A few years back I did some schools with an organization called Youth With a Mission (YWAM). You can read some of my story here, how I went from working with YWAM to where I am today, being an advocate for the poor and oppressed. One of the cool things about YWAM is that there [… Read More]
The Trigger Button Every one has some trigger buttons. You hit your funny bone and you don’t laugh, you moan. You hit my nose and I will stick my tongue out. That is just a normal family tradition. You touch the toddlers toes and he will jerk around laughing. You post a political comment on [… Read More]
What is it that God has given you a passion for? Not surprisingly, raising funds for that passion is something we can do and often at one point must to do. But, it doesn’t always have to be hard to raise funds. One of the ways to do this is hosting a party. You [… Read More]
This post is specifically written for those who are doing 2013 Action: Little Black Dress, to help support you, brave you, on this challenge you have embarked upon. If you are doing this and I am not aware, please let me know so I can send you something weekly, to encourage you on your way. Be sure [… Read More]
A Red Round Problem Ever wondered whether the tomatoes in your salad, sandwich or soup were grown and picked by modern-day slaves? Um, no? Well neither had I. Apparently, though, this is something we should think about. We don’t like modern slavery (human trafficking). We consider it wrong. Then add to this that we actually [… Read More]
Most of the time I wake-up thinking about my plans for the day, the coffee I’m convinced I need, and whether I am in trouble for sleeping in too late. But this morning, while ingesting my cereal, for some reason I was also ingesting the reality there are people- real actual people- that are trapped. [… Read More]
What is KONY 2012 again? Did you see the viral video by INVISIBLE CHILDREN a month or so ago? Many of us did. Over a hundred million of us did. A lot of people who watched this video had never heard of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) before, let alone the horrifying brand of slavery [… Read More]
Thanks to George Clooney and Enough Project, another situation in Africa (besides Joseph Kony) is being highlighted. Actually, it probably wouldn’t be getting attention, except Clooney and some others got themselves arrested, protesting outside of the Sudanese Embassy. Way to get attention, Mr. Celebrity. You all remember Sudan’s Darfur, right? You know, there were a [… Read More]
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Elisa: ē-ˈlī-sə, -zə ; noun: Wife, mom, Average Advocate blogger, working for J10 Church, L2F community org, and Loudoun Human Trafficking Task Force. Advocate for justice, mercy, ending poverty, missions, etc... Creative, adventurous, D.C. metro explorer.
There are other people who write for this blog, each with their own personal definition. The one thing we all have in common might not be so much what we do, but who we are: just average people trying to love others. Someday I hope we will be only defined with this one impossible word- Love.
How Rich Are You?
