by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Moms, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My daughter is home from Germany, so it is with joy that I write about Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011, with her along! Rachel’s fiancé Stefan is also with us as well as my nephew Burkhard, whose sister Birgit had visited us for the summer 2005. The twins...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Children, Christianity, Culture, Faith, Huffington Post, Justice, Kids, Outreach
Elaini Garfield, 22, has wanted to travel to India to assist in an orphanage since she was 10 years old. Her heart has been to help those who are hurting. But then, her own hurts have halted that goal. Instead of reaching her dream of traveling to India someday,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 31, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Church, Community, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Youth, Youth Ministry
I just returned from five days away at Riverview Bible Camp on the Pend O’Reille River as a junior high church camp counselor. I had a cabin filled with 10 almost-eighth grade girls, and my 13-yeard-old twin sonswere in tow, part of a cabin filled with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Justice, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Writing
Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at Tualatin Community Park earlier this month. “I heard these people speaking Spanish, and kids were gathered for piñatas and there were snow cones. Then, a lady asked us to join...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Portland, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
As I prepare to leave to be a counselor for Junior High Church Summer Camp with my 13-year-old twins tomorrow for what will be week 7 Adventure galore, I finally download my photos from this week, and post my Week 6 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids blog. Too many...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 21, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Kids, Life, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Sometimes your adventure is in your very neighborhood. At a fair where you learn to “just be.” We got a taste of spending a bit more time at the West Linn Old Time Fair last year, and this year matched that, attending two of the three days and a longer stretch on...
