Currents November 2022
Like most girls, I grew up learning of powerfully impactful women in school – women like Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, and Malala Yousafzai. They achieved things that seemed…
Like most girls, I grew up learning of powerfully impactful women in school – women like Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, and Malala Yousafzai. They achieved things that seemed…
We would like you to meet Bella, a model of powerful impact and our new cottage leader in Uganda. First, we asked her to introduce herself. She responded: I am…
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” C.S. Lewis I can feel the…
Recently our church group held a week-long service event and produced thousands of items to share with individuals throughout the world. This would not have been possible without the collaboration…
It is late afternoon, and in my backyard there is a mutiny afoot. Let me explain. We have chickens—five feathered egg layers who sometimes refuse to lay eggs, winged meat…
The holiday season is upon us. This year has both sped by and dragged on. Everyone has felt some sort of change in their lives either directly or indirectly from…
Greetings to my lovely friends and members of Big Ocean Women! My name is Holly Sweeten and I’ve been asked to take this wonderful opportunity to tell you about myself…
I believe that teachers make a powerful impact in our lives. In my family, music teachers have been especially impactful. I asked each of my children what impact their teachers…
We met two “cheerspreaders” when the newly-completed walking trail behind our home opened. In case you’re wondering, these are cheerleaders with powerful impact. They don’t just lead us in cheering…
This is the title of one of my favorite songs from the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical Cinderella. In this song, Cinderella muses that she can “be whatever she wants…
The Salt Lake Valley cottage is tried and true, steady and strong. Forged in the early days of Big Ocean by Dana Robb, this cottage shines like a beacon. As…
What happens when two cottages that are a world apart geographically adopt each other as sisters? A Model of Powerful Impact. Bam! The Houston cottage in the United States had…