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Students from around the world share theirs thoughts about what community means to them and reflect on their experiences finding and building community in a new place. Together they built their own friendly, diverse community in the classroom, finding comfort amongst each other and becoming more confident in themselves as English speakers.
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Hard Pressed Hope

Katherine Rose & Kate Blake

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Welcome to Hard Pressed Hope! Katherine and Kate are relentlessly bent toward hope, purpose and humor while walking the road of life. Offering encouragement in the mess, light in the darkness, and reminding us of promises in the midst of problems. We are moms experienced with adoption, foster care, and parenting children with disabilities and special needs. Hard Pressed Hope is for everyone, especially moms walking these roads too. We're glad you’re here!
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We are so excited for Kate’s sister, Hannah, to be joining us today! Her journey to parenthood through international adoption was long and difficult. So many of us know what that’s like: waiting for a positive pregnancy test, a healthy baby, a placement or a match, and the heartaches and joys that come along the way. We think you will find this epi…
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Gratitude can transform our lives, our relationships, and even our mental health! Join us as we discuss gratitude's meaning, where it can be rooted even in difficult times, and what might be preventing us from expressing it! Notes: Colossians 2:6-7 Hebrews 12:28 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Luke 17:11-19 Gratitude Challenge proposed by Harvard Researche…
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Oh, we love our friend Deb and her parenting nuggets of gold! She describes her son David as a highly sensitive child - you know, the one with the big feelings, big heart, deep thinking, occasional big behaviors, and frequent problems with sock seams! She gives us so much encouragement to navigate tough parenting moments and give it our best. Enjoy…
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Our first guest has arrived! Welcome Jennifer Brosi for our first segment of “Stories from the Road.” Jen encourages moms and women of all kinds to live life to the full! She makes life an adventure no matter where she is, and we love her for it! Notes: Jen’s spoons! Kate’s spoons! Jen’s (& Hannah’s) Youtube and Facebook…
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We are back with Episode 6! We missed you guys! Today we start off talking about being in a rut and end up talking about how to live an abundant life, no matter the circumstance. Join us as we piece our way from one to the other. We hope there are some “a-ha!” moments in there for you, just like there were for us. Notes: John 10:10 Zephaniah 3:17 J…
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The whole sha-bang! In this episode, we share where we find hope, especially down difficult, dark roads. For those of you on hard paths, this one is for you! Let us hold the hope for you and point you to Hope, when you need it most. Notes: Hebrews 6:19 Annie F. Downs “That Sounds Fun” Podcast, Episode 295 with Tim Timmons Katherine: @katherinerose_…
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Sometimes we aren’t just waiting, sometimes we are IN it - a mess, a time of suffering, grief, discontent. So what then, when it’s dark, and hope is gone? In this episode, we tackle what it means to persevere during dark seasons. Notes: Romans 5:3-5; James 1:4 Emily P. Freeman: The Next Right Thing (Podcast & Book) Katherine: @katherinerose_hph Kat…
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Let’s be honest, waiting is usually no fun at all. Join us as we discuss waiting and how we can do it well, because we might as well make it count! Notes: James 1:2-3; Romans 11:36 "When God says, 'Wait,' we can control only two things: how we wait, and who we become along the way." - Elizabeth Laing Thompson Katherine: @katherinerose_hph Kate: @ka…
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Ever walk the road of life and you just COLLIDE with evidence that maybe there is more to this story? Listen as Kate shares a story to encourage us when we feel like life is just a series of mundane, or even difficult, beginnings and endings. Notes: Philippians 1:21-26; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Katherine: @katherinerose_hph Kate: @kateblakenotes…
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Welcome to Hard Pressed Hope! Katherine and Kate are relentlessly bent toward hope, purpose and humor while walking the road of life. Offering encouragement in the mess, light in the darkness, and reminding us of promises in the midst of problems. We are moms experienced with adoption, foster care, and parenting children with disabilities and speci…
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