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Stepping Into the Rhythm
Being newer missionaries, we are constantly learning the dance, the rhythm. Arriving in Colombia we didn’t exactly see there was a jump...
Angelynn Ballew
Dec 1, 20209 min read
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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
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Heart Break
Tears began to stream down my face, as our hands united us around the room. Chairs, sofas, and benches lay empty like open hands...
Angelynn Ballew
Sep 22, 20206 min read
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Financial Update Video
As the process of home assignment is in motion we wanted to answer some of the questions we are getting...

Joel Ballew
Sep 14, 20201 min read
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Displaced in the Valley
Travelers that we are, we all have a good sturdy backpack and high-quality carry-on. When packing for our Home Assignment in December we...
Angelynn Ballew
Aug 1, 20204 min read
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When a Crisis Effects Mission
Four months after the start of the thing we are now calling CoVID-19,* I find myself wadding through the future of what is to be of my...

Angelynn Ballew
May 19, 20203 min read
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Hungry and Thirsty in Isolation
Loneliness loomed over me like a heavy blanket. We knew we would be moving to a new country without a team of other missionaries. For the...
Angelynn Ballew
Apr 4, 20204 min read
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How to Cancel My TEAM Donation & Start My SAM Support
Steps to get us back to Colombia: Cancel your current giving/donation with TEAM. Contact: donors@team.org There are two different ways to...

Joel Ballew
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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Church Incubator? Co-working? Huh?
These are the questions I hear as I share my heart in talking about what God has brought us thousands of miles away to Colombia and more spe

Joel Ballew
Feb 25, 20204 min read
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Available. The Coffee Shop Owner
The two blocks to the large Centro Comercial (shopping mall) are not far, but walking anywhere in 93% humidity will cause an instant...
Angelynn Ballew
Feb 11, 20204 min read
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The Land of the Pretty Things
Every place I have lived has its fair share of pretty things. Items, places, experiences that feel luxurious. While gazing upon them or...
Angelynn Ballew
Dec 24, 20193 min read
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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
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The Reality of Home
As we prepare for the 1st Home Assignment (furlough) I am left with a growing set of odd feelings. We haven’t experienced this process yet.

Joel Ballew
Nov 22, 20193 min read
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#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
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Staying Connected with Us
The world is so interconnected today that even though we live over 1,000 miles away from home, loved ones and our ministry partners there...

Angelynn Ballew
Oct 28, 20191 min read
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Awakening in Barranquilla
The light begins to seep into the room around 5:30… The expanse of windows are made private by the large palm trees in our front yard. If...
Angelynn Ballew
Aug 27, 20194 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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