If you missed Part One, you can read it HERE Besides looking for a new home for our permaculture project, we wanted to bring the first of what we hope with be many educational materials for the children at the Home in the village. Montessori materials are not currently available in Bulgarian. The Montessori schools[…]
Mission: Bulgaria, Part One
This trip had a two-fold purpose. The first was to find a property to be the heart of our permaculture project in Bulgaria. We had narrowed it down to the village of Malak Preslavets, where our Bulgarian-born children lived for nine years before coming home. We set aside almost three weeks to find the right[…]
There and Back Again
This spring, Nissa and Nick will be returning to Bulgaria, bringing educational materials to the orphanage where Nick and Olivia spent 9 years of their lives. They’ll also be helping to prepare a vegetable garden that will serve the needs of the children there, and visiting with a very special friend. They will also be[…]
Social Justice Warriors
The term “social justice warrior” has taken on a negative connotation in contemporary conversation. Urban dictionary defines a social justice warrior this way: A person who uses the fight for civil rights as an excuse to be rude, condescending, and sometimes violent for the purpose of relieving their frustrations or validating their sense of unwarranted[…]
To the Child Who Still Waits
I see you. I hear you. I know that the food you will eat for breakfast this morning will not nourish your body even if it does quell the pain in your stomach. I know that you will watch the other kids at school, the kids who have parents, enjoy a hot lunch while you[…]
To the First Mother of My Children, My Sister
I don’t know why God chose me to carry your cross. But I carry it willingly however heavy it is. Some days it brings me to my knees. But God has provided abundant graces and many helpers for those times. At those times we all carry your cross together. You are never far from my[…]