Graciously Tenacious

Hi Friends, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Christina but everyone calls me Nina and last year I was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I am currently in remission, (almost one year) and this upcoming anniversary has me thinking about all the things I learned over the last year and a half. So I decided to restart this blog and write things down so I wouldn't forget #chemobrain. So excuse me if this blog sometimes sounds like a diary post, or even a rant. I just really feel like I need to write these stories out and share how life has changed, hoping that someone out there will be blessed and encouraged. Today lets talk about... talking about cancer with new friends. I would be the first to admit that I can sometimes be an awkward person...especially in social situations. Cancer intensified that. I didn't know and still quite don't know when is a good time to share about my journey with cancer (kinda the reason for this blog I guess). Las...

I feel the need to update my blog...though I feel like its a little too late to talk about December and I kind of want to leave that busy, hectic, stressful month  in the past. If I wrote about my trip to sisaket then it would be full of stories about me catching fish with my bare hands and eating my weight in sticky rice,so I think I will pass on that. Or if I wrote about my trip to the south that would involve walking around phuket by myself and the interns retreat but I don't really feel like recalling those stories either. So since those stories happened like a month ago I thought I would write on something different. Back home when missionaries are sharing their stories they leave out a few details, and having been in Thailand for 5 months I think I have noticed a few of those details. So this blog is dedicated to all the missional millennials out there and the next generation of aspiring overseas workers, don't let these details hinder from going out into...