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Continue reading →: Love your neighbor/nemesisWhat?! Which is it? Neighbor or nemesis? Or both? What is a nemesis? Someone who keeps popping up either in reality or in your mind to irk you. Do you have someone like that? Someone whose words keep popping up in your head as criticism or nagging or unwanted advice?…
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Continue reading →: The Great Phenomenon“He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.” -James 1:18 Did you see that?! We were chosen to receive His true word AND we became his prized possession! If that doesn’t make you feel special,…
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Continue reading →: Summer Celebrations: Recipes for 4th of July FunIt’s summer! I don’t know what the weather is like where you’re at, but summer has definitely hit Omaha, Nebraska. The last couple weeks have been unseasonably comfortable. Now, whammy! 90o + (F) temperatures for now until the foreseeable future – at least through the 4th of July and beyond.…
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Continue reading →: News!!!Some exciting, some not so… The not so exciting news first – I am trying out a new format for my newsletters. You may have gotten some kind of email to that effect. Please be patient while I adjust to this new app. I pride myself in being able to…
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Continue reading →: Gertie’s Journey: From Loss to GraceHow someone else acts is their responsibility. How you react is your responsibility. Gertie allowed her losses to define who she had become. She lost a cherished ministry within her community. She lost her son, the son who was most excited about the trip, before he could enjoy even one…
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Continue reading →: How to gain refreshment from the Springs of Living WaterWhat is it about water that is so refreshing, whether it is still or moving, streams or rivers, or a cup of cold drinking water? There are many places in the Bible where God refers to water in connection with the refreshment and life that comes from it. Psalm 23…
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Continue reading →: Zwieback: From Tradition to Comfort FoodHow do we go from Zwieback to Reeschkje? How to go from what? to what? To answer this question, you have to answer another question: How do you interpret “Zwieback“? Some people, and it’s the common interpretation on the internet, say that Zweiback means “twice baked”. That may have been…
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Continue reading →: Word of the day…expeditionsIt would seem my journey has come to an end, but it’s only a milestone. I finally completed my first rough draft, and (spoiler alert!) they did arrive at their destination. You knew they had to or I wouldn’t be here. They are my ancestors after all. But you don’t…
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Continue reading →: The Best Christmas Ever…“Jesus is the Reason for the Season” has long been a familiar Christmas phrase. I’d like to share a short personal story from before I knew Jesus, showing how that statement became meaningful in my life. For many years, Christmas was simply a time to eat, drink, and be merry—a…
Marilynn Lester
The journey never ends…
He who began a good work in you shall perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. – Philippians 1:6
Current Project…
The Long Trek
A story about a family walking alone from Danzig, Prussia, to Chortiza, Southern Russia, in the early 1800’s. Napoleon and his soldiers are dominating the countryside. Gypsies are roaming by clans from place to place. The main character, Gertie, has a lot to process in dealing with people outside her comfortable Mennonite community and learning to forgive people within her home community. Her desire to reflect the love of Christ puts a challenging perspective on her encounters with other people.
Marilynn…
Was raised in the Mennonite community. She can trace her roots way back to the 1700’s in Prussia. Marilynn, as a history buff, has always been curious about the trip her ancestors took from Prussia to Southern Russia (Ukraine) and what they could have encountered between the two points. Marilynn has done an incredible amount of research to discover the political and social climate of the day and is attempting to put it in fiction story form for other readers to enjoy.
Marilynn invites you to join her on this journey of discovery.
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In 212 instances out of 250, the most influential person (in an individual’s life) had been a woman. – Eugenia Price, Woman to Woman.
