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Mad Missionary
I thought I was moving up in the level of "Missionary." You know, after seven years, you have experienced the heartache of rejection.
Angelynn Ballew
Jul 15, 20245 min read


The Treasure of Waiting
Shortly after arriving in Barranquilla, the girls were still in that golden age of making bird feeders, birdhouses, and fairy gardens.
Angelynn Ballew
Jul 2, 20245 min read


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...

Kat Guild
May 24, 20227 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
May 27, 20214 min read


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...

Angelynn Ballew
Feb 22, 20211 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
Feb 17, 20214 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
Oct 17, 20206 min read


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

Joel Ballew
Dec 6, 20195 min read


#GivingTuesday
All non-profits, religious organizations and even us missionaries focus on the "end of the year giving" as a very important time...

Angelynn Ballew
Nov 22, 20191 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
Jun 14, 20194 min read


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......

Angelynn Ballew
Mar 29, 20193 min read


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...

Angelynn Ballew
Mar 18, 20192 min read


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....
Angelynn Ballew
Dec 11, 20183 min read


"Teammates"
There is a reason for the word teammates being in quotation marks, I promise. Keep reading! We will get there. Our Colombian counterparts...

Angelynn Ballew
Aug 16, 20183 min read


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...

Joel Ballew
Jun 22, 20184 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
May 27, 20184 min read


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,...

Angelynn Ballew
Jan 30, 20183 min read


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...
Angelynn Ballew
Dec 5, 20163 min read


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...

Angelynn Ballew
Aug 17, 20161 min read
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