Up-Lifting News! – Weekend Roundup

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Up-Lifting News! Florida Restaurant Offers Special ‘Angel Shot’ to Help Women Escape Bad Dates A restaurant in Florida is helping women stay safe! They established a “code word” system to help women make an exit from situations where they feel safe or uncomfortable.  Knowing that the restaurant staff have your back can give women peace … Read more

How to Make New Year’s Resolutions that stick

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Happy New Year!  I personally love the optimism of a new year, getting a new calendar, and starting a new school semester. It’s a blank slate and perfect motivation to leave the old behind. According to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, The Top  New Year’s Resolutions follow into the following broad categories: Lose Weight/Healthier Eating … Read more

Uplifting News – Weekend Roundup

Hannah Simpson, a farm worker from New Zealand’s Southland, enjoys riding her cow Leila, after being refused a horse as an 11-year-old. Photograph: Hannah Simpson

Need some positivity to start 2017? Here is a collection of headlines from the week to start your new year out well. Michigan Firefighters Rescue Dog That Fell Through Thin Ice Julia Jacobo reported that White Lake, MI firefighters rescued a dog from freezing water after the pup fell through ice. The firefighters hope to … Read more

When God Answers Prayer – My Testimony: by Abbey

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I served as a missionary in Papua New Guinea from 2006-2007 as my first assignment with Wycliffe Bible Translators. I was the art teacher at the international school at Ukarumpa. During school breaks I would travel to remote villages to visit with translation and literacy teams in their village allocations. I was invited to visit … Read more