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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
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 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 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
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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Addie Kolda
Jan 31, 20224 min read
Thoughts on healing pt. 2
Continuation from pt 1…… I was getting to a good place of being settled with the question of healing on the race, and simply recognizing...
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Addie Kolda
Jan 30, 20223 min read
Thoughts on healing pt. 1
A lot of the world race has felt really weird. Sometimes you end up doing the opposite of what you expected, sometimes you didn’t even...
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Addie Kolda
Dec 7, 20214 min read
Surprise ministry
We’re in Ecuador! This has been a very different kind of month. We started by teaching English in a high school, did some campus ministry...
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Addie Kolda
Nov 21, 20213 min read
Working all for good pt. 2
Continuation from pt 1………. The view of Medellin at night from the roof of the Foundation Fast-forward a few days and many cry sessions...
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Addie Kolda
Nov 19, 20214 min read
Working all for good pt. 1
Medellin was the happiest month of the race for me. Straight up was living my best life at Ciudad Refugio and loved the way the presence...
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Addie Kolda
Oct 29, 20214 min read
Building upon itself
Hola from Colombia! We’ve been here almost 2 weeks and I can already say without a doubt it’s my favorite country I’ve been to. The...
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Addie Kolda
Sep 24, 20212 min read
One Big Party
I delayed writing a blog for a while cause we’ve been so busy this month with ministry and I didn’t feel like I had anything to make the...
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Addie Kolda
Aug 20, 20213 min read
Home is where you dwell
We made it to Costa Rica! It’s been a jam-packed week that feels like 3 months. We started at a hostel for cultural training, began...
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