Thrive Connection – Page 2 – Connecting lives, sharing our stories, a safe place to thrive

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Kristy Wacek

August 13, 2019

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Articles by Global Women Asia

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Abundance

Eight years ago, when we were preparing to come to Indonesia for the first time and were in the midst of packing everything up for the big move, a family friend asked what she could get for me. I scanned my list of things we still needed to purchase...

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Kristy Wacek

August 6, 2019

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A Crisis Management Plan

Have you ever been in such a fearful situation that you cried out to God for help? A crisis I will never forget took place on the first night our family arrived in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Frightening situations are bad enough in familiar surroundings, but in...

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Kristy Wacek

July 30, 2019

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Articles by Global Women Marriage

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The Guilt Trip

One summer about ten years ago, we were in Ohio for one of our mini-furloughs. A woman from a supporting church offered my husband and me a night on the town. God had laid it on her heart to bless us with a formal dinner at a place we...

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Kristy Wacek

July 23, 2019

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Africa Articles by Global Women

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Waffling on Contentment

It happened again. There I was, cheerfully flipping through my new cookbook. You know, the one that does not really exist? The one that claims to be full of recipes that you can make using local ingredients because its contributors are women who served in the same area? Unfortunately,...