• Saying “Yes!” to the unknown

    “Fear will take you places you were never meant to be.” ~ Dr. Barbara Sorrells Dr. Sorrells is a family friend and her words 4 years ago stick with me today. She spoke those words a couple months before Chris unexpectedly stepped away from a…

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  • keeping little feet moving

    There is a Chick-Fil-A about 1.5 miles from our house. Not once have we walked there. We usually jump in the car to go grab a chicken sandwich. Over the past month, we have averaged walking 6 miles a day. For a bunch of Okies that…

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  • I’ll buy his dinner & Sprite

    As soon as my shutter clicked, I knew it was going to be one of those photos – the kind that records a moment that forever marks a life. It would be a photo that would take my breath away for years to come. On his own…

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  • feeling so welcomed

    Today half our crew left the apartment early and three of us stayed behind to take care of laundry and such. Soon rain began to pour and we could either run in the rain the 3/4 of a mile to New Day for lunch with…

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  • The Great Wall of China {Jiankou}

    When it comes to travel my general approach is to say, “Yes, absolutely,” to any offer we get from locals and then figure out the rest later. When New Day friends asked if we wanted to hike to unrestored Jiankou (“wild wall”) portion of the Great Wall…

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