The turkey was carved, dishes were set, and each person had their place at the table. This year’s thanksgiving dinner began with Mara’s commemorative reading of Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation of Thanksgiving Day...
A couple of months ago, I had the joy of visiting my daughter, who is on mission in Brazil, in Simões Filho. Before this trip, and despite what she told me, I didn’t fully understand what the work of the missionaries consisted of...
In the course of the year, we had found out Margareta was pregnant. This was her fifth child: one of them miscarried, and the rest have been adopted or are living at the children's home. They are taken from her because she is unable to take care of them with her handicap...
My orientation with Con-solatio got me fired up to go on mission. Of course, I had already committed to leaving for Romania this fall: I had begun my fundraising, been learning Romanian, and had a decent sense of the beauty and purpose of this mission...
During my orientation time I learned that Con-solatio offers a Re-entry weekend after a volunteer comes back from his/her time serving in another country. At that point I thought “what a logical thing to offer; I am sure it is so helpful.” I was not prepared for the reality of the gift of this weekend....