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    5 lessons I learned in my first year in Colombia
    Kat Guild
    • May 24
    • 7 min

    5 lessons I learned in my first year in Colombia

    As May comes to a close we wanted to highlight one of our team members Kat Guild. She's on the website but this was a unique...
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    Kneel. Stand. Walk.
    Angelynn Ballew
    • May 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Kneel. Stand. Walk.

    I should have seen this coming. These types of scenarios lend themselves to deep conversations. Mostly empty and picked-over plates and...
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    Wild & Free by Taylor Ballew
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Wild & Free by Taylor Ballew

    Our oldest daughter; Taylor, created a cool video for one of her school projects using all of her new found talents in video work. It is...
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    Festivity & Wonder
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Festivity & Wonder

    As Christmas and New Year come and go, most of the world plunges into their work. Barranquilla, however, takes a short breath and...
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    Extending the Hand
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Oct 17, 2020
    • 6 min

    Extending the Hand

    I am a mess. However, as I sit here all packed in with our family on the airplane to Barranquilla, I recognize that the tears, the panic...
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    Delighting in the Ride
    Joel Ballew
    • Dec 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Delighting in the Ride

    The streets are packed with cars, buses, pedestrians crossing, delivery bikes and motorcycles. Getting home from orchestra classes on a week
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    #GivingTuesday
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Nov 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    #GivingTuesday

    All non-profits, religious organizations and even us missionaries focus on the "end of the year giving" as a very important time...
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    A Year of Mangoes
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Jun 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Year of Mangoes

    One year…. Two seasons…. Mango season, and non-mango season. The first morning when I stepped out of our AirBnB and onto the street, I...
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    Church Planting: An Insider's Look
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Church Planting: An Insider's Look

    Church planting in the United States is not for the faint of heart. Add in a 2nd culture and you can forget the faint of heart......
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    Semana Santa: What is it?
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Semana Santa: What is it?

    Cathedrals, churches and plazas will be crammed with congregations in Colombia for Holy Week, or 'Semana Santa' in Spanish; for a lot of...
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    Mission Misfit
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Dec 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Mission Misfit

    I feel the sweat beading down my back as I rush around. Did I remember to put the ice cubes on the table? Do we have enough chairs? Yes....
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    "Teammates"
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Aug 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    "Teammates"

    There is a reason for the word teammates being in quotation marks, I promise. Keep reading! We will get there. Our Colombian counterparts...
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    Colombian Life
    Joel Ballew
    • Jun 22, 2018
    • 4 min

    Colombian Life

    No we aren't experts, we aren't even rookies yet. But life is unique here. I am sure any missionary can say that about the country they...
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    The House, Real Estate Agent & God
    Angelynn Ballew
    • May 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    The House, Real Estate Agent & God

    Want to hear a crazy story???? Check out the below from a message I sent close friends of ours recently. So much has been happening here...
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    Identity In Light of Eternity
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Jan 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Identity In Light of Eternity

    Our sandals clop methodically as we saunter down the clean, reflecting tiles of the massive Viva! Centro Comercial. The sea of tan,...
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    This is it!
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Dec 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    This is it!

    Sitting in a van on separate benches driving down the palm tree laden streets of Barranquilla on our way to our hotel, Joel and I had...
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    12degreesnorth.org is Alive
    Angelynn Ballew
    • Aug 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    12degreesnorth.org is Alive

    Thank you all for staying put as we got the website up! It wasn't easy but we got it done. We will be putting all of our updates here so...
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