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Loss

Loss. It's a deep, deep emotion that can't always be explained, but it can definitely be felt. Loss is messy, just like these thoughts...

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Feb 12, 20215 min read

Your heart matters most

Tony and I went to Give Blood. We were both excited to help out in such a special way. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do it. I sat there...

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May 9, 20202 min read

Rest

Today I had a long list of things I needed to do, people I wanted to see and jobs to get finished. I'm a list girl and like to keep on...

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Nov 5, 20192 min read

Unload!

I was walking around the slums the other day, looking down, watching where I stepped. The sun was beating down on my head, the 98%...

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Oct 28, 20193 min read

Love Always Wins

This morning I was counting out my Filipino pesos ready to put in my purse for the day. As I was counting each note and putting them in...

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Oct 19, 20194 min read

Broken Cakes are the Best

So, Mr Gideon LOVES banana bread! I'm not much of a cake baker, but banana bread is super quick and easy to make. Anyway, he has been...

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May 29, 20192 min read

Peace in the Crazy

I walked a short distance from my unit, the scorching sun beating down on my back, and the heat from the ground burning the bottoms of my...

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Mar 23, 20185 min read

He Sees You

He was wearing rags. Grey pieces of dirty fabric, which resembled an old coat, hung off his malnourished body. His head hung low as he...

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Mar 15, 20186 min read

His Yoke is Easy

Today I went to do a house church in a family home 5 minutes walk from where I live. Situated in one of the poorest slums in the world on...

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Mar 1, 20186 min read

God Wants To Take Care Of You Too

It was a warm morning in Mozambique, the sea air brushed strands of hair across my face as I watched the African dirt move across the...

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Jan 16, 20185 min read

What Is Your Snot?

Have you ever had a stinking cold?! You know, the ones where your head feels like it's going to explode because there is so much muck in...

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Jan 5, 20185 min read

Who is your 'one'?

Five years ago I went to the Philippines to work on the dump site in Manila where thousands of families were squatting and scavenging for...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Mar 15, 20176 min read

A very present help in time of need

I remember that morning well, I was 22 years old wearing long white linen trousers with a pale pink hoody. It was early in the morning,...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Mar 7, 20175 min read

I am NOT rejected!

I love it when you read a quote from someone, and they articulate something into language, that completely describes what you have known...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 24, 20173 min read

Choose forgiveness

To be honest, I could write a whole book on forgiveness! But I wanted to share just some brief thoughts. It's such a huge topic, it...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 22, 20177 min read

Be free

"You can't set others free while you are still captive." Chris Caine I recently read this quote by Christine Caine and loved it. It got...

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Feb 20, 20173 min read

....BUT Jesus!! :-)

I was abandoned BUT He stayed with me, I was betrayed BUT He never forsook me I was abused BUT He cared for me I was rejected BUT He...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 18, 20172 min read

Mind The Gap!!

Recently I was in London visiting a good friend of mine. I love London, it's a great city. There's so much history to soak in, so many...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 16, 20175 min read

Let It GO!!

This week the little girls in my family were singing "Let it go" from the Disney movie, Frozen, for about 2 hours!!! They were twirling...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 11, 20174 min read

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

"No matter what, once in your life, someone will hurt you. That someone will take all that you are and rip it to pieces, and they won't...

Leah Joy Hargreaves

Feb 8, 20173 min read