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bumper bowling I’m not a big bowler. I mean, I’m no stranger to the 100 point mark, but turkeys are pretty rare for me! However, recently I’ve been thinking about bowling as it pertains to parenting. Weird, huh? Well, let me explain… As the parents of two kids under the age of 4, I am [ READ MORE ]

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christmas carols Merry Christmas! We are only hours away from the most wonderful day of the year! Which means, there are only a few days left to listen to the greatest music ever…Christmas music! 2011 has been a banner year for fpStudents. God has done some amazing things; we’ve seen crazy growth and lives changed [ READ MORE ]

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parenting, part 2. Guest post by my amazing wife, Holly Wallace. Before I had children I would often say “When I have kids I will never….” Then, I had my son and all previous judgments went out the window. Since then I have learned that there is a lot I need to learn. On Tuesday [ READ MORE ]

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parenting, part 1. I used to know everything.  And then I became a parent. Apparently, raising kids is one of the most natural things that you can do…people have been doing it for years! The strange thing is, kids don’t come with an instruction manual. Not that I would read it…I am a man, after [ READ MORE ]

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stockholm syndrome. Last week at fpStudents: High School student services we wrapped up a series called “Stockholm Syndrome.” This is the phenomenon that occurs when a hostage or kidnap victim develops feelings of compassion, trust or even love towards their captors. While this syndrome sounds absolutely ridiculous, we all experience various forms of Stockholm Syndrome [ READ MORE ]

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home from haiti. This past week a team of 18 from Faith Promise Church went to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to work with two orphanages that FP supports.  The last six days have been a whirlwind experience that would take days to fully communicate in words, so I thought I’d share with you just a few moments [ READ MORE ]

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haiti day four Blog By: Katy Creasman We experienced church today with Pastor Odven’s church and they sang How Great Thou Art and Because He Lives.  Those were the 2 songs that we could pick out in French.  In the afternoon we went to the orphanage and played with the kids.  We were able to [ READ MORE ]

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haiti day three Blog By: Dave Breaux (read his blog at davebang.wordpress.com) Back to Bon Berger this morning. A little bit of a shock for the new people, because all of the children were back. Lots of familiar faces for those of us who have returned. Headed to the backyard to play and love on [ READ MORE ]

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haiti day two Blog By: Amy McGehee Loving Unconditionally/Unconditional: Do we really live day-to-day loving people unconditionally? Is it just something we say that makes love sound better or something we do to express that emotion? As this is only the second day we have been here in Haiti I have already seen unconditional love [ READ MORE ]

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haiti day one Written By: Whitnie Williams I’m overwhelmed. I feel like I’m in a completely different world. I’ve never seen anything like this. Port-Au-Prince has this almost tragic beauty to it. The place is in ruin. The picture I’ve posted is of a tent city. A lot of people who lost everything in the [ READ MORE ]

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