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Connection
Connection is a daily devotional to encourage women in their faith and life overseas. It brings the Word of God and conversation with sisters into their day-to-day lives.
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Disaster at the Science Museum

July 15, 2025
GROWTH Comparison Contentment Expectations Homeschooling Identity in Christ Obedience
Our Tianjin homeschool outing at the hands-on Science Museum began with lighthearted laughter. My boys ran around with their preschool friends, putting their hands on literally everything. I relaxed into their freedom of fun as well,
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Bougainvillea Blooms

July 14, 2025
GROWTH Contentment Grace
I enjoy living in South America, with its year-long growing season and abundance of tropical plants I had never seen in Ohio. I especially love the native bougainvillea vines that climb to rooftops and spill their bright colors as they cascade dow...
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  • by RACHEL MCDONALD YANAC
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Knowing and Being Known

July 11, 2025
HOME Feeling known & understood Finding community Lack of “home”
Home is a place where we know and are known. We are settled because we have a sense of belonging. Moving can shake our inner foundations just like an earthquake shakes a home. This transition is a process that has five phases (engagement, leaving,...
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Where is Home?

July 10, 2025
HOME Comparison Lack of “home” Contentment
“So, where is home for you, then?” I get asked, yet again, after meeting someone new and making the proper introductions. There’s no easy answer, so I smile and ask another question, re-directing the conversation. Home? Where
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  • by ANGELA SHCHERBAN
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