Emily Parke Chase
Can you believe Christmas will soon be here? Thank you for taking time from your seasonal activities to join me here for another thought about this “Advent Adventure.” Once I arrived in our jungle training camp, communication with family and friends became much more complicated. Fifty years ago, there was no Wi-Fi or email. A …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 6At last, our “Advent Adventure” has taken us into Jungle Camp! Here’s a glimpse of my new home as described in a letter home. “Like a small Tzeltal village, camp is a series of mud-walled, dirt-floored, and thatch-roofed buildings. The largest one is the kitchen and dining room where we meet. Smaller huts are toilets …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 5Are you ready for take-off? Today’s “Advent Adventure” lifts us across the mountains and into Tzeltal country. Let me quote from my letter home that day: “I woke early, ready to fly out at a moment’s notice. Because we were among the last campers to arrive, we were also last on the flight priority list, …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 4Welcome back! We are on an “Advent Adventure” traveling into the rainforests of Mexico. Upon arriving in the town of Las Casas, there were a lot of “lasts” before I flew into our campsite in la selva: writing a last note to my parents, enjoying a final hot shower, flushing a toilet, and sipping one …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 3Glad you have chosen to join me for this “Advent Adventure – 2024.” We’re focusing on a journey I took over 50 years ago to the jungles of Mexico and seeing what lessons we can learn to prepare us for our own travels with Christ. When I arrived in Mexico in September of 1970, I …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 2Welcome to “Advent Adventure 2024”! Advent is a special season for drawing closer to God. On each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, I’ll offer a brief lesson that the Lord taught me as I went through a 5-month jungle training program in Mexico more than half a century ago! And, yes, each …
Read More Advent 2024 – Day 1Write and Live His Answer NOW: Encouragement to Impact our Culture will be released for publication this month! It is authored by my longtime writing friend, Marlene Bagnull, and it includes “Open Door Policy,” a section written by me. Copies can be pre-ordered at a discount through the Write His Answer bookstore (https://writehisanswer.com/viewproduct/550). “Marlene Bagnull …
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