Shortly after midnight on Oct. 23, hurricane Patricia became the strongest Pacific hurricane on record in the Americas. My phone started buzzing with texts from my family and friends that morning, since my name was soon to be associated with the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Pacific coast. I watched as real-time videos of the horrific storm popped on my computer screen, praying for the areas on its path. As it turned out, Patricia’s intensity decreased very quickly as the storm’s Continue Reading
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Cuando las Cosas No Salen Como las Planeamos
Pasaje: Isaías 55:8-11 Versículo Clave: “Porque como desciende de los cielos la lluvia y la nieve, y no vuelve allá, sino que riega la tierra, y la hace germinar y producir, y da semilla al que siembra, y pan al que come, así será mi palabra que sale de mi boca; no volverá a mí vacía, sino que hará lo que yo quiero, y será prosperada en aquello para que la envié.” Isaías 55:10-11 “¿Hiciste lo mejor que pudiste mi amor?” “Si, mami” dijo en voz baja. “¿Estudiaste para el exámen, y Continue Reading
A Alegria do Senhor Pode Brilhar Nas Piores Situações
Este post é a tradução da Colunda da Patrícia para o jornal Atlanta Journal Constitution em 15 de Junho de 2015. O conteúdo promove a mensagem do novo livro da Patrícia, Twelve Inches (30 Centímetros.) Maria era uma senhora humilde que trabalhava como empregada doméstica para uma família rica. Ela era uma cristã alegre que costumava trabalhar cantando canções de louvor. Ela sempre tinha uma palavra de encorajamento e um sorriso no rosto, independentemente de suas circunstâncias. Sua Continue Reading
When Things Don’t Turn Out as Planned
Passage: Isaiah 55:8-11 Key Verses: “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11 “Did you do your best, honey?” “Yes, mommy, I did” she quietly said. “Did you study Continue Reading
Packing God’s Love – My Atlanta Journal Constitution Column
One hundred million shoe boxes. From Uganda to Indonesia, from Ecuador to the refugee camps in the mountains of Iraq, 100 million children received a gift of love in the form of a shoe box in the last two decades. To some of these children, the small shoe box contained the first gifts they have ever received. To others, the box contained essentials that they had never owned before. To children whose lives were forever changed as their families fled to the mountains from the terror of Isis, this Continue Reading
Asegúrese de Darle a Dios Crédito por sus Victorias (Columna para el Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Niccolò Paganini fue un violinista y compositor virtuoso quien vivió en Europa al comienzo del 1800 y se consolidó como uno de los más grandes violinistas de todos los tiempos. Su técnica mientras tocaba el violín era incomparable. Sus composiciones eran únicas y de estilo vanguardista. El tocar de piezas amables era tan bello que sus audiencias con frecuencia reventaban en llanto, pero, él también interpretaba algunas piezas con tanto vigor y velocidad que un oyente en un concierto en Viena se Continue Reading
