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Welcome Home

By Jolene.Leanne - 7:41 PM
What if we break into each other and we're not okay? And we desperately want to be. For our friends.  For our family. But we've fallen from grace. What if we try to repair everything in us that's cracked and its just falling apart just as fast as we try to put it all back together? ...

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The Power of Love

By Jolene.Leanne - 8:54 AM
I noticed the way her eyes changed.  That when she was loved, she took note.  She stood up straighter.  She smiled more. She transformed. And I was such a broken version of love to her, my friend. Their eyes- they were tired and broken inside when they didn't think they were loved. And I thought, If only I could love deeper and longer,...

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Cambodia: Conversations with Cassie from Destiny Rescue

By Jolene.Leanne - 5:29 PM
It was a chance meeting. "What are you doing in Asia?" read her Facebook message to me. I explained my purpose: "I'm just touristing and doing a bit of learning on sex trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia." "Wow!" she replied, "I work with women in the sex trade!" ... Cassie is a brilliant, bright, and bold person.  As I met with her, our...

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Thailand: A Conversation with Nightlight

By Jolene.Leanne - 7:27 PM
"So why are you in Thailand?" this good-looking guy from England asked me and I paused, wondering if I should say the real answer or just give one of those glitzy traveller quotes, "I'm a hippie and I love travelling and I'm pretty cool..."  (or something like that). But the real answer?  People don't want the real answer because they'd rather not think...

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Perspective: Travelling

By Jolene.Leanne - 8:31 AM
Angkor Wat Travelling always gives me perspective, as if I've been going through life in a fog going, "Same, Same, Same," everyday. The routine of everyday can get so narrow and small. I can't see a freaking thing outside my little box of this tiny life. And it's all about me. This, "me, me, me" world. Often I just need to be shaken...

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