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My favorite dish: grilled croaker fish and chips "You who buy imported western food; don’t you know how important food is to a culture and that by avoiding it you are avoiding connecting with your host culture?" "You who buy food from the local market and street vendors, don’t complain when you get typhoid or amoebic dysentery. It’s your own fault. You know how unsanitary all that is." (https://www.alifeoverseas.com/youre-doing-it-wrong/) My attempt at making eba and ogbono soup I have been on a mission for the last nine months to find original cream cheese, but I have had little success. The only thing I found was light cream cheese (which just isn't the same) and it cost almost $6.00 for a small packet. It's just not worth it. When I go to Shoprite (the supermarket that is not far from my house) I pass by the cheese aisle, checking the prices, just hoping that it might go down. I still haven't made the dive into the dark-side of buying...
Beloved. Dearly Loved. A word tattooed on my heart by my God, my Father, my Bridegroom. When we fall completely in love with our Savior, He will delight over you with gladness; He will quiet you by his love; He will exult over you with joyful song. (Zephaniah 3:17) This is the most important lesson that I have learned in my four years at Calvin College. I have chosen to follow his plans for my life and to trust completely in him. This has brought me on adventures I never would have dreamed of; teaching English in Korea, teaching in Honduras for a month, and creating relationships with many young students in Grand Rapids Public Schools. One of these upcoming adventures in his plan for me is to go to Sierra Leone in the fall for one year. In my years before coming to Calvin, I thought about everything but being a teacher: an engineer, a nurse, a brain surgeon, and even a hairdresser. But after my first year at ...
The greatest commandment that God gave us is to love God with our whole life. He said love Him first before we try to care for the orphans, help the sick, and serve others. Through God’s love, through our relationship with him, the other commandments that God has given us will be fulfilled. In Jeremiah 29: 12, it says that if we seek God first, than all things shall be added unto you. If we seek God first, then God will continue to work in your life and in the lives of others through you. Before coming here to Sierra Leone, I went to the International House of Prayer Conference with a few good friends. One woman began talking about how she had served overseas for some time. During her time, she had not committed her life to her relationship with God; rather she had committed her life to serving him. She quickly got burnt out and had to leave the country she was serving in. Since this story, I have learned how easy i...
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