to World Vision for allowing me to do that. All the paintings themselves would be up for sale for the East African hunger crisis and are framed to tell a story as a whole, even though they were sold separately for charity.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is not so unusual for me to try and challenge myself, but it didn't seem like a good time to do that with all that I had to deal with. The last two years was especially hard for me as my mother was becoming increasingly combative and I was dealing with insurance companies, social workers and all kinds of doctors with not one medical problem, but many, and even with the part time caregivers, they were overwhelmed and weren't enough. Every hospital visit they would tell me "you need to do something" but her insurance would not cover any help, even for her basic needs.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My mother could not go home after the last hospital emergency and her care was at the highest level possible. Her insurance would not cover her health costs anymore and I was looking at an almost $10,000 dollar bill every month. A couple came in at work and told me "I feel like God wants me to tell you something". I was concerned at first, I didn't need one more stressful thing. "Your concern about your mother" he said, "God wants you to surrender her to him and that He is near, He is like a dove on your shoulder". I was shocked but grateful that the couple came back and told me that. Within the month after fighting the insurance agency for not paying her medical needs, my mother received a inheritance from my grandmother that paid entirely for her care, about $10,000 a month for about 4 months, every last cent.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">This was a huge deal for me to let go, I have always been "the protector" as I thought. I knew that God was helping me and that meant so much! Compassion fatigue was a battle I was trying very hard not to get, but I was forced to continue to just press on, but I made sure she was in the best place that would give her the best care possible. It was a miracle that the provision came at just the right time! Any sooner or any later it would not of helped us with this but just at the right time.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Painting number one was a little girl from China in her beautiful traditional clothes getting clean water from a new drinking water project from World Vision. This was a cheerful piece with it's bright clothing topped off with a lovely bow. Light and airy, I was thinking as I was painting this piece. It was a pleasant contrast to the heavy weight of what I was going through. This little girl too, no longer had the weight of carrying the water for her family and her burden was lighter. The water looked so pure on the photo I was painting from, it was a good (and light) start to my project. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #262626;">Halfway through this painting I got the call that my mother stopped breathing. I put the brush down and went to the hospital, and there were many people trying to relive her. Her body was so beat and frail, it was amazing how many times she survived one medical crisis after another for over twenty years. After a long time of trying to resuscitate her, with the chaplin by my side, I yelled "let her go" and after years of caring and protecting my mother she was gone. My brother was going to fly back home before this happened and his plane was delayed so he was able to come and help make arrangements with me. </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You don't hear that every day! When the man opened the box it had two beautifully beaded hummingbirds in it and he just got out of prison and wanted to sell them. Another time was when one hummingbird came to the window in the winter, there were no flowers to attract them and I didnt see it again all winter.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With Angelina, she was the angel I needed on that day. I hope I was a blessing too, with hugs and prayers we ended this difficult day.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4_rPOvctfm5Xpjs-ASnR6s_hLoKdmqrKqRLhzvKKrcjciU77vE4NFRK4c5cuaw_EWZ8yMjBevN5PNSp_H95wHVr4o63Itsnr8vjZmPI8-VvnkP5-oeCwIocnfYnwL1yLjNiQHB9aYhFv/s1600/52874782_152910875614572_6583708789118074880_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4_rPOvctfm5Xpjs-ASnR6s_hLoKdmqrKqRLhzvKKrcjciU77vE4NFRK4c5cuaw_EWZ8yMjBevN5PNSp_H95wHVr4o63Itsnr8vjZmPI8-VvnkP5-oeCwIocnfYnwL1yLjNiQHB9aYhFv/s200/52874782_152910875614572_6583708789118074880_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">When I saw these two men they touched me deeply with their prayers for a World Vision journalist in a video. Their story is even more touching, they are the best of friends after being enemies during the Rwandan genocide. One is <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">Hutu and the other is T</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #545454;">utsi and they hated each other, but now they have a strong bond and both families are very close.</span></span></span><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>When they pray together they move mountains.</i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28777A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28777A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> but as I'm painting this, it is important to know that in all of this, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #535353; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My mother was a collector, I mean vintage things, a lot of things you can’t just throw away, so when I had to be the administrator of the estate, I was overwhelmed and upset, it really was my worst fear to deal with all this. I felt the weight of it in my body, the backaches and stress from doing so much was a real thing! Stress shows up physically on me, and I tried to manage work and the demands of the estate at the same time. All the planning and help I could find for me fell through. My son in-law helped on the weekend of the funeral. My husband and I worked on it regularly, but every time we would spend hours on it, it wouldn't even put a dent in it, and we were overwhelmed and time was running out on trying to list her house for sale. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans";"></span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">My husband knew someone from work that recommended her sister’s church, they sell items for their annual rummage sale. He said they would bring a team to collect the things that they can sell for their youth programs and missions work. I agreed, thinking they would just pick through everything and I would still have to go back to work after. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;"></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #535353; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They cleaned out the entire house, top to bottom. I was in awe! I have been a volunteer<span style="color: black;"> for many years, but I have never been at the receiving end of what this little church </span><span style="color: black;">did for me. </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #535353; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">All with </span>joy<span style="color: black;">, achy knees, their own stories to tell me, organized tubs and bins, attention to every detail, all of it was hard work and done with a smile. Not once did one of the neighbors offer to help until they witnessed this band of church volunteers, lay out a full potluck lunch in the middle of the neighborhood while they were hauling off antique furniture, packing knick knacks and other interesting finds. It was quite the ordeal and they all got it done in </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>two days!</i></b></span></span></span><br /><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> What a miracle! </i></span></span></span><br /><span style="border: 0px; color: #535353; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>They are my heroes! </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="color: #262626;">“A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world.”</span><br style="color: #262626;" /><span style="color: #262626;">~Hans Hofmann</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: x-small;">This doesn't sound too pretty but t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;">his is what I had to use for water in this next </span>painting<span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;">. I can't even imagine drinking the water that was this color and the very last thing you want to do in oil painting is to have have muddy </span>colors,<span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;">but I had to find a way to do that </span>clearly, i<span style="background-color: white; color: #535353;">f that makes sense at all.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #535353;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I really felt like you can see the story here on what these kids had to drink on a daily basis. If a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought that this speaks volume. </span> </span></span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #535353;"><span class="verse-17" face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.</span></i><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;">It is part of the story, a story of “freedom” for a child just being a little light in a dark world. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">But you are a chosen people,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30409A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30409A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> a royal priesthood,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30409B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30409B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> a holy nation,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30409C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30409C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> God’s special possession,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-30409D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-30409D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: #001320; text-align: justify;"> 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #535353;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; text-align: left;">My grandson came for a visit and watered my garden everyday. </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=", "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #262626;">Really everything is doing well this year except for pumpkin and sunflowers that I had so many seeds from previous gardens.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face=", "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"> The year before all I had was sunflowers that you could see from the house all summer long. God must of thought I needed sunflowers that year. They sure were cheerful during that time! My grandson talked about how he liked my art and how I should do art shows which was really sweet! All during my mother's funeral he held my hand and we walked the garden and w</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">e went on an adventure on the grounds at the cemetery. He talked about Jesus and His resurrection, and taking on the sins of the world for all mankind. (These are all his words and he is five) We found rocks, pine cones,wildflowers and found an old rusty can that we kicked., as all five year olds do. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Today I hit an all time low, I was so drained and discouraged with my slow progress. I plant a garden every year and even though it was neglected it still was thriving. A beautiful vine that produced beans and flowers all summer long was growing so fast that I couldn't find a tall enough stake for it so I grew them to hold together with one stake. This project was for hunger and I already met my goal. It really was a miracle of the timing of everything and only God could of done that, really. The paintings were selling and all the provision was made on time but I still had to finish what I started and I was moving too slow and I couldn't go any faster. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every </span><i style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">branch</i><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither </span><i style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">can</i><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> you unless you abide in Me. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and </span><i style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">so</i><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> prove to be My disciples. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. </span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and </span><i style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">that</i><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> your joy may be made full.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #001320; font-size: x-small;">She mentioned to me that she planted some seeds in her beautiful garden soil and her husband had some in his pocket that he forgot about and threw in the front yard. The pumpkin she bought from the store didn't do well, but the ones her husband threw out front by mistake in awful soil is growing well and thriving in infertile ground. I noticed one cinderella plant was planted by birds near a drain a few blocks away, I recognize that shaped pumpkin anywhere, and my co worker grew beautiful sunflowers from that seed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face=""roboto" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #001320;">She wrote "We noticed it was beginning to grow more into a really long vine, in two directions. A couple of months in and it's a gorgeous red and dark orange color. It's interesting how it grew in our front yard without any nutritional base and isn't that how God works in our lives? He takes our messes and makes them beautiful and a miracle. He makes beauty from ashes and He alone gives us the nutrients to survive and binds us together because we are His. Our backgrounds help us to heal others and impossible is God's specialty"! </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;">I painted this one because it was so joyful and I thought is was lovely with the children and trees. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t really know what kind of trees these were but I sure got lost in the complexity of them. I had company, extended family issues, work and I wondered if I could get this one done, it was the most challenging one yet.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: xx-small;">The only way I was going to finish this project was to trust God's gentle hand to carry me through. The rolling hills that we were driving through were beautiful with the sage green and gold grasses swaying in the wind. How beautiful it was in contrast to the deep blue skies. Yellow and lavender wildflowers were everywhere, but the most amazing feature was the white clouds that hung low to cast shadows to cool this arid valley.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: small;">We drove 25 hours to visit my mother in law in a very small town in the midwest. Listening to the birds in the morning and watching fireflies at night, life really slows down here! I even saw a hummingbird come to the window and it reminded me of God's goodness. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: small;">While we were there my mother in laws elderly neighbor had an emergency and fell. She was on the ground outside bleeding and her daughter in panic with literally a black storm coming in. The midwest knows how to do storms! We assisted until the paramedics came and It was all too familiar. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">The mighty mountains crossing the continental divide were beautifully chiseled with deep rich tones of mauve, gray and purple all topped with white snow. This must of been a difficult way to travel for the early settlers. They were pretty to look at from our air conditioned car but it is harsh terrain. </span></span></span></span><br />
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2 Afghanistan 2.5 million refugees
3 South Sudan 2.3 million refugees
4 Myanmar 1.2 million refugees
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 833,400 refugees</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #14171a; display: inline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "josefin sans";"><i><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b>One of our favorite </b>summer movies is the Secret Garden! We like all versions of this classic movie. It's about a little girl named Mary that experienced tremendous loss and was just numb with grief and anger. Her life began to change with the help of a bird (a robin) after a magical gust of wind blows the ivy away from a mysterious door and she </span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">discovers a secret garden.</span></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "josefin sans";"></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">Her healing was evident as the garden came alive, so she too came alive. All the toll of plowing and planting, the plants bloomed and she bloomed and it touched those around her.</span></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "josefin sans";"></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">I was finishing up this painting and there was a loud commotion outside my window. I looked and it was a rental company putting a sign up on my neighbors yard. The commotion continued as I was painting but I get very involved (tunnel vision) while painting and I didn't look up a second time.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">An hour later I walked the dog and everything was gone in a patch of landscape by the sidewalk except a sign that said the area was treated with pesticides. </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">been</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fighting the use of </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pesticides</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for years and thought I won</span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></i><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Josefin Sans";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #444444;">until a rental company (that doesn't even live here) didn't like the ornamental grasses in my front yard and removed them with poisons and put my pretty pots and landscaping rocks in front of the rental side, because it looked pretty. </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">A season of planting, sowing and watering, it feels more like plowing. I have had many encounters along the way but most have left now (or it just feels that way) and my daughters told me I should have someone overseeing this project like a church or community to see the blind spots that you don't see. I know I need to finish well, leaving a little piece of me with each painting. A little dramatic I know, but I must finish strong.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then the worst thing happened! The last painting that I was working on for weeks didn't work out. I readjusted a few things then changed a few things more and my husband agreed it wasn't the last piece I wanted, but I was almost to my deadline and I haven't ask for permission to do anything else and I had no idea what to do. </span></span></i></span><br />
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Stay in your lane.
Run your race.
Don’t get sidetracked.
Be patient.
Be courageous.
Be steadfast.
Be tenacious.
Be resilient.
Be consistent.
Be faithful.
Trust God.
Finish your course.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><i>Something told me, stop now and just look back and see what God has done. I was amazed at all that has happened this year and especially amazed at the dream (up at the top) almost two years ago. </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #535353;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>I was talking to a lady today about writing down the times that God has really worked in your life. We easily forget when the going gets tough and your tired, discouraged and the path is dark and you don't see things clearly. </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #535353;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i> Recently, I met a another lady that was from Kenya and she was looking for some encouraging gifts for some girls age 5 and up that were on the streets in her hometown in Kenya. She said it can't say "love" or "beautiful" because that's what the men use on them when they approached them, so we found. "You are Fearfully and Wonderfully made".</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #535353;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="text Ps-139-14" face=""helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" id="en-NIV-16254" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; position: relative;">"I praise you<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16254A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16254A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue", verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="indent-1" face=""helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">your works are wonderful,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-16254B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16254B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue", verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="indent-1" face=""helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I know that full well".</span></span></i></span><br />
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<i><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #535353;">I'<span style="font-size: x-small;">m thankful for His faithfulness to me and I hope you will join me with sponsoring a child. You never know what kind of impact you can do by just caring enough to make a difference in a life of a child.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: small;"><i><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&ParticipantID=3891">https://mycause.worldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.participant&ParticipantID=3891</a></span></span></i></span>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-34043495295243643252019-08-26T13:23:00.002-07:002019-08-26T14:45:49.477-07:00A Bit of Earth🌱<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Might I," quavered Mary,</span> </i></b></span><b style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">"might I have a bit of earth?"</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">..."Earth!" he repeated. "What do you mean?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">"To plant seeds in--to make things grow--to see them come alive," Mary faltered...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Mr. Craven got up and began to walk slowly across the room.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">"A bit of earth," he said to himself...When he stopped and spoke to her his dark eyes looked almost soft and kind. "You can have as much earth as you want," he said. "You remind me of someone else who loved the earth and things that grow. When you see a bit of earth you want," with something like a smile, </span></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her healing was evident as the garden came alive, so she too came alive. All the toll of plowing and planting, the plants bloomed and she bloomed and it touched those around her.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was finishing up this painting and there was a loud commotion outside my window. I looked and it was a rental company putting a sign up on my neighbors yard. The commotion continued as I was painting but I get very involved (tunnel vision) while painting and I didn't look up a second time.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">An hour later I walked the dog and everything was gone in a patch of landscape by the sidewalk except a sign that it was treated with pesticides. </span></span></span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I have </span></i><i style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; 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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>"The next time we do this we will leave you a note" she said. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>You have no right to come on someone property and do this, ever! Put yourself in my place, how would you like someone to rip out your plants and pour poison in your yard? I said, I lost one dog already. <b>Never again! </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“She stopped and listened to him and somehow his cheerful, friendly little whistle gave her a pleased feeling--even a disagreeable little girl may be lonely, and the big closed house and big bare moor and big bare gardens had made this one feel as if there was no one left in the world but herself. If she had been an affectionate child, who had been used to being loved, she would have broken her heart, but even though she was "Mistress Mary Quite Contrary" she was desolate, and the bright-breasted little bird brought a look into her sour little face which was almost a smile. She listened to him until he flew away. He was not like an Indian bird and she liked him and wondered if she should ever see him again. Perhaps he lived in the mysterious garden and knew all about it.” </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Frances Hodgson Burnett, </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_2996" style="color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3186437" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">The Secret Garden</a></span></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;">So my carefully planted and landscaped spot is bare dirt now and I took my pots back off the rental property side and I'm thinking today about this beautiful strong woman in the painting. How happy it is for her to have a bit of earth in this world. How lovely are her growing plants that she is watering and cultivating to feed her family. </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Sharing seeds with friends and they also grow into blooms. Titus.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , , "ubuntu" , "cantarell" , "fira sans" , "droid sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "pro w3" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , , "meiryo" , , "arial" , sans-serif , "apple color emoji" , "segoe ui emoji" , "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><b>Proverbs 31 woman- She is strong. She is brave. She is loving. She is real. She is a follower of Jesus.</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #181818;">“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.” </span><br style="color: #181818;" /><span style="color: #181818;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Frances Hodgson Burnett, </span><span style="color: #181818;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_2998" style="color: #181818;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3186437" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">The Secret Garden</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial"; font-size: 19.5px;"><i>The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 19.5px;">Isaiah</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial"; font-size: 19.5px;"> 51:3</span></i>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-59455192954795156182019-08-07T11:12:00.000-07:002019-08-07T12:38:32.446-07:00In Limbo🌺<span style="background-color: white; color: #737572; font-family: "avenir next" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>“It’s sort of hope amongst the ruins, I think. To me we’re all in the great wide open. I think life is pretty wild; I really want to like the world, but at the same time I have to write about what I see.” </i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>I have been busy planning an event</i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> over the last few weeks. It was a big one for me and I had to spend a lot of time on it. At the event we bounced out some cult members and their leader, a mime and a drunk, but besides that children were sponsored and four paintings sold for charity, I think the outdoor festival went well. I was grateful for our safety with all the tragedies happening right now. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unfortunately,</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">l</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ooking for escape routes is part of the planning<strike>.</strike> but it can't compare to running for your life (with your children) and having no place to go that is safe, like it is for a refugee that is fleeing violence. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The women that fixes up their home, beautifully and grows a garden, who sometimes walks daily to their friendly grocery store, connect with friends at church, chat with their neighbors for the latest happenings in the neighborhood does not want to leave their home town for a life in limbo, feeling unwanted and labeled "Refugee". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With painting number 10, I wanted to do one that would highlight the refugee crisis but which one would I do, when there are so many refugees right now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The statistics are staggering,at this time there are... </span><br />
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2 Afghanistan 2.5 million refugees
3 South Sudan 2.3 million refugees
4 Myanmar 1.2 million refugees
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 833,400 refugees
6 Somalia 809,273 refugees</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than half of those refugees </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "ubuntu" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">are children.</span></b></span></i><br />
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<span class="text 2Cor-1-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white;"> ''<b>Aloha</b>'' is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a salutation. ''<b>Aloha</b>'' means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return. "<b>Aloha</b>" is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence. ''<b>Aloha</b>'' means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable.</i></span><br />
<span class="text 2Cor-1-3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #7f6000;"><i>Source </i><strong style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-center;">University of Hawai‘i / Law of the Aloha Spirit</strong></span><br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-67414285065857950102019-06-27T07:36:00.000-07:002019-06-27T13:40:44.317-07:00Joy<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but valuable. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the other way around? I don’t really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void. </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I always play music while I paint and this dance (or game) seemed to go pleasantly with this so I called it “Joy”. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">World Vision's photographer "Laura Reinhardt" dancing with the the children in Zambia. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The importance of fun and play are crucial to a child's growth and wellbeing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Photo credit Jon Warren/World Vision </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">G</span><span style="color: #134f5c;">od, help me to be</span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Closer to You Lord so I am farther from me</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And may Your kingdom be the only one that I seek, oh God</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And God, help me to see</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">That everything was good when You created all things</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Now let me see with those same eyes that created me, oh God</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">God, help me believe</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">When everything around me points to uncertainty</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Remind me of the hope of You that's living in me, oh God</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And God, help me to shine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Like stars up in the universe that's Yours and not mine</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And fill me with Your light so that the darkness will hide, oh God</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9; color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Hallelujah</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Hallelujah</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Hallelujah</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Amen</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">God, help me to give</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Everything to You that I'm unable to give</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And make my life the life I've been created to live, oh God</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And God, help me to go</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">And follow where You lead me so all nations will know</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of this world</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "programme" , sans-serif;">Oh God, my God</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, sans-serif;" /><br />God help me to be~ Cloverton</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Im taking a short break to recharge and refocus! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was just so discouraged with some some of the things that happened over the last few weeks and my slow progress. It is hard to think that I was making any progress at all. I was wondering if all of this was really worth it, (the project) if it is truly making a difference, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A note came in the mail within a few hours after that thought from a man I talked to that was handling my mother's estate after her death a few months ago. We were talking about prophetic gifts and signs (not me) :) just in general. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">God's timing is perfect and I can just rest in that!</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-family: "merriweather" , serif; font-size: large;">this could actually sound like music! :)</span></span></i>Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01957623326596442046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872554872841603372.post-22743354625767309462019-06-08T12:51:00.002-07:002019-06-11T07:55:36.910-07:00A second look 🐟<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfLcdBuB7NY"><i style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><b> Like the sun shaping the shadow </b></span></i></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The warmest blankets of peace snow only from the heart</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I loved this </span><a class="" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peaceful/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">peaceful</a> <a class="" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/photo/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">photo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> by Laura Reinhardt/ </span><a class="" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/world/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">World</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> Vision of a mother and son walking in the snow. Painting it, I quickly noticed that the boy was not wearing a coat or boots. As I was going a little further I can’t help but notice there is nothing there but snow (everywhere) and below freezing temperatures! I don’t like the cold, I can’t imagine being around no vegetation, but this little scene warms the heart! To learn more about this story and how you can help with coats and boots for a child living on poverty, go to the story below.</span></span><br />
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The </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/colour/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">colour</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> of the </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pigment/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">pigment</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> in its </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/natural/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">natural</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, or </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/raw/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">raw</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> state. This is what I had to use for water in this </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/painting/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #003569; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">painting</a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">. I can't even imagine drinking water that was this color! 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<b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.worldvision.org/clean-water-news-stories/esther-pond-misery-rwanda">The dangers below, written by Kari Costanza</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Donate to my art project to help feed the hungry, some of the greatest needs are with displaced families and children from fleeing conflict, war or famine. </span></b></span></div>
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