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Winter Woes Weathered

When I began my journey with LVC one of the things I was most worried about was the Midwest Winter. The Wintery Weather came up at one of our monthly spirituality meetings in the fall through one of our discussion questions “In the book about your life, which chapter are you headed to next?” At the time, I had answered “Surviving the Midwest Winter: literally and metaphorically.” As we creep our way through March, I feel that that is the chapter I’m currently in- and hopefully ending soon. No amount of warnings, even from my Minnesota-bred dad, prepared me for how cold Nebraska really isRead More →

2019-03-11
By: Julia Anderson
On: March 11, 2019
In: Volunteer Blog
Tagged: Community, Hillstrom House, Omaha, Volunteer Spotlight

November in Nebraska

Nebraskan weather may be getting colder by the day, but what we lack in warm weather, we make up in warm hearted guests. In the past month we have had the opportunity to host a few of our friends, either those we’ve just met or those who we’ve known from back home. When we looked back on our month, we found that it seemed like so long ago that our first visitors had come by. Everyone, from former LVC participants to family members, blessed us with their presence. So many of our days, we can feel like we are caught up in work or ourRead More →

2018-11-17
By: Martin Luther
On: November 17, 2018
In: Volunteer Blog
Tagged: Community, Hillstrom House, Omaha

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