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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/5c32422b-abbe-4abb-b531-b809c95a8053/WhatsApp+Image+2024-06-25+at+5.28.55+PM.jpg Blog - What Happens When a Country’s Doctors Go on Strike? - Make it stand out L to R: Keritch (a nurse who helped take care of Beka), John (visiting Internal Medicine doctor), Jack, Beka’s Dad, Gladys (the nursing director) followed by Beka’s mom and Beka (hidden under the yellow jacket). https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/thou-mayest monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/286d4852-10a9-4c9a-acad-677540b1ebdb/east-of-eden-janet-carlen.jpg Blog - Thou Mayest - Make it stand out East of Eden is set in the Salinas Valley, vey near to where Jack grew up in Monterey. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/grace-at-the-fray monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/d7ee5825-a481-4810-a5da-6ac0436dfebf/IMG_6202.jpg Blog - Grace at the Fray - Make it stand out Just pulled over to sit on a wooden bench at the top of a nice view. And we hear Jack’s name being called from the home below! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/f81af559-7709-4ab0-872d-065c41cf5cbc/IMG_6204.jpg Blog - Grace at the Fray - Make it stand out This mom was just at the hospital weeks before and so happy to show us how well her baby was growing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c29e6256-156b-4c3d-909e-5aa7f59030c2/Sowing+the+Earth.jpg Blog - Grace at the Fray - Make it stand out P.S. This is a picture my sister had on the wall years ago. It’s always stuck with me. Sometimes the work of God feels like this. In a broken world God calls us to work for His goodness and peace; to sew the frayed edges back together. And He guarantees us that one day, He will return, and make it all new again. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/amalias-story monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/bfd10be7-88d8-40c3-ab40-f53f41681096/NBU+-+8.jpg Blog - Amalia’s Story - Make it stand out Amalia and her mom at the resuscitation table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/eec6414d-4541-4bfc-b873-65ea0c90a073/NBU+-+6.jpg Blog - Amalia’s Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/reflections-on-six-months-in-kapsowar monthly 0.5 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/b83bf463-3336-4c09-8d33-6de248dbd706/IMG_1553.jpeg Blog - Reflections on Six Months in Kapsowar - Make it stand out New growth in my monastera! 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His last attempt at a hospital in Uganda had failed. So he was brave to give it another shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/e973bd00-375d-4916-8641-59426f8ddfb0/Prep.jpg Blog - Reflections on Six Months in Kapsowar - Make it stand out Laat is a cattle farmer in South Sudan and doesn’t speak Swahili. He didn’t grow up around surgeons and modern medicine. 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People were coming for the opening of the new megachurch up the road. I took Micah and we walked up to join the festivities. The church was literally too packed with people to get into the auditorium, so we sat outside where they had it streaming from TV’s. Despite the 15 second delay, I was impressed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/ec7fa46b-4e1a-4c93-938e-5026f4c6662a/IMG_8879.jpeg Blog - Moments From Our Month: July - Make it stand out Apparently, the new church building is quite a big deal - so much so that the former president’s son, who is now a Senator, was at the event. He came by helicopter. If you know Micah you know he LOVES all things that fly, so he was thrilled that the pilot let him sit in the cockpit! We don’t hear planes ever in this rural area, so it was quite a treat to see this land here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/efb619ad-0bba-4c60-86ba-94f7a42bef69/IMG_9018.jpeg Blog - Moments From Our Month: July - Make it stand out Jack helped “dissect” our neighbors chicken recently and brought it home to cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/08a159d9-2a6a-48f9-8dbf-2af167af13f8/IMG_9025.jpeg Blog - Moments From Our Month: July - Make it stand out It happened to be our 7 year anniversary that weekend - what a sweet gift. But I’m not going to lie, it was a little hard to eat this knowing it was walking around earlier that morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/907cdf14-36c1-4a13-88ff-824018a8bdd3/IMG_9201.jpeg Blog - Moments From Our Month: July - Make it stand out We walked to our friend Felix’s house this past weekend. Kenyans consider it a huge honor to have visitors at their home so we were happy to come meet his wife and two young children. He works as a plumber at the hospital and is such a kind and gentle soul. His wife will be joining our ladies entrepreneur group (more on that later!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/694f78db-c5fc-4536-ab4c-27edfa684f83/IMG_9245.jpeg Blog - Moments From Our Month: July - Make it stand out Our house helper and Swahili teacher, Beatrice, and I were on a walk one day. On a whim, we swung by her old school where she was a pre-school teacher. It was fun for her to see old friends, and for me to see what a local school is like. The kids were happy to greet me, and I was happy to chat a bit in Swahili. I love these unexpected, joyful adventurous throughout the day. And I also love the flexibility of Kenyan life - no need for plans, you just show up and visit whenever! https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/we-made-it-to-kenya monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/3347f128-4a38-4327-9c2f-b5a92ee205cd/IMG_7905.JPG Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out And so it begins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/398c1dd1-e378-4251-9eac-26271122639c/IMG_7943.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Micah won’t remember much of the Amsterdam airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/56ba54ad-d720-48c9-a728-f45ad3a8939d/IMG_7962.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Very happy for this cute ticket to the front of the customs line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/b150f38d-6b77-42b3-980d-149b05d31784/IMG_7974.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out All the bags made it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/4557a3db-1f19-4e2e-9eb3-f0c73b3ee24c/IMG_8041.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Nairobi has some very nice malls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/58fb4a87-de78-41fc-8235-9767091d5039/IMG_8046.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out You can find anything in Nairobi - just be prepared to pay three times more than you would in the States for it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/693e2835-4e1d-4899-806b-27085d4294dd/IMG_8029.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Stumbled upon these chairs which will be our own! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/f5a5ef6b-eb98-468e-bdb0-7a19f8dd0e25/IMG_8030.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out How beautiful is this table?! It will be in our home soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/6f223a2a-f538-4a59-9a44-1476b39c0bf1/IMG_8082.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out You can pick out exactly the fabric you want for your sofa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/aa1cdc31-c6ae-451d-9d31-04e5b7e9c76f/IMG_8477.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Jack reading “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” to Micah at bedtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/78026385-daad-4d52-8579-1e0046a46338/IMG_3485.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Just some zebras hanging out on the side of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/e18d4741-2b13-4c09-b945-d089d8c069dc/IMG_8543+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Views out our back window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/0ead1203-406a-4125-b384-952e588bfae0/IMG_8382+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Her clothes will inevitably be covered in red mud about 30 seconds of stepping outside our home. So I’m glad to snap this photo while she was still clean ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c1399fa2-625d-4781-8a2d-858e9317d791/IMG_8363.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out The house plant fanatic in me is looking forward to including many of these in our home soon :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/87c508e5-d77f-4f05-893c-7016e222f222/IMG_8646.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out I thought I was going to miss gorgeous views when I left Monterey. Nope! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/0fd9bc5f-4445-4464-b92c-34f5e786f178/IMG_8282.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out We weren’t huge fans of the creamy yellow so we’ve been hard at work painting our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/d313e5a3-e374-4949-a9cc-d6f15f4e7fc4/IMG_8407.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c1893ea4-a7d7-4f97-828f-52fb064b5213/IMG_8461.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out I am very bad at remembering before and afters, but you can see it’s a much more neutral, taupe color now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/b5ddfca0-0949-4050-a5b8-e4d7c432277d/IMG_8442+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out One of the chickens had chicks so it was fun to watch the kids hold them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/caa70c08-6b5a-4ff9-950e-8df643dadc78/IMG_8459+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Baby chicks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/df5bb6fc-eaf3-4057-af09-9757505f14b6/IMG_8412+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Sage is a fan favorite ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/20aec0fe-f2c2-44fa-b4d5-081badae0170/IMG_8451.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Micah’s preschool aged friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/298a91e1-1507-4d2d-9ac7-464aadd1b683/IMG_8194+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Celebrating Zoe’s birthday! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/3d0be901-c8f9-4840-970f-94ca0176ff7e/IMG_8227+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Micah sharing his favorite train set with everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/03748b2e-1e59-43fa-9c8e-269b1a1084c3/IMG_8491+%281%29.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Swahili lessons are going “visuri sana” (very well)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/d2c37fcb-7025-4b51-9d0a-1f718937e316/IMG_8652.JPG Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out We are so grateful for Beatrice! We are only six months apart in age so she already feels like a sister to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/37cfc255-f02f-458d-9214-85183a403d42/IMG_8589.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Jack’s first day on rounds with Dr. Koleski! He comes 3 months out of the year to serve so will hand the baton to Jack when he leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/b7f78f8a-03a3-4a46-950f-940132d6c6b9/IMG_8644.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out First time in scrubs (thanks Jack), and first time in an operating room. Saw the whole shebang and…wow. So much gratitude for the healing presence of physicians - including my husband! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/9505da7c-10a4-400c-9b39-d37f6bf92a9b/IMG_8505.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Sage and I hang out on the porch and practice our very limited Swahili with our neighbors in the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/f6ad2e28-a711-44a1-98c7-9a14fb671616/IMG_8468.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out I’ll talk more about cooking later, but let’s just say we are still making Saturday morning pancakes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/e4ecd5f9-a834-4a9d-9c99-85feae6fcd9f/IMG_8421.jpeg Blog - We Made it to Kenya! - Make it stand out Sage loves sitting between these two trees. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/my-turn-to-say-goodbye monthly 0.5 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c0a78b45-2073-4379-8924-eeaa692d2cde/IMG_4419.jpeg Blog - My Turn to Say Goodbye - Make it stand out Huge thank you to my sister Kristen who drove me up to San Francisco to get all our luggage checked in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/d9845a97-c43b-43be-9f6c-b0ad28b9341b/IMG_3444.jpeg Blog - My Turn to Say Goodbye - Make it stand out The kids finally ended their sleep strike somewhere over the Sahara desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/5bd0ca2d-a17b-4e28-af57-ba864aacd13c/IMG_7943.jpeg Blog - My Turn to Say Goodbye - Make it stand out Micah finally decided to take a nap after the ten hour flight while on our layover in Amsterdam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/06c72283-d5b7-40b5-84c1-b1c2bc7711cd/IMG_7969.jpeg Blog - My Turn to Say Goodbye - Make it stand out We made it to Nairobi! https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/marios-story-part-2 monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/3b08f6e6-2bb2-417a-bab7-d66e9ab5ee4a/PHOTO-2019-03-11-07-08-10.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/d37d1d09-fc59-45c0-891e-1d6b364c7603/PHOTO-2020-02-15-20-35-31.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part two - Make it stand out Richard with Mario in the hospital https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/marios-story-part-1 monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c21d6fca-8742-41f9-a21c-7284bbd01591/Maputo.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part one - Make it stand out The beautiful beaches of Mozambique! They suprisingly reminded me a lot of South Florida minus all the hotels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/dfcef452-aed8-41bc-9cf6-b891af7a7388/Children%27s+Home.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part one - Make it stand out Iris Ministries children’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/18527d9e-9e49-48e3-aacc-907a0e3bebac/Watching+the+film.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part one - Make it stand out Showing the group a very rough cut of the film before I left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/adadae09-9afc-4cbb-b4b7-4f4bcb26c085/The+Crew.jpg Blog - Mario’s Story | part one - Make it stand out From left to right: Richard, Mario, me and Corrie at the end of our week filming. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/lessons-learned-during-our-month-of-training-at-mti monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/6db0217f-bcab-4eaa-8529-325ceddbeb41/MTI+Group-5.jpg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Our crew at MTI! Half of our group is facing backwards due to their moving to persecuted locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/0dcccd88-02db-404f-a1e9-4ee481cac654/IMG_9860.png Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out We got to practice our techniques with different language helpers! Here is Regan and her group learning Vietnamese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/8e061ba4-acb5-453f-b562-aa106239b641/IMG_7128.JPG Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Here is Jack with his group practicing how to learn Ukrainian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/ea80254f-0687-4701-878d-29e78f0a539d/Twang.jpg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out A fun demonstration on how your expectations can lead to friction and stress when confronted with reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/ca709d48-7791-4c99-801f-4a97617715ba/84b27772-bb48-4ffb-9d9f-94ab5218d237.JPG Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out We are currently in the “pulling up stage” entering the “rootless stage” which as you can see is such a joy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/832ec79e-c797-4551-9989-cf6fff84379a/Yay+Yuck.jpeg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out The “Yay Duck” and the “Yuck Duck” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/864a036b-8cc6-4adb-af50-4741997ae528/2f431f3f-6864-4df7-966e-37e5fffb580d.JPG Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/a6c99620-0a7f-402d-a4e8-434e43343cba/Kids.jpg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out There we so many kids in our program! So much fun for Micah and Sage! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/c6807115-af20-45cd-ae40-47a0196d5c06/Candles.jpg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Processing some of the griefs we experience as cross-cultural workers in leaving our homes and families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/7f4e3fb5-d655-4a96-9166-90a55d8f23fe/IMG_7236+2.jpg Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out We had weekends off so on one of them we drove up to Rocky Mountain National Park! Enjoy our selfie from a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/e9030586-e6c3-486c-a896-fef0360b5307/Miss+Emily.png Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Micah with his friend K. and teacher Miss Emily whom he LOVED. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/46c093a4-5cec-450b-802a-e00d144a723a/Miss+Aly.png Blog - Lessons Learned During our Month of Training - Make it stand out Sage with her friend H (only 5 days apart in age!) and one of her teachers, Miss Aly. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/thoughts-on-saying-goodbye monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/b720476e-0d7f-44d7-8661-1778883ce52a/Nepal+-+001.jpg Blog - Thoughts on Saying Goodbye - Make it stand out Rolling up to bootcamp in central Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/1b0dbbf6-68ce-4b0e-96ce-5f29d10ec446/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+7.17.23+PM.jpg Blog - Thoughts on Saying Goodbye - Make it stand out I wasn’t kidding about that obstacle course. If your shoes (or you) got wet…you stayed wet until that Florida heat dried you off. Good incentive for swinging well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/f162f07b-4ec9-4384-9988-8794589e4bd9/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+7.25.06+PM.png Blog - Thoughts on Saying Goodbye - Make it stand out Home sweet home during boot camp. (Except that I had a tent mate, not pictured. And sometimes they smelled worse than I did.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/f2d3de44-d289-4ed4-9ad1-8b20ad2b591b/Ethiopia+832.jpg Blog - Thoughts on Saying Goodbye - Make it stand out Just another day heading into town to buy bread in rural Ethiopia. Please note the amazing cornrow hairstyle I was rocking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/6cd564c4-6b04-4073-aef0-84b3ad6cd0b8/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+7.25.39+PM.png Blog - Thoughts on Saying Goodbye - Make it stand out I also got to check “riding an elephant” off the bucket list that summer in Nepal. https://www.thestrutners.info/blog/how-support-raising-makes-me-cringe monthly 0.5 2023-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63005bf55897150c2f1e8e08/1675708130983-WM4NB1IKEK2Q1FS7XKBJ/Iceland+Posing+Cringe.jpg Blog - Why Support Raising Makes Me Cringe - Make it stand out This gem of a picture was taken on our honeymoon in Iceland. The majority of the trip I attempted to take cute pictures of us on a tripod with a remote. 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