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Posted on Friday, January 27 th, 2012 at 8:12 pm by Christin WalkerPlanS
My dad sent me this in an email today, and it’s definitely worth remembering. Seeing as how my family is going through a pretty rough time and I feel like I’m just surviving day by day, this brings me at least a little bit of peace. It’s a devotional written by Michael Raypholtz, and it’s taken out of The Upper Room. Jeremiah 29:11 — “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you h...
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Posted on Monday, March 07 th, 2011 at 5:19 am by Christin WalkerChiang Rai Escape
Lately I’ve just been really searching for peace. I don’t know where it went, when I “lost” it, or why it’s “gone,” but I do know that it has everything to do with my lack of focus. Oh, and the fact that once again…I’ve found comfort and normality, and it’s time to say my goodbyes and move on to the next uncomfortable place. But hey, that’s life for you…it’s just a never-ending process of change and adaptation to chang...
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Posted on Saturday, February 12 th, 2011 at 2:36 pm by Christin Walker
Bangkok Slums
I went with my friend, Dwight Turner, to a slum to experience his slum-teaching organization, In Search of Sanuk. I mainly just ended up taking photos the whole time and keeping the children off the train tracks whenever it would come rolling through. I believe taking pictures is what I’m called to do sometimes so that I can allow you to see what I see. I want to make those of you back home aware of just how blessed we truly are, and how much this world needs the love of Christ. bw_...
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Bye Bye Buddha…
Background information: I have been sick since last summer. It’s been a constant battle between my stomach and the food I eat. I’ve had dengue fever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever) thanks to a mosquito. I’ve stepped on rusty nails and had to get tetanus shots. I’ve had headaches. It’s always something… A few weeks ago, my friend Alyse mentioned something to me that I hadn’t thought about at all. She said, “You know, maybe you’re a...
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Jehovah Jireh
Wow. Really, as soon as I typed the words “Jehovah Jireh” as the title of this blog, my eyes welled up with tears. I can’t really tell if they’re happy tears or sad tears though. Much like my life, I feel like my emotions are just one big jumbled mess, and I can’t even find the words to describe how I feel. The idea of God being my provider absolutely blows my mind. These tears right now are coming straight from my heart, but I can’t tell whether they are tear...
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Christmas in BKK
Luke 2:14 – Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace good will towards men. This year, I avoided listening to songs with lyrics like, “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” or “I’ll be home for Christmas” or even “Rockin’ around the Christmas tree” because not only did I spend my Christmas away from home, I spent it in 90 degree weather with nothing close to a speck of white snow and a pathetic purple Christmas tree that makes Charl...
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Storytime with Cwalk (Part 2)
I will start out this blog by listing the reasons that my mother utilizes Facebook. To post incredibly long status updates that she copies out of the daily prayer quote book thing that sits by the toilet in her bathroom. To post pictures of the dog and publicly declare her birthday while posting a profile picture of the poor dog in full birthday garb with the most miserable look on her face. I mean, I know you miss me…but really? To record and post videos of her dancing with the dog to C...
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Home is where the heart is…
Well, the much-anticipated airport “movie scene” was kinda ruined thanks to me missing my flight from Atlanta to Asheville (‘preciate that one Delta…BONK). So, instead of arriving in Asheville at 6pm, I got there at midnight, and Eric found me waiting on a curbside bench beside my luggage being emo. (Surprise, surprise.) So maybe all that didn’t end up the way we imagined, but that first real life (post-Thailand) hug and kiss will forever be a favorite memory. Gah, ...
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Beauty.
beau-ty [n.] – the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations, a meaningful design or pattern, or something else. What is beauty? What makes something beautiful? Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? What does that even mean??? Why do people put so much emphasis on beauty anyway? Am I beautiful? To me, beauty is a sunset behind the Bangkok cityscape that looks like God Himself painted...
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Posted on Thursday, September 02 nd, 2010 at 11:16 am by Christin WalkerChat Chat Chat It Up.
Ok, so the BFF-Madre told me that my lovely father already knows about all my tattoos, so I’m just gonna throw this blog post out there in hopes that a) she’s not joking, b) he’s forgiven me, and c) Jesus smiles at me on days like today. P.S. Shout out to David & Mollie Wiley…yall are gonna love this one! ;) So, I just got home from my usual massage place. I just love those ladies there. They call me “Teacher” because they know that I work at BCC…I m...
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