Author: Melissa Edgett
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Visiting Volcanos in the USA with Kids
Visiting Volcano National Park I’m a firm believer that travel is the best education. When our family travels, we often combine daddy’s business trips with our pleasure, and always with learning. Little did I know when we ventured to Hawaii for sun, surf, submarines, Pearl Harbor, fun and volcanoes that we would learn so much…
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Bible Stories Came to Life in Israel: A Fresh Take on a Very Old Story
Even after growing up in church, reading my Bible through more times than I can count, and knowing its stories by heart, my trip to Israel made me realize that I was Biblically lopsided. That is, I had a tendency to draw applications from the New Testament independent of their roots in the Old Testament.…
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Planning Ahead When Traveling Internationally, a Missionary’s Tale
A Reminder to Plan Ahead When Traveling Internationally Recently, I was considering traveling out of the country. It had been a long time since my passport was issued; so the first thing I checked was the expiration date. There’s nothing worse than realizing at the last minute, simply because of bad planning, that your tickets,…
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Top 10 Things to do in DC in One Day
Twelve Hours in Washington, DC DC is an amazing city. While I haven’t been to many big cities and just driven through many, it’s been on my bucket list to experience the fullness of life and hustle of our country’s best major metropolis’. My good friend Jen (the founder of the Word Traveling blog) and…
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Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar
In today’s hectic and faced paced society, it can seem common sense is no longer common and manners are a thing of the past. Why not share some Christmas cheer by spreading love through random acts of kindness this season? (and hey, hit those social share buttons above and simply start by spreading an act…