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Addie Kolda
May 27, 20237 min read
God’s family has got a lot of primos
I’ve struggled a lot trying to think of what to write about my time in Colombia. I was intentioned to be there three months and then meet...
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Addie Kolda
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Design Blog
Growing up I used to hand sew clothes for my Barbie's and pretend I was a fashion designer. I think even back then I realized that...
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Addie Kolda
Feb 11, 20234 min read
Asbury blog
I’ll admit, I came home from overseas with a bit of a chip on my shoulder against the lack of spiritual growth I saw in America. I have...
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Addie Kolda
Dec 13, 20226 min read
Unbreakable generosity in Ukraine
I went into a war zone willingly. I went to give help and hope, and anything I could. At the same time, I received so much from such a...
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Addie Kolda
Nov 17, 20226 min read
Tips for living missionally in a 9-5
You don’t need to quit everything and live a nomadic lifestyle to have an impact. I’ve been interested in how to live a life that impacts...
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Addie Kolda
Jul 31, 20225 min read
Bolivia blog Pt. 2
... continuation from pt. 1 Me I spent just about every morning in Bolivia praying about what country to go to next. Short term? Long...
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Addie Kolda
Jul 20, 20223 min read
Bolivia blog pt. 1
A while back me and my family went to Bolivia to work in an orphanage. I felt pretty much on autopilot most of the time and wasn’t fully...
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Addie Kolda
Jul 6, 20223 min read
Places I’ve slept on the World Race
This is by no means a full or extensive list, but I thought it might be fun to show you a few of the places I’ve slept over the past...
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Addie Kolda
May 31, 20224 min read
Final month in Greece!
Our last month on the field we got to spend in Greece! I know, what a dream, really gotta pull people’s leg to get ‘em to go. It’s kind...
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Addie Kolda
May 13, 20224 min read
I brought my guitar around the world. Worth it?
I made a semi spontaneous decision last august to bring my guitar around the world with me. I’m not that good at guitar, but I was...
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Addie Kolda
May 7, 20223 min read
Stories from the transit van
While in Romania I got the chance to ride in a transport car taking refugees from Craiova to Budapest. My team of 5 was scheduled to take...
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Addie Kolda
May 5, 20221 min read
Romania photo blog
I think I have a lot of words I could write about Romania, but it’s easier to give you a picture of how the month went through photos! So...
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Addie Kolda
May 4, 20223 min read
Busy bee
Busy bee is what is engraved on my journal I’ve used for the past year as my devo journal. I finally ran out of pages and filled the...
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Addie Kolda
Apr 23, 20223 min read
Hey Jesus,
I debated a long long time about posting this. This is wayyyyy more vulnerable than I’m usually comfortable sharing, and I didn’t want...
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Addie Kolda
Apr 22, 20222 min read
What are you a witness of?
I got the opportunity to preach at least once a week during our time in Rwanda. It was a very humbling experience to come into these...
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Addie Kolda
Apr 19, 20226 min read
The life of a street kid
I wrote this over a month ago and haven’t posted it cause it feels sensitive. I want to share the stories of some of my most favorite...
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Addie Kolda
Apr 2, 20224 min read
If at first you don’t succeed(at figuring out why you’re so sick on the mission field) try try again
I’m playing catch up on writing blogs as I’m currently in month 9 writing about month 7(whoops). Blogs have been more consistent than...
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Addie Kolda
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Disappointment/ loved a million little ways
Swazi was a whole time for me. I honestly don’t remember a lot of it and I feel like it didn’t make as big an impact in my life as other...
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Addie Kolda
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Lesotho through the lens
If a picture is worth 1000 words then here are several thousand words worth of memories from Lesotho. Deeply loved this month, and I...
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Addie Kolda
Feb 5, 20222 min read
Thoughts on healing pt. 3
Flash forward a few weeks and we are in Swaziland. My teammate Sav had been having really bad neck and shoulder pain and it ended up with...
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