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Plant a Seed
It feels surreal for this to be my last blog post from my SM year. I am writing this from very different locations than usual. I am not...
msellisa
Jun 58 min read
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Beauty for Ashes
Before getting into my blog, I’d like to apologize for the long delay. Because it has been 4 weeks since my last blog instead of two,...
msellisa
May 19 min read
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The New Normal
The further I have gotten into my student missions year, the harder it is for me to write blogs. I think part of that is because life...
msellisa
Apr 39 min read
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Gardening, Swimming, and Salmonella
This blog is going to be very short this week. Not much has happened in these past two weeks other than a few things that I will share...
msellisa
Mar 203 min read
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Living Life as a Mission
These past couple weeks have been full of gardening, parenting, and rain. They’ve also been full of laughter and so much joy of living. I...
msellisa
Mar 610 min read
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Monkeys, patience, and gardening.
Life recently has been very busy, but there have been lots of happy moments in the midst of the chaos. Days have been full from the time...
msellisa
Feb 2013 min read
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The start of 2025
Below: Assorted pictures from the glacier in Argentina and Machu Picchu. As I was compiling stories, pictures, and information for this...
msellisa
Feb 615 min read
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He’s Always Been Faithful
This year is coming to a close and what a lovely year it has been! So full of good times, hard times, and lots of adventures. I wanted to...
msellisa
Dec 12, 20247 min read
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Stories, Stories, Stories
Above: The view of our orange orchard from the garden. These past two weeks have been very good. They have been pretty ordinary, but...
msellisa
Nov 21, 202410 min read
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A Simple, Happy Week
Above Photo: Blue, the resident parrot, came to visit the garden. This is going to be a little shorter of blog post, especially since it...
msellisa
Nov 8, 202411 min read
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Beautiful Smiles
I am currently sitting at a little wooden table just outside of Roots cafe in Rurrenebaque. My stomach is happily full of yummy food as...
msellisa
Oct 31, 20247 min read
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Whole Lotta Little
To start my blog, I'd like to apologize for the long delay. I usually try to do a blog at least every two weeks, but this is the third...
msellisa
Oct 24, 20248 min read
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God's Pruning
These past two weeks have been wonderful, crazy busy, and hard too. Last blog, I discussed in my blog how I had struggled to figure out...
msellisa
Sep 27, 202411 min read
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A horse, a pig, and lots of ants.
I am currently sitting in our town, Rurrenebaque, in a cute little cafe called Roots. The student missionaries from Familia Feliz come...
msellisa
Sep 12, 20248 min read
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El Comienzo: The Beginning
"Can we please have four big cold water bottles?" That was our request to the waiter at a small cafe in Rurrenebaque, Bolivia on August...
msellisa
Aug 29, 20246 min read
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