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Ride For Water Website

on June 23rd, 2011 in Biz Love, The Web by | No Comments

This website is awesome! I personally love to see the collision of two things I am extremely passionate about. This website embodies the blend of social media (The Web) and big business give back (Biz-Love).

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Las Vegas Homelessness Discovery Trip

on May 31st, 2011 in Homelessness by | No Comments

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to begin to learn about homelessness in the city. A good friend is the director of a large industry conference that takes place in Las Vegas each year. As a part of the conference, he wants to offer a…

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Open Hearted Moments

on June 24th, 2010 in Love In Action by | No Comments

The moments are few and far between, but when they happen, they simply knock me off my feet. The moments where you find yourself in the right place at the right time … The moments where your world is rocked and love bursts through. These are the magical moments that…

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5:00 A.M.

on April 30th, 2010 in Homelessness, Love In Action by | No Comments

Yesterday morning when my alarm went off at 3:30 I sat up quickly in my bed. I was slightly confused as to why I was up so early. To be honest, I sat there and debated with myself as to whether or not I was going to go back to…

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Shelia – Love Changes Things

on September 16th, 2009 in Homelessness, Love In Action by | No Comments

From the hundreds of people that met Shelia over my last two summers at Safehouse Outreach to those who have only learned her name through a facebook or twitter post, so many of you have been on this ride with us. Before I begin this blog I would first like…

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Moving Out

on May 29th, 2009 in Homelessness, Love In Action by | No Comments

I turned thirty on Tuesday of this week. This year was perhaps the best birthday I have ever had. It was the best for so many reasons. My friends and family threw me an amazing birthday party. I was given some great gifts. I was surrounded by people I love…

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The Diamond Miner

on May 13th, 2009 in Love In Action by | No Comments

Yesterday, at Safehouse Outreach, we had our monthly Advisory Board meeting. As in each of these meetings, one of the staff members will share about their department and their latest work. This month our Mentoring Program Director Errol Boyland was invited to share. He began by saying, “It has been…

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Find The Need And Show Up

on April 17th, 2009 in Thought Process by | No Comments

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of leading a team from an area church to Hurt Park to do some outreach and love on our homeless friends. Many of the volunteers that were part of the outreach began having conversations with different people in the park. One volunteer…

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The Jeans – Love Hurts

on April 9th, 2009 in Thought Process by | No Comments

Several weeks ago I was approached by one of my homeless friends out in the parking lot of Safehouse Outreach. He told me that he thought we were the same size and wondered if I had any jeans that I wasn’t using that I could give him. I told him…

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Not Enough Love

on March 27th, 2009 in Love In Action by | No Comments

It is ironic that this is going to be the blog to follow my previous post. In my previous blog I talked about how I am loved. Being loved by others has been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember. I have no question that…

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