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Dr. Mae Reggy

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Struggles With Child Suicide

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation struggles with suicides among its young people. The rate of suicide is estimated at 400 times higher...

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Lisa Hickey

Bringing out potential through encouragement

Bear Bryant famously said "potential is a fancy way of saying 'ain't worth a damn yet'". The challenge of coaching is bringing ou...

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Lisa Hickey

There is Always Enough of You for the Things that Matter

Overwhelmed: the feeling that I've chosen too many opportunities to help/support/encourage others offset by the feeling that I do...

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Lisa Hickey

Many hands make light (and life) work

Day 2 of the Intentional Living Experiment calls for us to help others that we know need it or actually ask for it. I spent a lot ...

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Lisa Hickey

My family, my rock

I am doing the '7 Day Experiment' based on John Maxwell's new book Intentional Living. Today I am focusing on 'family first', which is not a new concept to me...goodness, it was the way...

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Lisa Hickey

Sunday at First UMC

Day 4 of Intentional Living's 7 Day Experiment...partner with someone for success. All I had to do was walk into First United Methodist and all the partners I could hope for were right ...

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Brad Wilcox

Brad's Story

When I first signed up to go to Guatemala in 2013 I had no idea the life changing impact it was going to have on me. It was my first ever mission trip and I figured I would go down the...

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Lauren Clark

Guatemala, December 2014

Thank you for your donations and prayers! It felt like a crazy idea to be going to Guatemala a few days after I graduated and coming home just before Christmas...but I am so glad for th...

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Dr. Mae Reggy

CHAIN SAWS DONATED FOR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY

South Dakota is freezing cold in the winter. It is flat and has very high winds. Last year, temperatures fell below minus 40 degre...

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Ann Aitken

But It's Not A Story!

Of course finance was our problem from the jump! But, as always faith in knowing God will provide, we don’t see problems but challenges. We put the word out that we were in need and tha...

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Justin ODell

Kiwanis Flag Pick up

Gathering the flags. They will be back again for July 4. #mariettakiwanis

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Dr. Mae Reggy

Blankets for the Lakota people on Pine Ridge Reservation

I thank each of you that contributed blankets needed for the Christmas outreach to the Lakota people on the Pine Ridge reservatio...