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  • What a journey

    What a journey

    It’ll be our 20th year anniversary this fall!  No, not for us and our husbands (it’s all of our 14th year anniversaries this year), but for my peers and I.  It was the Fall Retreat 1989 on Labor Day weekend of our freshman year when...

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  • Wait…

    Wait…

    Submitted by David… In high school I desperately wanted to immerse myself in pop culture by having a girlfriend, going to dances, and partying with my secular friends, and I remember the frustration of not being able give into my desires due to the many...

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  • Zooming out

    Zooming out

    Submitted by Ester… When approaching this year’s 30 Hour Famine, I have to honestly say that I didn’t have any particular plan for fundraising.  I had some ideas such as asking some of my friends and family, but I could hardly imagine talking to complete...

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  • Facing trials together

    Facing trials together

    Submitted by Joe… As Annie, my wife, went through chemotherapy almost a year ago, I had a chance to reflect on how this experience of her battle with cancer, while frightening, also enabled me to experience God’s blessing of love and encouragement from many people...

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  • Youth days to wedding day

    Youth days to wedding day

    Submitted by Jin…   For those who I’ve talked with, no one told me that preparing for their wedding was stress-free. They always talk about how stressful it was. And for us, this was no exception. What I do find as the exception, though, is the...

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