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Category Archives: Blog Entries
Rabaul Recess – Part One
Living on the Pacific Rim provides some awesome opportunities to feel the earth move. Well, maybe you wouldn’t think it was so awesome, but if you are a nerd like me it’s pretty cool. It’s a very real reminder of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinder cone, Expat, Kokopo, Pacific Rim, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Psalm 104, Rabaul, Tavurvur, Volcano
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Worship – Papua New Guinea Style
When my husband and I moved to Papua New Guinea, our first priority was to find a church we could attend. For me, worship is the glue that holds my shifting expat life together. Worship steadies my soul when I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Boroko, Chris Tomlin, Christian, Dubai, Expat, Hebrews 10, Islam, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Tok Pisin
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The Watcher
2 Corinthians 5 “Absent from the body, present with the Lord” The Watcher She always leaned to watch for us, Anxious if we were late, In winter by the window, In summer by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians 5, Leaves of Gold, love, Margaret Widdemer, Mothers, relationships, The Watcher
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An Alien Arrival in Papua New Guinea
Greetings from Papua New Guinea! I arrived safely after a grueling 30 hours of travel from Houston that took me through Dallas, Brisbane, Australia and then to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Someone told me the Dallas to Brisbane … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Niugini, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, south pacific
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Alien Abroad ~ Saying Goodbye to Dubai
On January 11, 2012, I boarded Emirates flight 211 – Dubai to Houston, probably for the last time. The inevitable relocation notice came in October that my husband and I were moving on to another assignment in Papua New Guinea. … Continue reading
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Tagged Burj Khalifa, Daniel, Dubai, Expat, heavenly citizenship, Middle East, Papua New Guinea, Sharia, Sheikh Zayes
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The Perfect GPS
The Way that Changed the World: Acts 1-2:13 The Perfect GPS It is in the deepest darkness of the starless midnight that men learn how to hold on to the hidden Hand most tightly and how that Hand holds them; … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts of the Apostles, Christianity, Dubai, Expat, GPS, holy spirit, Pentecost, The Way
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Lake Memories on Father’s Day
My flight from Dubai left me jet lagged but my weariness didn’t dampen my excitement. I was back in Virginia, this time for an extended summer stay. As Jeff and I negotiated the narrow curves on route 626, the familiar … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, Dubai, Father's Day, Roanoke River, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
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The Road More Traveled
Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad Reflections from the Road I have returned to Dubai after a long summer filled with remodeling, traveling, catching up with family and friends, and sending the littlest … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Dubai, Expat Women, Expatriate, Faith, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, United States
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I Stuffed My Pockets Full – Vietnam Recollections on Memorial Day
As we remember those who served on this Memorial Day I would like to share with you one very poignant recollection from my brother-in-law William Fields, of his time in Vietnam. Sometimes, during the fog of war, humanity beckons. No … Continue reading
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Tagged care, Catholic Church, Ho Chi Minh City, linkedin, Lord, Memorial Day, orphange, Sundays, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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Texpat Travel and a Ralston Ritual
As we prepared to move to Dubai in the summer of 2010, one of the things that filled me with anticipation was the travel possibilities promised by my expatriate friends. It’s true, one of the greatest benefits of expatriate life … Continue reading
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Tagged American School of Dubai, Doha, Dubai, Expatriate, Family, Grandparent, legacy, Middle East, ritual, tradition, Travel
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