Lamentations 3:22 is one of my favorite verses right now. Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fa...

It's so easy to get comfortable with who we are. I'm not struggling with that sin anymore, so I'm okay. I'm not as sin...

One of the first things that we were taught when we got here was how to love the children.  Giuli said that some of the most important ways ...

    At dinner last night we were talking to our translator, and she was telling us about Peruvian culture, and some of the cultural norms.  ...

As I sit in the Ft. Lauderdale airport waiting for my flight to Lima, I'm thinking about how I got here.  And when I say that, I don...

Beauty.  Our culture is obsessed with it. But what exactly is beauty?  It's probably a perfect face, flawless hair and who has their lif...

Those of you who didn't know me four years ago when I went to Peru are probably like, 'that's great that you're going, but w...

Hope.  It's a funny thing, ya know?   It isn't something that you can see, hear or touch. It's the idea that things will get bet...

Guess what?! I'm going to Peru for a month this summer!  I will be going with Buckner International as a part of Project Go July 7th...

Last night I watched part of a movie called the Easter Experience. In it, there was a very graphic depiction of Christ's scourging, walk...

This is kind of part two of  this post.   Last night I was reading my Bible and I was just reading through some of the verses that I had und...

Sometimes I struggle with wanting to be able to be perfect and get everything right. As great as that would be, it's not anywhere near f...

These are just a few of the things I've been thinking about lately related to my identity in Christ and who I am.  This is just a start,...

It's okay if it feels like things get worse before they get better.  It's okay if you don't know why things are so hard.  I...

I had the pleasure of getting to hear Dr. Eva Olsson speak last night. She is a Holocaust survivor and last night shared many of the experie...

So then, if God's grace covers our sins and mistakes, what then? God gives us the greatest gift. Those mistakes no longer hav...

It's okay to not be perfect. Really! Everyone is human, with a sinful nature and makes mistakes. Everyone.  But the great thing ...

Poem loosely based on 1 Kings 19:11-12 written 3/18/14 Where are you? In the wind? Whirling round and round Filling ears with the lonely sou...

That's a really long time to be patient! A thousand sleepless nights? That's the equivalent of 3 years of sleepless nights....

Hey! So I'm Olivia, and I'm pretty new to the whole blogging thing so don't judge too harshly:) I'm a good friend of Mori...