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To be known

As I am sitting at a big chair in Malaysia waiting to go to the airport, I start wondering about the past couple of months and how my life has been.  I’ve been in Asia for nearly 2 months. So…

Today I finally cried

(Brasileiros blog em breve no danielapiva.com)    For the past two weeks I haven’t slept well, I’ve been antsy, and even though I kept spending time with the Lord I felt something was off.    You see, exactly 15 days…

The speech

(leitores brasileiros entrem em www.danielapiva.com para blog)  You do know about the talk that happens inside of our heads, right? That speech that spins, spins around and around.  Sometimes it smells like the perfume of beautiful flowers, other times not so…

Her name is Anxiety

(leitores brasileiros entrem em www.danielapiva.com)    Anxiety. That’s the name of the little 7 word whisper that soon becomes a flush of heavy waters. It waters down the peace and takes you to the deep, where you can’t swim. I’ve known…

‘Nestless’

(Portuguese abaixo) It has been a month since I’ve been back in Brazil, back at my parents house.  I’ve been flooded with thousands of emotions, ideas and feelings. In the process I didn’t even know what to write about.  ‘Nestless’,…

The Grove Home

(brasileiros – legendas em Portugues em breve)  This semester I’ve been blessed living at the Grove House. It has been a house of peace, and a place where I could call home for this season.  In Brennan Manning words Home is…

Generosity

Generosity is more than a feeling. It is more than a decision. I believe it is a life style. Generosity is giving up your own comfort to go to Greece to serve at a refugee camp site, like my friend…

Where is your heart?

(brasileiros desçam a pagina para blog em Português)  A few weeks ago I had the privilege in meeting a long term missionary here at AIM that has been in Peru for the last 7 years, Crystal Reitsma.    When we…