Category Archives: 10,000 Smiles

The biggest obstacle with products in China is not being able to read the labels if you are concern about the ingredients. Even if a product is in English the ingredient label is covered with a Chinese label that employees will tell you not to take off in the store. The other issue is not knowing […]

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If you are the traveling adventurer or would like to be, then you quickly (need to) learn that “things” mean less and it’s the experiences you value.  I believe this personally to be a true statement but if you decide to live in a country for a few months or a year then there are […]

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HALF-WAY DONE on the 10,000 Smiles Project (Counting this post there is 5,000 Smiles in the 10,000 Smiles Project.) Some Highlights thus far…. The 10,000 Smiles Project is bigger than me, people are being impacted. On my project I sometimes come across people who think they aren’t beautiful and even if I can’t convince them […]

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Living in a foreign country has a lot of positive traits: adventure and growth. BUT, there is one thing living abroad can’t offer, personal face-to-face bonding experiences with loved ones. From the past 10 months of living in China I have come to learn of some clever ways on how to connect with family and […]

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Recently I was having a discussion with a non-believer about our conscious surrounding good and evil. I was using terms like “shame” and “guilt”.  My husband kindly reminded me that the words shame and guilt are terms Christians use. The general population that doesn’t hang out in the Christian subculture does not understand what those […]

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