A hand to hold
The other day as I picked up the kids from school, he wanted to hold my hand. Usually on those walks back to the Casa Hogar, I keep my focus on the littlest ones or the most ornery ones for necessity’s...
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Praying in secret
A few months ago, Jesus put a project in my heart for the kids that I have been falling in love with, and now it has finally begun. It started with a dream and continued with a massive purchase of...
View ArticleA Father’s Day Prayer
There are 34 children who live at the children’s home. An inquisitive visitor asks, “Of all these kids, how many little boys have a father figure?” The caregivers stop to count on their fingers, and...
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Thin places
Sometimes I describe these daily occurrences as miraculous. And it’s true. I could go on and on about the everyday miracles that I live here- Tadeo using his beautiful words to ask for things time and...
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Images of the everyday
It is now October. Summer flew fast, sweeping us into fall- a season of slightly chilly air, pumpkin-scented candles, sweatshirts, photos of colorful leaves and hopefully, intentional writing and...
View ArticleAntibacterial gel & beautiful words
There are so many big lessons that I wish I could teach these precious ones on a daily basis—virtues, truth about the world, about God and who they are. There are many days that I wish I could divide...
View ArticleWise words over a steaming cup of coffee
Last week, David and I as the Back2Back del Norte team, got the privilege to do something that I have long desired—share coffee and listen to the stories and wisdom of an incredible woman that God has...
View ArticleSalvation and Trivial Tasks
Some days (like today), I get this crazy idea that I wish I, Jenn Holden, could save you. It’s because I love you so much, and I see you. I hear you. And when I see your face and listen to your heart,...
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Creativity & Christmas shoeboxes
Jesus is the most creative. And I think that is one of my favorite things about Him and about being his friend. The fact that he is creative means that he makes new, beautiful things even where there...
View ArticleA Christmas poem
Many months before her birthday the excited questions begin “Jenn, cuando cumplo años yo?” She asks with a grin, Anticipating the day when the celebration will be all about her To balloons, party...
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