Check back for more updates and follow our Facebook page! We have been so happy to find willing volunteers and helpful partners in our continued efforts to help the people of Ukraine. You can donate HERE. May Update Mid April, Big Ocean Women board member, Vilma, went with two volunteers, Valerie VanLeuven Ockey and Jarrod…
The tenet, “We live and promote a Life Culture within the womb, the home, and our ecological environment,” is really an intimate and far-reaching belief. It is also something that applies to so many of the current events that we see in headlines and frontlines across the world at every level. In the United States,…
Life culture is a way of life based on the belief that human life at all stages from conception through natural death is sacred. This belief informs how we respect and value ourselves and others. Reflections on generating and preserving a life culture led me to discover similarities to starters or cultures required to make…
We live and promote life culture and are stewards over our environment. What a great theme to focus on this month. Each day we are given is a gift from God. What we do with that day is our gift back to God. It’s a wonderful reciprocal, synergistic cycle that brings growth and consequences. This…
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…
Penny Power When we discuss global sisters and generative solutions, my mind immediately jumps to the needs and challenges of women in distant locations and ambitious projects that bring water to parched communities. This month, though, as I reviewed Pat’s video by our founder, Carolina Allen, my heart was turned to the power and importance…
Carolina Allen shared the following on her Facebook page: The conversations are probably kept in whispers and glances. How do you hold back the wave of panic that must be ever ready to surface? What can these parents and families possibly say to their children to bring a morsel of comfort? How do you hide…
In December I attended a virtual all-cottage meeting organized by Big Ocean Women. It was just one week before Christmas, and I admit I wondered about the timing, but that 40-minute gathering was one of the sweetest gifts of the season for me. Our friend in perpetual motion, Ann Takasaki, moderated with her signature grace…
Visit to the Orphanage 12/2021 The South Sudan Juba Orphanage was established in 1960, making it the oldest orphanage in the country. Currently, it is the home of over 60 children. The orphanage is under the Central Equatoria State Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare. The orphanage does not have funders, so support to provide…
Some of our Utah cottages joined the March for Life at the Utah State Capitol on January 22, 2022 where Nick Vujicic was a keynote speaker. Margo Watson shares her experience here: CRISP, INSPIRING, ESSENTIAL. Three of many words used to describe my experience at the Utah March for Life, January 22nd 11:00 -1:00 at…