Kristen Welch

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Fall{ing} For the Perfect Treat

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I fell in love with chocolate peanut butter acorn cookies on Pinterest.

 

This is my kind of baking:

Buy three ingredients, use the microwave instead of the oven and assemble.

It’s so easy, a child could make these (and my daughters pretty much did).

Take half the bag of mini chocolate chips and melt them (10 seconds at time, stirring). Chocolate glue is the best!

Apply a bit of chocolate glue to the bottom of the Hershey’s kiss and attach it to the Nutterbutter. After it dries, attach the acorn top (mini choco chip).

Share with friends! [like awesome neighbors who constantly bring you goodies-looking at you Bridget]

We were going to take some to other people, but we ate them all. Turns out we aren’t that nice.


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100+ Ways for Your Family to Make a Difference

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Babysit for a single mom Teach compassion with a Family Giving Box Write a Family Mission Statement Bake cookies for your local fire dept. Pick up trash at local park as a family field trip Create snack packs for Ronald McDonald residents Welcome a new family to the neighborhood with a dessert and introduction Pray for the poor of the world Color a Smile-print coloring page to be given to lift someone in need up Make a baby care kit for a baby in need Take time each ... Read More

When You Carry a Heavy Burden

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I'm on my way to Summit in Kentucky. I'm emotionally exhausted-the perfect place for God to speak and renew. I'll be helping out at the blogger meet-up, speaking on a panel about advocating as a busy mom and representing Mercy House. I'll share more with you in the next couple of days. The last few weeks have been hard.  A friend emailed me these words "You are doing mighty, dangerous work, and he's got you on his radar and you can count on us to be your prayer warriors. Jesus ever lives ... Read More

Can We Really Raise Counter-Cultural Children?

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My heart beat fast, I could feel the hot, red crawl of indignation course its way up my neck as I listened to another Christian mom say: "I know kids. Sooner or later all kids will cave to the pressure around them. How can they not? They are exposed to sin and the world all day long and they are only human. And then she looked at me and said, "Your kids are like everyone else's. When you're not around, they act like every other child." My kids walked up to the conversation as I turned to ... Read More

How to Really Fight For Your Marriage

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Many of you know our story. It was painful to live, painful to tell. But with great pain, there is an opportunity for great healing. And with healing there is testimony. Through the process of nearly losing my marriage, I learned to fight for it. With my marriage dangling by a thread, both of us broken and afraid, I remember declaring that I would not give up easily. I threw out all my preconceived ideas about marriage counseling,  not having enough money in savings to afford "help" ... Read More

The Internet Makes the World a Smaller Place

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There's someone I'd like you to meet. I first met the Huffman's online. {I'll let the shock where off}. Kimberly left a comment on one of my posts about the Mercy House. I clicked right over. Her blog is called: The Huffman Family  in Kenya and it's about her family's journey founding and running Mattaw Children's Village. I have read and read and read. Learning so much more about the culture I love. The Huffman's have been an integral part of helping us behind-the-scenes in starting ... Read More