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A great many people think about the city that never sleeps, and when they do New York and its stunning horizon are the main places that ring a bell. What comes next is the district's most prominent eateries, Broadway shows, historical centers and cherished New York attractions like <a href="https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-us.html?aid=1175873&sid=48ef07372c6fb3928e1ebc8ab4baf276&sb=1&src=index&src_elem=sb&error_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Findex.en-us.html%3Faid%3D1175873%3Bsid%3D48ef07372c6fb3928e1ebc8ab4baf276%3Bsb_price_type%3Dtotal%3Bsrpvid%3Dc9643b42844f0171%26%3B&ss=Chelsea+Market%2C+New+York%2C+New+York+State%2C+USA&is_ski_area=&ssne=Newcastle+upon+Tyne&ssne_untouched=Newcastle+upon+Tyne&checkin_year=&checkin_month=&checkout_year=&checkout_month=&group_adults=2&group_children=0&no_rooms=1&map=1&b_h4u_keep_filters=&from_sf=1&search_pageview_id=22aa1f01a2c2005c&ac_suggestion_list_length=1&ac_suggestion_theme_list_length=0&ac_position=0&ac_langcode=en&ac_click_type=b&dest_id=900053850&dest_type=landmark&place_id_lat=40.742299&place_id_lon=-74.004897&search_pageview_id=22aa1f01a2c2005c&search_selected=true&ss_raw=chelsea+market&order=#map_opened">Chelsea Market</a> or the High Line. Since the city is so soaked with acclaimed tourist spots and activities, it's very likely you are not aware of them all. We love <a href="https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en.html?city=20088325&aid=1175873&no_rooms=1&group_adults=1">New York City </a>and let us tell you why, so let us take a look at all the things New York has to offer. <br />
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In case you're arranging a trip to NYC, you'd be insane not to begin with the best Manhattan attractions. In spite of the fact that it's neither the biggest or most thickly populated borough, it is the focal point of the city both geographically and socially. Here, you'll find notable attractions like the <a href="https://www.esbnyc.com/">Empire State Building</a>, <a href="http://www.centralparknyc.org/">Central Park</a> and the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm">Statue of Liberty </a>and the absolute best cafés in New York as well. You'll need a place to stay when you go there, right? So, let's take a look at some of the best hotels in New York.<br />
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Rated #10 of New York hotels on <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60763-d217630-Reviews-414_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html">Tripadvisor</a>, this sensibly estimated inn really merits the boutique title. Almost every little thing about it is dazzling yet unshowy, from its capacity impacted block outside to the advanced shading plan in the rooms that sets dim headboards and red accents. Rooms are furnished with ice chests, level screen TVs and iPod docks, the washrooms are impeccable, and a working gas chimney in the anteroom is an inviting touch. <br />
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The property has been given a particular Gotham vibe, even the entryway staff sports dapper garbs, that watch straight out of Gangs of New York. Albeit smaller, rooms benefit as much as possible from the accessible space with high roofs, divider spreading over windows, and glassed-off washrooms. Wooden floors and cloth duvet cover warm up the perfect contemporary lines, beds have eco-accommodating cushions, and washroom items are just great.<br />
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<a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/dream-downtown.en.html?aid=1175873&no_rooms=1&group_adults=1">Dream Downtown </a><br />
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The Dream Downtown's first selling point is its clearly fantastic area. Practically around the bend from Chelsea Market, a square from the High Line, and a short distance from the West Village, this great hotel is actually where you need to be when you visit the city. In any case, the most noteworthy compliment to give the 12-story Dream Downtown is that to encounter the city's standard of food and nightlife, you won't have to leave the property. <br />
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When eating out in the city, it very well may be difficult to tell where to begin: the ward is stuffed with first rate diners, to such an extent that the best Manhattan eateries extraordinarily cover with the best cafés on the planet. <br />
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<a href="https://www.atlanyc.com/">Atla</a> ($$)<br />
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New Yorkers have been acquainted with a considerably more nuanced comprehension of Mexican food, in a way that is elevated yet staying receptive, in their easygoing environment on Lafayette Street. Chef Olvera "<span style="background-color: white; color: #101820; letter-spacing: 0.088px;">serves modern, light Mexican food prepared with local ingredients" <a href="https://www.zagat.com/r/atla-new-york">(Zagat)</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.atomixnyc.com/">Atomix</a> ($$$$)<br />
The front entryway of this high-end food Korean eatery is covered up in the hall of a building on the edge of Nomad. Past the bar, a trip of stairs carry you to the cellar, where you can appreciate snacks on seats in the stone-floor relax before sitting down at one of the 14 seats at the dark rock counter. <br />
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<a href="https://www.cosmenyc.com/">Cosme </a><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cosme is positioned as one of the 20 best cafés in the world. Cosme, an uncovered solid Flatiron lounge area was met with the howl of buzz that hit before entryways were even pivoted, not to mention 'opened'. " <span style="color: #464646;">Open for brunch, lunch and dinner, Cosme has a range of à la carte menus serving everything from classic </span><em style="color: #464646; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">huevos rancheros</em><span style="color: #464646;"> to uni tostadas and sliced raw fish with avocado and black lime. Soto-Innes’s signature dish is the duck car</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; font-family: inherit;">nitas – a sharing skillet of shredded duck with onions, radishes, cilantro and freshly pressed tortillas." (<a href="https://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2017/31-40/Cosme.html">The World's 50 Best Restaurants</a>)</span><br />
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Crown Shy <br />
This restaurant is situated on the ground floor of Art Deco gem, the dining area and bar of the restaurant. <br />
Different European methods of food and their taste was used as a motivation here and it draws it from around the globe, basically the flavors of the divine food in New York City.<br />
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The main attractions of the city are why you're coming to visit it in the first place, right? Let's take a look at what the city has to offer to tourists: <br />
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Empire State Building <br />
This 1,454-foot Art Deco high rise has long remained as image of American advancement and desire and was perceived as one of the Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Posing a potential threat as ever in New York's horizon, the structure is one of the most visited attractions in the city. With such huge numbers of clamoring for the opportunity to take the 25-minute lift ride to the outdoors deck on the 86th floor, it's ideal to arrive before the actual arranged time for an opportunity to take in those 360-degree view. <br />
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As found in various books and motion pictures, this is America's most dearest attractions in New York City. A huge number of local people and tourists alike look for all year shelter from the solid wilderness inside the ideal, 843-section of land plot. Their mindful structure mirrors an agreeable parity of beautiful components that lives on today: peaceful, formal and pleasant. <br />
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The Statue of Liberty <br />
A move to the crown bears an all-encompassing perspective on New York Harbor. We likewise suggest ceasing in the gallery on Liberty Island, if just to wonder about the underlying vacillation of nineteenth century.<br />
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One World Observatory <br />
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Welcome to the 3..2..1 Giveaway Hop hosted by <a href="http://www.mamathefox.com/">MamatheFox!</a> I have joined with other bloggers to give you the chance to win cash, gift cards, and other valuable prizes! First, a necessary disclaimer:<br />
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Happy New Year! I hope this new year finds you well and healthy. New Years is a time for goal settting, positive attitudes, and yes, resolutions! I hope you will choose moderation this year and set (and achieve) goals that bring health, growth, and happiness this year. <br />
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One of my goals is to try to do a little more for others this year. I'm not going to set a dollar or time amount right now. Maybe I should.<br />
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The sermon last week included the text from <span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Galatians 6:9–10.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (ESV)</span></span><br />
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<i>“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.”</i></h1>
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I am going to try to include the element and opportunity of giving with every giveaway I host this year. This first giveaway in 2019 has a $25 Amazon gift code as the prize. But there is a secondary prize as well..a $10 Kroger gift card (can be used at any Kroger.com family of grocery stores). My challenge to YOU is to find someone who is struggling this month (single mom, poor kid in college, someone just down on their luck) and bless THEM with this gift card! I know $10 is not a lot but it will buy 3-4 meals if used carefully. Pass it on to someone in need. If YOU are struggling, feel free to keep the card of course.<br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This season, please find a way to assist the poor and helpless. Remember Jesus said:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="text Matt-25-37" id="en-ESV-24042" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-25-38" id="en-ESV-24043" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-25-39" id="en-ESV-24044" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-25-40" id="en-ESV-24045" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">And <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-24045A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-24045A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the King will answer them, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-24045B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-24045B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-24045C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-24045C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>my brothers,<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-ESV-24045a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-24045a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> you did it to me.</span></span></span></i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-right: 6px;">Matthew 25:37-40 </span><span class="passage-display-version" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;">ESV</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There are always people in need- and there always will be but everybody can do something. Find something that you are passionate about and dive in! I am passionate about helping destitute families and children in the poorest countries of Eastern Europe which is why I try to help <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">"Operation Christmas Love" </a>whoch provides food and hygiene parcels to the neediest during the coldest time of the year, YOU can help by shopping at <a href="https://amzn.to/2P8wqpM">Amazon (using this link)</a> or <a href="https://www.booking.com/?aid=1186781">Booking.com</a> (for your lodging needs). All commissions through Dec 31st will go to <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">Operation Christmas Love! </a> And it costs you nothing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the December to Remember Giveaway Hop! I have joined with a group of professional bloggers to bring you some wonderful giveaways that will make this holiday season unforgettable! My prize is an <a href="https://amzn.to/2E5nAYS">Amazon Fire Tablet.</a> The <a href="https://amzn.to/2E5nAYS">Amazon Fire</a> is an affordable tablet that allows you to check email on the go while staying entertained with Amazon movies and Prime TV! I have had one for years and it is so versatile, portable, and durable. I am definitely a fan and I want you to get the chance to own one for yourself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are really NOT in the mood to fight the crowds this weekend, please remember that you CAN always shop online for great deals. When you shop at <a href="https://amzn.to/2S5EIR1">Amazon- using my affiliate link</a>, I receive a small commission. I am donating ALL commissions received through December 31 to Operation Christmas Love this year. Thank you so much for your help and I'll share the results!</span><br />
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Thanksgiving week is a time to give thanks for our families, friends, faith, and freedoms. We have so much to be thankful for! I want to thank YOU for your support this year and give you the chance to win some extra cash! Most of the entries involve earning more chances to win more giveaways on this blog and others. All of these entries are daily so please come back and increase your chances of winning.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063722.post-74252442628089462282018-11-15T00:00:00.000-05:002018-11-15T00:00:02.223-05:00Enter to #win a $25 Amazon Gift Code in the Gratitude Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had high hopes of finishing a great book and writing a proper review..and then life happened. Maybe I'll be the only giveaway in this hop without a book review attached but sometimes you just need to slow down. As Thanksgiving approaches, maybe spend some time over the next week or so and write down things and people you are thankful for. Tell people they are loved. Find a way to help someone who may be struggling during the holidays (grieving loved ones lost this year, missing family). Leave me a comment on a few of the things you are thankful for today. You can leave a new comment daily (2-3 sentences each please so it's not marked as spam). I will number the responses and choose the random winner using random.org on Nov 30th. The prize is something many book lovers will be thankful for- a $25 Amazon gift code! Please be sure to enter the other giveaways in this hop as well.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063722.post-83000444254422932332018-11-13T01:00:00.000-05:002018-11-13T01:00:08.803-05:00Update on Operation Christmas Love Goal<br />
<a href="https://www.justfundraising.com/fundraising-thermometer/thermo.php?id=10465" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fundraising thermometer" border="0" height="320" src="https://www.justfundraising.com/fundraising-thermometer/thermo.php?id=10465" style="display: block; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="168" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the progress made on Operation Christmas Love. This blog has a goal of sending $400 to <a href="https://www.mwb.org/">Mission Without Borders</a> to help needy families in Eastern Europe during the Christmas season. How can you help? When you purchase gifts on <a href="https://amzn.to/2qHJXuv">Amazon</a> simply use my <a href="https://amzn.to/2qHJXuv">affiliate link</a> and I will get a small commission. Also, if you are traveling and need a place to stay, you can use my <a href="https://www.booking.com/?aid=1186781">Booking.com affiliate link </a>and a small commission will be made. These commission do add up! Two years ago, we sent $382 for this project. All commissions earned during November and December (even to the 31st!) will be forwarded to <a href="http://www%2Cmwb.org/">Mission Without Borders</a> to help needy families <a href="https://romaniamissions.blogspot.com/2018/11/missions-monday-letter-from-sponsored.html">(like the P family</a>).</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063722.post-12672717561284811142018-11-12T01:00:00.000-05:002018-11-12T01:00:02.921-05:00Missions Monday! Letter from Sponsored FamilyOne of the blessings of assisting a family in crisis through Mission Without Borders is being able to encourage them with your prayers and letters. You are encouraged to write short notes several times a year. Of course, you don't want to talk politics, talk about your vacation in France, or other frivolous things. It's an opportunity to encourage people who might not get very much of it- other than through the Mission Without Borders coordinator visits. Poverty itself is discouraging. And when there's no easy way out, I'm sure it can be stressful. So I have been stretched to learn ways to be encouraging, without being cheesy or fake.<br />
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Sadly, the family I help is suffering with very serious illness. Unless God intervenes, there will likely be a parental death soon. And that's so very sad. I think the best encouragement I can give is from the Scriptures. I don't know the specifics of the P family's faith (the coordinators encourage families to attend church and offer counseling and Christian literature but serve people of all faiths or no faith) but I know that they pray and that the children attended Christian summer camp. <br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">While Advent season is not yet upon us, join me in getting ready- a sort of (pre) preparation. Get a gospel centered Advent devotional. Maybe a Bible reading plan for the holiday season. Carefully plan ways to be a blessing to others this Christmas. If you have a sponsored child with <a href="http://www.worldvision.org/">World Vision</a> or <a href="http://www.mwb.org/">Mission Without Borders </a>(or any others) you might want to get that special gift mailed or money sent. It takes time to process those and, well, we're down to less than seven weeks! </span><br />
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Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.</div><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Today I received the letter from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.mwb.org/">Mission Without Borders </a></span>for Operation Christmas Love! What is <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">Operation Christmas Love</a>? Christmas Love is a massive undertaking to send 30,000 food parcels to the neediest families in Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. Mission Without Borders helps families year round move toward self sufficiency- over 1900 families sponsored last year!- but <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">Christmas Love </a>also helps ease the burden of poverty during this special time of year. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Based on my experiences in Albania, Romania, and Moldova, this story is far from uncommon. Many families, children and elderly, are struggling to survive daily. That struggle intensifies during the bitter cold months. Poor people are digging through scrap heaps looking for metal or plastic to sell. In Albania, a charity placed open recyclable bins in Tirane so the poor wouldn't have to dig through dumps daily. <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">Mission Without Borders</a> works to help children and needy families year round but as the weather intensifies, efforts are stepped up. A <a href="https://www.mwb.org/communities/operation-christmas-love/">Christmas Love box </a>provides some of the necessities of life (food and hygiene items) as well as sweets for the children. It's a "box of hope" as one coordinator called it. A reminder that they are not forgotten. </span><br />
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$50 will provide a Christmas Love box filled with food to the poorest families in Romania and throughout Eastern Europe. Any amount helps Mission Without Borders walk alongside families and give them the tools and skills they need to support themselves. This includes monthly food and hygiene items, counseling, vocational training, scholarships, tools and high quality seeds for families who have arable land.</div>
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SO why am I bringing up Christmas 2 months in advance? NOW is the time to begin preparations so that you will have no regrets on December 26th. If you have sponsored children through <a href="http://www.worldvision.org/">World Vision </a>or any other organization it is very important that you send that Christmas gift (or money- which always goes farther) in ASAP. Shipping takes time. Meeting with a sponsored child and their family to determine what is most needed also eats into the 63 days that are left.<br />
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What is <a href="https://www.mwb.org/families/operation-christmas-love/">Operation Christmas Love</a>? Operation Christmas Love delivers around 30,000 parcels to the neediest families in Eastern Europe. A typical parcel would contain tinned meat, flour, oil, cereal, pasta, sugar tea and basic foodstuffs so that a family can enjoy a Christmas meal and have food for the cold winters. There is also chocolates for the children! I saw these boxes in the homes of the poorest families I was able to visit in Albania last year. <br />
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This week I want to share some videos about <a href="https://www.mwb.org/families/operation-christmas-love/">Operation Christmas Love</a> and the work that Mission Without Borders is doing among the poorest countries in Eastern Europe. Start thinking about the upcoming holiday season. Plan how you can be a blessing during the next two months. Start today!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063722.post-82332142761847865802018-10-19T04:07:00.000-04:002018-10-19T04:07:10.539-04:00What to do in Louisville October 2018<span style="font-size: large;">Whether you are looking for a relaxing weekend or a get away with the family, October is the perfect month to visit Louisville, KY!. Fall weather has settled across the region and leaves are changing colors in Old Louisville. Old Louisville is a National Historic District= 48 blocks of historic homes and parks. You can take a self guided walking tour of the many Victorian homes or <a href="https://www.blogger.com/http://louisvillehistorictours.com/">guided tours are available</a> </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Guided walking tours are available daily from <a href="http://louisvillehistorictours.com/">Louisville Historic Tours</a>. From October 19-22 you can take a Victorian Ghost Walk. "The Victorian Ghost Walk is an annual production of outdoor theater that celebrates the ghostly past </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">of “America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood” amidst a stunning backdrop of gas-lit walkways and beautiful mansions." Tickets are just $25 at http://louisvillehistorictours.com/victorian-ghost-walk</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Family Activities. Billed as “THE WORLD’S LARGEST HALLOWEEN PARTY!”, The Louisville Zoo transforms itself into a family friendly, not so scary Halloween party for kids of all ages. It runs from 5-8:30 pm on October 18–21, & 25–28, 2018. Special tuckets are required. The Zoo is "magically transformed into a living storybook with costumed characters and trick-or-treating for kids 11 and under." Tickets are available at https://louisvillezoo.org/halloween-2018/.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/dupont-mansion-historic-bed-and-breakfast.en-us.html?aid=1186781;sid=96c7e9330b1e86625f3cdc0775fbde0b;checkin=2018-10-19;checkout=2018-10-20;dest_id=20046120;dest_type=city;dist=0;group_adults=2;hapos=1;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;soh=1;soldout=0%2C0;srepoch=1539934288;srfid=587046c37e0b7be41b3d5e9acc54be1f7184c9e7X1;srpvid=b7ab34e762fa007f;type=total;ucfs=1&#no_availability_msg">DuPont Mansion Historic Bed and Breakfast</a> is located just north of Central Park in Old Louisville. Located just .6 miles from Churchill Downs, it features ornate marble fireplaces and antique period furniture.<br /></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/the-brown.en-us.html?aid=1186781;sid=96c7e9330b1e86625f3cdc0775fbde0b;all_sr_blocks=29304302_96335363_0_2_0;checkin=2018-10-19;checkout=2018-10-20;dest_id=20046120;dest_type=city;dist=0;group_adults=2;hapos=1;highlighted_blocks=29304302_96335363_0_2_0;hpos=1;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srepoch=1539936130;srfid=155c14770ec601acce53fcddfe78f167fca63885X1;srpvid=db61388020940007;type=total;ucfs=1&#hotelTmpl">Brown Hotel </a>is located just north in downtown Louisville. A 16 floor historic hotel, the Brown offers a fitness center and 3 restaurants for your culinary adventures! Be sure to try the original "Hot Brown" invented here in 1926.</span><br />
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