tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741573796279169572024-03-20T19:24:00.871-07:00Cynthia Meyers-HansonCynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-3677005326478298722013-12-07T05:45:00.002-08:002013-12-07T05:45:43.287-08:00Christmas Charm<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On
the tree lot, we have cuttings from the bottoms of sold trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We make some of the branches into
wreaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rest we pile up and away
from the sale’s tent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people come
by and ask for our debris to make their own wreaths, garland, and crafts; some
of them never purchased a tree from us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
couple days ago, an elderly man pulled up near our pile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He barely tumbled out of his car using a
cane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All hunched over, he wobbled to
the pine branches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I observed his
actions noticing he wanted some of our limbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being busy with a customer, pointing towards our junk pile, I motioned
and summoned my spouse to that area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
physically slow man had one limb in hand and his cane in the other by time my
hubby arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Realizing the goal, my
husband asked how much the man wanted and helped him load his trunk faster as
well as with our fresher cuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
‘depression era’ guy reached in his pocket handing his helper three quarters.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That
same day, my son-in-law tried to sell a very old woman a $15 table top
tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lady bargained with him for
twenty or so minutes budging $1 per offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stalemated at $13 versus $10, she left promising to be back if other
lots in the area rejected her bidding style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Exhausted from being kind, the young man told us his tale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You
should have just given her the tree for her amount,” His wife declared.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Why?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Out
of goodwill!” I added.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“No
one leaves without a tree!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My hubby
added.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hours
later, as promised, the elderly soul returned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“What will it take to make you happy and get a tree in your house?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The young man asked that soul.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I
have $10 to spend!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Sold!”
He ended the banter faster.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
lady stood asking the teenager, who worked sawing fresh trunk cuts and pruning
her tree’s bottom, question after question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She stood for a good time making her $10 change and conversation with
her cashier, my daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Returning to
my son-in-law, she asked about next year and her tree possibilities for that
occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My
husband and I took our dinner break while the old woman was there the second
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our relative filled us in on the
outcome, “She wanted to know the name of the lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That old lady reminded me that she came back
as promised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She seemed happy with her
tree selection, FINALLY!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He felt a bit
exasperated by that ordeal or sale.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
the three souls involved with that elderly soul retold their adventures with
her during that same conversation, my explanation and exclamation occurred,
“Awe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s lonesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That old lady came for conversation and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yeah,
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couple days later, in the pouring rain during a windy spell, a group of four
people drove from two towns away to visit our lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wanted a small tree due to their
budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a sale going on with
trees from our showroom drastically reduced to make way for more of them from
our back piles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The group went from a
six foot to a nine foot with a big enough reduction in price that they could,
also, afford a new tree stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As these
customers checked out, one of the girls asked about the trimmings from her tree
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You
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if I give you a big garbage bag, will you fill it taking a bunch of our fresh,
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the brim, they talked about crafting and making money off our clippings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I hope you earn the cost of that tree back
with your crafts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Merry Christmas!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My voice chimed in with a smile as they left.</span></div>
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</span>However, at least, we haven’t sold out to commercialism and greed-
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband has three quarters in
his pocket, a lady has a table top tree in her home, and I have this story to
prove it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Remember this holiday is about giving more than it is about receiving.</i></span></div>
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Florida, picture windows- she invited me to take tempera paint to finish the
scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the stories were painted
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Everglades. It was swampy behind us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
time, a huge poodle ambled out of the sparse but piney forest into our
yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before he got in range, my eyes
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we met up with black runners and other snakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lizards were plentiful as well as field mice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We, also, had domestic animals in our lives
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While
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in to feed and water them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon arriving
home, we entered our foyer to something scurrying past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turning on more lights, the confusion made
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too long so he needed to come out of hiding to eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, my mother recommended I choose my
window illustrations more carefully in the future, “I wouldn’t mind coming home
to Santa but this mouse has got to go!”</span></div>
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holidays or any days because you might find yourself up on a chair screaming
for help!”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Due to my economic support, Ireen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has her personal needs met including that she receives a formal education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She learns many subjects including how to read; I gave her a copy of the book my niece Thai and mom co-wrote. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We visited the COTN orphans while on our faith-based soccer mission. There are two housing projects for the orphans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The older kids enjoyed giving their presentation as much as we enjoyed watching it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">COTN provides an education system. Ireen goes to their school. Arriving at a good time of year, we got to see the very first graduation from COTN’s school system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kids danced their way out of the system excited to face their futures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.marketcolors.org/">The Widows Craft Sale</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had many underprivileged children for escorts while in Malawi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I sponsor Ireene. You too can sponsor a child’s personal needs and education, too. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went to help run a COTN sponsored soccer camp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I left with many memories sweeter than the raw sugar cane the village in Malawi raised- and shared with us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goodbye to the land and its people of Malawi, Africa until I land there, again!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-63886510226917847212013-07-15T12:34:00.004-07:002013-07-16T15:42:13.693-07:00Julie connects with Ireen in 2013<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It had been five years since I last saw my sponsored child, Ireen, and her remote, African village. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Upon seeing her two things came to mind. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> She was beautiful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> She grew up including much much taller. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In fact, she was large enough to be a formidable goalie for her village’s team.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">On the first soccer day, I tried to make sure some of the donated sports apparel went to my child. To my amazement, Ireen only wore one sock and no shoes. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Like this girl, Ireen's regular day consisted of an early morning call to go fetch water and carry it home and then off to school that young lady went.</span></td></tr>
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Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-22966486334460906552013-07-06T14:22:00.002-07:002013-07-06T14:28:32.051-07:00Out of Africa<div style="text-align: left;">
<strong><em>Julie is home with stories of running a charity soccer camp </em></strong><strong><em>and her other interactions while on a mission to Africa.</em></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were not enough soccer clothes and shoes donated; <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girl that I sponsor, Ireen, played goalie <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local animals came on the field <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final game of soccer camp <br />
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I would like to invite you to be a part of my support team through prayerfully and financially supporting this effort. I need to raise $3,000 to cover my trip expenses. There are two ways you can help me reach this financial goal. The first is by donating either online at: <a href="https://cotni.org/node/234471">Julie's fund</a> or by check made payable to Children of the Nations, with my personal fundraising code on the check memo line (234471). Checks should be sent to: COTN-Venture Program, PO Box 3970, Silverdale, WA 98383. All investments in this ministry are tax-deductible. </div>
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Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-64722996287074355192013-06-29T06:36:00.000-07:002013-06-29T06:37:57.582-07:00Julie in Remote Area of Africa<br />
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<strong><em>Julie is in a remote region of Africa where two villages are serviced by COTN. She has very little Internet access but wrote…</em></strong><br />
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Hi, I have a quick minute of internet. Wanted to say Hi from Malawi:) Hope you and rest of family are doing well! I may try and get back online a little later in trip before i leave. Love you!<br />
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Love seeing my sponsor girl in Malawi again. She is 17! and so beautiful!<br />
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Last day of soccer with the Malawi girls. We had a soccer match between the two villages and it was intense!<br />
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<strong>More pictures from her last trip in 2008:</strong><br />
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<br />Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-12637805386477767042013-06-24T14:19:00.001-07:002013-06-24T14:32:38.753-07:00Extended Family to Africa Julie narrates:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving in Malawi, I saw this image in their soil!<br />
The aberration appeared to be almost <br />
the shape of the African continent.<br />
I felt it was a sign from God <br />
that good things were about to come my way. <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since my first visit to Malawi back in 2008; I go back in time remembering my newest family members. <span style="font-family: Calibri;">I extended my kinship when I met the Suwedi family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They survive without much adult male influence.<br />
The widows help each other with their children.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Without removing her from everything she knows,</span><br />
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I supply her educational and personal needs with a stipend each month.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a result, I help the widows <br />
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I am here this time to not only spread <br />
the Word of God <br />
and to check in on Ireen<br />
but to teach my favorite sport, Soccer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe, the village people can teach me <br />
how to sing and dance <br />
no matter my circumstances in life.</td></tr>
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Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-61474086153442941852013-06-14T07:19:00.002-07:002013-06-14T07:43:07.313-07:00A Picture Says...Julie writes:<br />
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Ten more Malawi, Africa facts with pictures follow…. The pictures are from my 2008 mission trip.</div>
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A soup company once bragged that “Simple pleasures are the best!” The struggling people in Malawi live that cliché. They are true champions of living life to the fullest.<br />
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Even though they live in quite ‘humble homes in comparison to most of us in the USA, they survive.<br />
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It’s their version of bowling.</div>
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Somehow, they work it out; we did some chores with them.</div>
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If you can help me on my second mission trip, please, go to COTN and donate in my name. I will bring you back some more photos to reciprocate. In other words, I would like to invite you to be a part of my support team through prayerfully and financially supporting this effort. I need to raise $3,000 to cover my trip expenses. There are two ways you can help me reach this financial goal. The first is by donating either online at: <a href="https://cotni.org/node/234471">Julie's FUNds</a> or by check made payable to Children of the Nations, with my personal fundraising code on the check memo line (234471). Checks should be sent to: COTN-Venture Program, PO Box 3970, Silverdale, WA 98383. All investments in this ministry are tax-deductible. <br />
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By the way, someone will win a T-Shirt that has a picture of the continent on it as well as the following text. <br />
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“The Warm Heart of Africa”<br />
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To qualify to win send a donation today and comment on this blog.<br />
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You can qualify to win other ways, too. If you guest host my African trip or your review a book inspired by my first trip entitled The Choice, you can qualify. Those details are @ <a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/contests.html">Contest 1</a><br />
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Thanks for partnering with me on my return to Malawi!<br />
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James 1:27<br />
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New International Version (NIV)<br />
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27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<br />
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By the way, I am a college graduate and an environmental scientist. I currently work for a land trust that buys back and redevelops ruined natural lands in the USA. A life dream is to help with even more environmental issues including water plagues in Africa. Let see how this second mission goes before I grow into that next goal.<br />
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Do you think my story ends here? <br />
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Find out more about books I am a part of including - but not limited to- The Evans Terrace Girls and the S.H.E. Anthology. From that anthology, most of the proceeds help children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre through mental health agencies (New Hope for Kids) that deal with PTSD.<br />
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Come on buy to learn more @ <a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/index.html">My mom's main book page</a>and My mom’s eBook DownLoad page <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=mchanson714">At Smashwords</a>Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-58018705775940268912013-06-06T11:02:00.005-07:002013-06-09T06:27:42.954-07:00Preparing for AfricaAs you know, Julie is heading back to Malawi for a two week soccer-mission trip at the end of June 2013. <br />
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The first time I went to Malawi was back in 2008; I met the Suwedi family and a young girl named Ireen. Since going to Africa the first time, I’ve done some things to help the folks in that country. The following are some other things I got involved with between 2008 and my next or second trip at the end of this month 2013.<br />
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1. I send a stipend to COTN to supply education and essential needs to a young girl named Ireen.<br />
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2. I’ve helped collect and repackage hygiene packs. I placed things such as shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, and other things in Ziplocs with one set of products for each plastic pouch. Those bags were shipped to Africa for healthier and cleaner living.<br />
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3. I’ve collected and sorted soccer apparel so that village teams could feel more unified wearing at the very least the same colored uniforms as they played.<br />
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4. I’ve had a sharing night inviting friends for dinner then feeding them African style. That is to say they had beans, water, and simple spoon bread. I did a slide presentation.<br />
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5. I enlarged my photos as art placing them in a local Christian café that supports African missionaries. Those art pieces are for sale.<br />
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6. I’ve funded mission friends that returned to help in Malawi, Africa.<br />
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7. I’ve prayed for causes related to the African plagues.<br />
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8. I’ve read more about their water problems as well as the other African plagues, and I'm learning about possible solutions.<br />
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9. I’ve joined US groups that do volunteer work here such as AmeriCorps for 2 years.<br />
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10. I’ve help locally mentoring a young girl from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America group.<br />
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11. I’ve decided to go back to Malawi, Africa to play soccer with the village youngsters while helping those teens become aware of the wonderful possibilities in life if you keep focused on your goals.<br />
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12. I’ve sent gifts to Ireen as well as toys and gently used clothes through COTN to Malawi villagers.<br />
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13. I’ve sponsored fund raisers not just for me but for <a href="https://cotni.org/">COTN Charity Homepage</a><br />
14. I’ve joined local groups caring for our earth such as Surfriders.<br />
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15. I’ve changed jobs working for a land trust that reclaims damaged lands in Florida and build local parks among other things.<br />
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16. I’ve run local projects with teens to do things such as eradication of invasive and foreign species that overtake natural vegetation.<br />
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17. I’ve donated to other good causes.<br />
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I hope to add to this list through my latest plans. Please, consider helping fund my 2013 trip back to Africa. I would like to invite you to be a part of my support team through prayerfully and financially supporting this effort. I need to raise $3,000 to cover my trip expenses. There are two ways you can help me reach this financial goal. The first is by donating either online at: <br />
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<a href="https://cotni.org/node/234471">Julie @ COTN</a><br />
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or by check made payable to Children of the Nations, with my personal fundraising code on the check memo line (234471). Checks should be sent to: COTN-Venture Program, PO Box 3970, Silverdale, WA 98383. All investments in this ministry are tax-deductible. <br />
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Someone will win a T-Shirt that has a picture of the continent on it as well as the following text. <br />
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<strong>“The Warm Heart of Africa”</strong><br />
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To qualify to win send a donation today and comment on this blog. <br />
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You can qualify to win other ways, too. If you guest host my African trip or your review a book inspired by my first trip entitled The Choice, you can qualify. Those details are @ <a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/contests.html">T-shirt Contest</a><br />
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Thanks for partnering with me on my return to Malawi!<br />
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Do you think my story ends here? <br />
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Find out more about books I am a part of including - but not limited to- <u>The Evans Terrace Girls</u> and <u>the S.H.E. Anthology</u>. From that anthology, most of the proceeds help children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre through mental health agencies (New Hope for Kids) that deal with PTSD.<br />
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Come on buy to learn more @ <a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/">Author Site</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mrs.-Cynthia-Meyers-Hanson/e/B00B28J7L2">AMAZON Author Site</a><br />
<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=mchanson714">eBook site</a><br />
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<br />Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-2260897717541565642013-05-31T05:22:00.001-07:002013-06-09T06:17:59.190-07:00Malawi - Africa<strong>Julie's charitable facts and acts:</strong><br />
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1. In 2008, I went to Africa the first time after my sister, Jenny, came back from her mission to Malawi describing her experience. Her stories stirred my spirit into action.<br />
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2. Before then, I’d watched TV documentaries and wondered why the people of this world couldn’t get medical interventions for that continent’s myriad of health issues. I read before my adventure learning that some of the taboos and other things inhibit that intervention. This pamphlets and books, also, helped me understand some apathy came from that land’s politics but I still wanted to help in some way. Malawi appeared to be a more open country to succeed in aid goals.<br />
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3. My sister described the poverty; children the mission sponsored had bowls to come eat. Due to supply verses demand, the rest remained outside hungry. That thought broke my heart. While there, I began sponsoring Ireen!<br />
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4. When we landed, I looked down seeing the dry earth forming an outline of that continent. It’s the last time I looked down because those poor people greeted us with song and dance finding joy in the moment. It’s contagious! That’s a good thing!<br />
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5. We helped with village chores including going to open air markets to buy a dinner for our sponsored families. In spite of their hunger, the people willing shared food including a cake that we primitively baked.<br />
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6. At the markets and at the widows craft area, I bought from locals hoping that they profited enough for one more meal- at the very least.<br />
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7. Due to their pandemic, we taught the teens about AIDS prevention; we met them in a ‘pseudo school’ building without a roof, doors, or windows.<br />
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8. Many men have died in that country; some of them from AIDS. Thus, our mission group did skits for the widows about AIDS avoidance.<br />
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9. The village kids loved to play and did more than children in the USA (who sit in front of TVs and computers calling it relaxation time). As a result, we played soccer, which I’ve done since age five.<br />
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10. I left but a part of me stayed behind in Africa. Thus, I sponsored other missionary friends when they did return trips ever since 2008. One year, my mom and II sorted and sent used soccer stuff I collected from team members; a missionary brought them with her to distribute.<br />
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Everything I witnessed in Africa led me to this second mission. The first time, I went with my sister’s organized church group. This time I’m going with a group of soccer girls through a different church agency. I hope to make connections and find the time to teach about AID prevention or other important life topics with those kids. They inspire me; I hope the feeling is mutual. Plus, I look forward to meeting the young lady I’ve sponsored- Ireen.<br />
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If you feel moved to do so you can donate to my mission; I need to raise $3000. Please, do your donation through the charitable fund so it will be tax deductible. (DO YOUR RESEARCH this site is BONAFIDE!) Here is the online and regular mail address:<br />
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Online at: <a href="https://cotni.org/node/234471">COTN- My Page There</a><br />
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or by check made payable to<br />
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Children of the Nations, <br />
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with my personal fundraising code on the check memo line (234471). <br />
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Checks should be sent to:<br />
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COTN-Venture Program,<br />
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PO Box 3970, <br />
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Silverdale, WA 98383<br />
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God bless us all,<br />
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Julie Hanson<br />
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There is a contest you can win a T-Shirt from African group, eBook or two inspired by my first trip (The Choice) or other eBooks as well as a paperback. Read more here: <a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/contests.html">3 CONTEST</a><br />
<br />Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374157379627916957.post-78302331319649243592013-05-20T13:34:00.002-07:002013-05-20T14:56:57.778-07:00African Mission<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am Julie Hanson and related to the owner of this blogspot page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am writing to let my family and friends know I am heading back to Malawi for a two week soccer-mission trip at the end of June 2013. The first time I went to Malawi was back in 2008; I met the Suwedi family and a young girl named Ireen.<br />
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While there, I spent time with her family helping with chores such as fetching water, cleaning dishes, and baking a cake. I, also, was there to teach about AIDs; I saw firsthand how it impacted a family. Due to death, Ireen’s widow mother was raising her four children with the help of extended family and village friends. I learned about community and helping others. Their culture taught me that there is never a wrong time to dance, sing or find joy in life. <br />
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I ended up sponsoring Ireen which gives her the opportunity to go to school, get meals, and participate in medical treatment. I hope this gives that girl a chance for a better future and the skills to help her village and country.<br />
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I have found in travels that soccer is the international language, lucky for me. I am hoping soccer will allow me to connect with the children and give me the opportunity to share my faith and the gospel. <br />
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I would like to invite you to be a part of my support team through prayerfully and financially supporting this effort. I need to raise $3,000 to cover my trip expenses. There are two ways you can help me reach this financial goal. The first is by donating either online at: <a href="https://cotni.org/node/234471">My Index on COTN Site</a> or by check made payable to Children of the Nations, with my personal fundraising code on the check memo line (234471). Checks should be sent to: COTN-Venture Program, PO Box 3970, Silverdale, WA 98383. All investments in this ministry are tax-deductible. <br />
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Someone will win a T-Shirt that has a picture of the continent on it as well as the following text. <br />
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“The Warm Heart of Africa”<br />
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To qualify to win send a donation today and comment on this blog. <br />
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You can, also, qualify to win two other ways. <br />
If you guest host my African trip on your blog<br />
or you review a book inspired by my first trip entitled <u>The Choice</u> you could win the shirt. Including a picture of the shirt, the full deatials are @ <br />
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<a href="http://mchanson714.weebly.com/contests.html">Contest 1</a><br />
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Thanks for partnering with me on my return to Malawi!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
James 1:27<br />
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New International Version (NIV)<br />
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27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<br />
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<strong>By the way, I am a college graduate and an environmental scientist. I currently work for a land trust that buys back and redevelops ruined natural lands in the USA. A life dream is to help with even more environmental issues including water plagues in Africa. Let see how this second mission goes before I grow into that next goal.</strong><br />
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<em>Do you think my story ends here?</em> <br />
<br />
Find out more about books I am a part of including - but not limited to- <u>The Evans Terrace Girls</u> and <u>the S.H.E. Anthology</u>. From that anthology, most of the proceeds help children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre through mental health agencies (New Hope for Kids) that deal with PTSD.<br />
<br />
Come on buy to learn more @ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/mchanson714">My mom's main book page</a> and <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=mchanson714">Ebook DL page</a>Cynthia Meyers-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11018741859210739067noreply@blogger.com0