Happy news from Fatima sent from her new room which she has rented for the year. Isn’t it heartening to see how generative solutions breathe life and hope into our lives? Dear Ann, Trusting that this email finds you well. We had our first meeting in our new meeting place last week. It was such…
The Houston cottage understands and promotes individual worth, especially the worth of girls and women. This past year the cottage, led by Nikki Brown, has served in very sweet and personal ways. Families transitioning out of homelessness have many challenges. Working with a local non-profit organization, the Houston cottage members prepared and delivered meals for…
While each cottage and its members are models of powerful impact, we encouraged our global cottages to report on their recent gatherings and how Big Ocean Women tenets have affected them and their members. We have responses from three of our international cottages. Their responses are heartwarming, especially given the unprecedented challenges many of them…
The Spanish Fork cottage of Big Ocean Women has a new president! We are so grateful to Amy Clements for starting this cottage and serving as president for the past four years. She has gathered a group of strong, light-filled women, and is very dedicated to Big Ocean Women. However, her plate is so full…
Our global sisterhood can be seen as connected stars that shine “even in the darkest of places,” shedding light of comfort and hope and love. I have recently seen this beautiful connection of women who live in Utah, some who have been here for generations, and others who have come here from countries far away.…
Posted December 11 Perspective changes in an instant. I have been busy with all the things I normally do and then I heard that my brother, Dwight, was struggling with COVID-19 and was in the hospital. From that moment on my life has been changed. The other prayers in my heart have had to move…
What does abundance look like to you? Does it look different this year? In years past, our family has gathered on Thanksgiving Day. We started out in a home, but as these young kids grew up and created families of their own creating exponential growth, we moved to a church. The serving table featured not…
Our governance committee has a special view of Big Ocean Women and the impact of our organization. We are the ones who watch the donations come in, and we are the ones who see those donations turn into aid for precious women and their families all over the world. May we say that you are…
As women we have a unique and innate capacity to see another’s need and to meet that need. Our outreach is not limited to only those we know or those who act and think like us. We see the goodness and dignity of every person and yearn to see them be happy and secure and…