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Archive for January, 2011

“Fire”…The Four Letter “F” Word

It evokes different images for each person that hears it: It warms, protects, fuels, provides, and sometimes it devours. It’s the four letter “f” word, fire. It can only start if many different chemical elements and states are in place, if the air movement is right and there is the perfect reaction of elements. Of […]

January 25th, 2011
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

A Love Note From Maria

She likes to play with her friends, take care of her younger siblings, meet new people, and is always eager to learn new English words. Maria goes to the school in the community that Absolute helps to teach English at, and everywhere Rose turned this past year, little Maria seemed to be there, hauling her […]

January 11th, 2011
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

I Can’t Talk Right Now

I should have been more specific and I should have considered the question from their point of view. In hindsight, it’s really funny how quirky life is sometimes.
We have just completed a really cool building project in Aguas Negra, Dominican Republic. It was with a Christmas Hero Holiday group, and together with the help of […]

January 5th, 2011
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter

This is Love

Love is a word we use so often in the English language that we sometimes forget the power and force behind what it means to truly love. I love chocolate, but I also love my husband. I love sunshine but I also love my family. In our current culture, people fall in and out of […]

January 1st, 2011
Topic: FB, 52, Newsletter