Known and Loved
Over the holidays I was feeling a bit out of it, nostalgic, lonely, etc. The past couple months have included many sweet moments of...
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Amanda McKinney
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Sweet Blessings
This year I have been reminded multiple times of the priviledge and blessing I have been given to know and have influence in the lives of...
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Amanda McKinney
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
New Classroom!
Hello Friends! I have just realized how terribly negligent I have been in posting blog posts! Forgive me! To catch up a bit, here is a...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
Heaven Rejoices!
For years I and many others have been praying for the hearts and souls of our deaf high school students, and more recently , for the...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
When God´s People Pray...
Please pray with me for Peru. This Sunday Peru has elections to decide who will be their next president. The front-runner in the...
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Amanda McKinney
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Aliens and Exiles
John Piper in his sermon on “The war against the soul and God’s glory” says: "We must cultivate the mindset of exiles. What this does...
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Amanda McKinney
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
5 Years......Wow.....
Tomorrow marks my five-year anniversary of moving to Peru. What a lot the Lord has done over these past five years! I am so grateful the...
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Amanda McKinney
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
God or Man?
During this election season, my heart has been quite grieved seeing the fear, hate, worry, maliciousness, and despair permeating...
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Amanda McKinney
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
New Mission Agency
I was able to head to South America Mission’s, my new mission agency, home office in South Carolina October 11 – 15th to go through their...
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Amanda McKinney
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Jesus Promised His Disciples Three Things...
I was recently driving for 6 hours coming back from a trip and found a Christian Radio station to tune in to. They began broadcasting a...
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Amanda McKinney
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus!
I just spent 3 days traveling from Pucallpa, Peru to Virginia. I would rather not repeat those 3 days ever. But I am very grateful for...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Praise Jesus for Hardware Stores!
FINALLY! After 100+ days of Quarantine, our hardware stores here opened up last week! What a blessing! I waited until this week, after...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Connection in Quarantine Time
During this time of quarantine, I have lamented the straight up lack of access I have to my high school students in this mandated...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
God Is Light
I am studying through the book of James with other missionary ladies here and a bit ago we were studying the passage that includes James...
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Amanda McKinney
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
When the Lord gives you Oranges, make Orange Juice!
On the South America Mission base behind Refugio, one of the families has a small grove of oranges. They are in full harvest mode right...
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Amanda McKinney
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
A Great Day!
In the midst of so many unknowns and sadness right now, the Lord blessed me so much today with allowing me to see Him at work in all the...
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Amanda McKinney
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
Oh Quarantine, Oh Quarantine..
As much of the world, Peru has also put us on lockdown and mandatory quarantine. Since March 16th, people are only allowed to leave their...
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Amanda McKinney
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
4 Year Celebration!
Today, February 10, 2020, I celebrate 4 years serving here in Peru. That's craziness!!! How have I been here 4 years???? It most...
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Amanda McKinney
- Jan 24, 2020
- 1 min
Quinceañera
What comes to mind when you hear the word "Quinceañera?" You may think that its the Latin version of Sweet Sixteen. You would be right in...
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Amanda McKinney
- Dec 21, 2019
- 1 min
I am at WAR...
WITH SUGAR ANTS! Over the past month, those itty bitty, tiny little sugar ants have been on a very active offensive trying to take over...
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