Tag: peace
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Sunshine and Fruit Trees
9th August 2026 Finally a good night’s sleep. I woke up feeling somehow refreshed and tired at the same time. But I knew my first cup of coffee would be coming soon. Josh and I both decided to take some medicine and fall asleep early rather than stay up and pack. It was the right…
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Zimbabwe’s Beautiful, Patient People
20th August 2025 Guest Entry from Derek Strauss, minister of the United Church of God based in Dallas, TX: I was born in 1956, in Bulawayo, the second city of Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). My early years were carefree and peaceful. When I was 8 years old the first shots of the Rhodesian bush war rang…
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Arrival in Benoni
14th July 2024 Although we didn’t necessarily plan it this way, all of us traveling from Malawi and Zimbabwe arrived at the Johannesburg airport at almost the same time. This worked out well because we were all picked up at the same time and could get settled together. It’s always nice to see familiar faces…
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House on a Rock & Neighborhood on a Hill
9th July 2024 It was something Gracious had said yesterday as a few of us talked about the disparity between the number of single young men in the congregation and single young women to potentially marry. Besides the fact that there are quite a few more young men, these youth have grown up together and…
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We Are For Peace
I opened my eyes and wondered why it was unusually dark inside our bedroom. We had begun closing the shade to help keep the cold wind outside and any warmth inside. The winters in Amman were colder than we had anticipated, although we hadn’t yet seen any snowfall. I couldn’t imagine that city in the…