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A Child's Heart

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I'm writing today on behalf of my precious middle "KP". Kelsie is a 10 year old with a heart for missions. This fills me with joy and scares me to death all at the same time. For now I will focus on the joy. I'm honored to walk alongside Kelsie as she puts feet to the ideas that she has bouncing around in her head. Ideas of how to help others. Ideas of how a 10 year old can make the world a better place. This is her mission for Feburary.... Biking for $Bills$ Raising Funds and Awarness for the children and families of World Vision. Kelsie has been led to help children around the world without ever leaving home. Her vision is to raise enough money to purchase some form of livestock for a World Vision family. Kelsie will raise this money using her prayers, her bicycle, and her leg power. She will bike for as many miles as her legs will allow. Her goal is 10 miles. She will be asking people to sponsor her by the mile, or if they choose, simply by...

Learning from the Proverbs 31 Woman

For the past few days I’ve been reading and re-reading Proverbs 31:10-31 , the story of The Virtuous Wife. I want to learn from this woman. The woman that was pleasing in God’s sight. The woman whose story, God chose to tell. I learned in my study of these verses, that they are an acrostic poem. Each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet, encouraging it’s memorization. We do not know who this woman was, but it is very clear what she was. 10Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. (Thank You Lord for these words of affirmation) 11The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12She does him good and not evil. All the days of her life. (Reminder of what I vowed on my wedding day) 13She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands. (I’m working on the “willingly” part) 14She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food from afar. (I will not complain about my 25 minute ...