Impact of Hurricanes
"I don't want to go!" I told my mom, in a stern voice, as I slammed the door. In the summer...
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Mission trip
On a mission trip down to Mississippi two summers ago I was forever changed. My church, Sugar Creek Lutheran, loaded up two fifteen passenger vans with 25 students and luggage to last...
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A Wild Excursion into the Unbridled Region of Paris
“Yes, French girls shave their legs”, I repeated over and over to my intrigued friends and family. “And no, the French did not invent the word ‘surrender’.” Although...
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Finding Truth in Spain
Walking into the Madrid airport began one of the exhilarating experiences of my existence, despite the fact that the trip had barely begun. Maybe it was the elegant wooden...
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As Brave as Ann
Thick, black smoke billowed out of the small hut they called a kitchen. The two bedroom ‘house’ looked as though it was about to fall over. Corn attempted to grow on the corner of the lot....
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The Warwick Castle
My great-grandfather’s name is Gus Warwick. He had always wanted to visit England. He believed that he was the...
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Nothing but Mickey Mouse and Water
I stared at the 83,338 ton ship sitting in the waters of Port Canaveral. It seemed like the only way it could have been built was with magic and pixie dust. The Mickey Mouse shapes on its smoke stacks...
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