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Q & A Day: Is it okay that I’m doing the happy dance about my daughter leaving for college? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:48 pm
Dear Jill, Tonight I’m writing to you asking some advice, wisdom, and maybe some strength and encouragement sent my way. We are moving our oldest daughter to college and seriously I am kinda doing th...
Friday’s Quote of the Week 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” ~ Jackson Brown The post Friday’s Quote of the Week appeared first on Jill Savage.
Out of Africa 22 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
Monkeys just playing on the side of the road. This will be my last post about the Africa trip…at least for a while! I had videos on my phone that it’s taken me a while to get to my computer, but I w...
Let go of control… 21 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
Want to know the best way to let go of control? Leave the country. Yep, hop a plane to the other side of the world and you can’t do a thing about anything back home. Don’t worry, your kids will sur...
What do I really need more of? 20 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
I’ve been burdened lately with my lack of self-control…especially with my eating. I don’t stop when I should stop. I don’t resist where I should resist. I poured my heart out to God about it yesterd...
A Boy Named Ombeni 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
His eyes sparkled. He smiled ear to ear. When we told him we were friends of his sponsor (she’s a Hearts at Home mom) and that we had come to visit him and bring him gifts, he lit up. Ombeni is 17 ...
I cried at the sight… 15 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
We pulled up by the church we were to visit. Immediately, over 40 women, all with a baby in their arms or on their back, cheered loudly and ran out the door to greet us warmly. We are heroes to them...
Where your letters go… 14 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
Letters. They are a core component of the Compassion sponsor/child relationship. When we visited Theresia on Saturday, she had a 9×12 manila envelope, damp from the stick and mud home she lived in, ...
Our Day with the Maasai Tribe 13 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
His name is Topiko. His sponsor is Keli. Two hearts knit together through child sponsorship. Two lives changed forever. Keli decided to sponsor Topiko at a Hearts at Home conference. Her family has...
Church in Tanzania 12 Aug 2013 | 07:05 am
Yesterday we went to church in Tanzania. No, let me rephase that….we went to CHUUUUUURCH! This folks know how to celebrate God! Here’s a brief video of what we experienced: Church in Tanzania We a...