Tag Archives: bogota

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Joan Wilder’s adventure has nothing on mine

Just eight days ago, my only mental images of Colombia were from the fun & far-fetched ’80s movie, Romancing the Stone. I totally! dug this movie as a kid, mostly, …

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Dios te ama

Posted in compassion, on Aug 19, 2010 by Kelly
It will take me a long time to process all I have seen, learned, felt, heard, here in lovely Bogota, Colombia. But in our final project visit today, a simpler …

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God does not keep anything; He will give it all to you

Posted in compassion, on Aug 18, 2010 by Kelly
Those very wise words in the title were spoken by this beautiful young woman, a college graduate who now works at a university. She was able to attend college through …

Jeni the Warrior and what hope looks like

Posted in compassion, on Aug 17, 2010 by Kelly
Jeni loves her kids, David and Karol. She is proud of the things they learn at school (David loves math) and what they learn at their Compassion project (Karol recites …

In Bogota

Posted in compassion, on Aug 15, 2010 by Kelly
We’re here! - at the lovely Sante Fe Boutique Hotel in Bogota, Colombia. After a long but thankfully uneventful day of travel, Rod and I are now chilling in a …