Surprise of all surprises!  It snowed in Charlotte!  For those of you at home, this won't come as a surprise.  For those who are new friends from Charlotte, these are the confessions of a obsessive-compulsive snowman builder . . .


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I'm back in Charlotte, and I'm busy on my long commute.  First full day back on the job!  Excitedly, I talk about what's on the menu for the day, my trip down to Charlotte, and the amazing-ness of spring come early!


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Today is my birthday!  I've never been away from home on a birthday before, so it's been a little interesting.  When I first got up, there were text messages on my phone from my Mom and sister saying "happy birthday".  :)  They were nice to get when I woke up!  But as I went through my morning, there was little else to really remind me that it was ( Read more... )

Huzzah!  I am back in Charlotte!

As I'm sitting here in the Residence Hall, taking advantage of a constant, always availiable internet connection, I'm smiling to think that I'm back here again--and still without my full financial support!

I flew into Charlotte yesterday, arriving at lunch time, hitting office, putting in an afternoon's work, barely ( Read more... )

Over the past few months, God has been showing me just how many wonderful friends I have.  Every time someone steps up and tells me that they are getting behind me financially, I want to start dancing with joy!  However, whenever someone tells me that, I'm always very surprised.  Maybe it's because I've noticed that when I start talking about my ( Read more... )

Revolutionary Living:  while sitting in my room, I think about my recent call back to Charlotte, NC, muse about living in two different worlds, and wonder where my mob cap has gotten off to . . .


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Weeks of work have finally paid off.  I have a newly designed vlog show about my ministry for you all.  It's called "Through Rachel's Viewfinder."  Check out the promo below!


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Well, okay, so I'm not exactly building a website for my stuff.  But one of the reasons I haven't posted in a while (aside from being buried under snow and frigid temperatures) is that I've been hard at work redesigning my vlog show about my mission work.  I've been up to my eyeballs in video production so that everything looks nice, and you--my ( Read more... )

There’s a song from my favorite band, Great Big Sea, entitled “Going Up.”  It’s one of their happy, bouncy numbers, an ode to the people of Newfoundland, Canada, their home country.  One line in the song I’ve been thinking about is: “Let’s lock the world outside.”

Now, I know that might seem a little bit like, “Why is she thinking about that line?”

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