Live Laugh Love

I'm procrastinating. I have yet to pack. We leave tomorrow.

I'm wallowing in this amazing feeling of not being prepared and being totally calm. I'm in a zone that feels so peaceful... now this could just be the calm before the storm... I don't feel stress, I feel total peace. It is a very weird sensation. Because I know myself. Technically, I should be freaking out, grabbing extra stuff and shoving it in a suitcase 'just in case' but I'm not... I've checked off my list(s) (-there have been many!),  except a little run to the dollar store to pick up stickers for the teachers at the school to be able to give to the children... maybe another run to the camping store for a towelette that will be used to dab sweat (glorious though eh?) also pick up some Tim Hortons coffee to take over as a little taste of home for the Missionaries...

(i may have just compiled another list- I'd better get packing!)

On another note- I'm not sure what kind of internet hook up we will have while on our Living Life On Purpose 2015 Journey to Uganda. I'm hoping to be able to keep you all updated weekly if not more, we shall see! Keep us in your prayers! We appreciate all of your support!

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TGI COFFEE TIME!

It's Friday, TGIF  or rather in my books TGI COFFEE TIME!

I wanted to share with you all that tomorrow we will be topping up our donation for the diesel generator and pump, I can't wait to put that thermometer over there up to $2000- how generous you have all been- I'm so excited!

It's officially 37 days before we leave, I have a pharmacy run to do to pick up our malaria pills (who knew they cost approximately $5 a pill and both Duy and I need 44 pills each (oy!), after that, all of the big stuff is done. Just breathe, pack, get our hearts ready, and be open to any possibiities that come our way. We are getting very excited. Even, the 'even keeled' Mister is getting excited, and that makes me even more excited, and I'm already pretty excited. 

What we need from you is :
1. Pray for us
2. Donate to help us on our journey - (you can donate $1 to download any of the printables you like, or you can donate any amount you'd like over there -> )
3. Pray for the children and the staff we will be going to work with
4. Send your happy thoughts, your words of encouragement, emails, comments, notes etc.

We need all of you in order to accomplish this goal!
So Happy Coffee Time + Happy Friday Friends!

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Live Gratitude.

In the big things,
in the small things,
live gratitude.

In the pain,
and in the joy,
live gratitude.

Through laughter,
and through tears,
live gratitude.

It truly is a choice-
It is not happy people who are thankful, it is thankful people who are happy.

Take a moment today- live gratitude.
Whisper it in the joy of simple things- the green grass, the blue skies- and hold onto it in midst the hard things, whispers of gratitude will change your life. I promise. I am living proof.


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To Travel

"to travel is to live" ... is only the last part of this beautiful quote by Hans Christian Andersen

- the entire quote is read like this:

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live."

Sometimes travel means far from home and sometimes it's just a walk away. So be bold, go out there and travel - even if it's just to visit the neighbours.

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Live & Let Live...

In the same style and spirit of yesterdays post, here is another life lesson I've learned over the years. Probably because I want people to let me be me... but also because I have a tendency to *think* I know what you should be doing too!

Oy... seriously humbling when you put it out there for the world to read. *Sometimes* I think I know better than you, and how you should be living your life. But you want to know the silver lining to this beautiful Life Lesson? I don't, I don't know better than you do! I don't know all of the details of your life, I don't need to know all of the details of your life, it's your life. As a friend, a family member, a co-worker, a human... What I do need to know, is that you are ok. Period.

And in the spirit of honesty, I have learned many of my life lessons the hard way :)
Get authentic, be real with yourself- it is kinda freeing to not have to pretend you are perfect - trust me I know, I am the least perfect person out there, I make mistakes all the time, and you know what- I am ok with that...

Go be awesome today and- 
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By the way, this print along with yesterday's print: Be Brave- would be an awesome addition in a little persons room :) 

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