Amanda Sowards2 minFinding Your Purpose In LifeMeet Laydi. She is a 7 years old princess who stole my heart while in La Cherreca. La Chureca is a literal landfill that hundreds of...
Amanda Sowards1 minNational Dress Day RecapThis week we celebrated #NationalDressDay. As a woman, I love embracing my femininity. As a woman, I also know what it feels like to have...
Amanda Sowards1 minWorld NGO DayToday is World NGO Day! I have the privilege of being the VP for World Missions Outreach, an international NGO non-profit ministry that...
Amanda Sowards2 minHow God Shows Us Chivalry Isn’t DeadMy entire life I focused on wanting to “be someone”. Today, I spent time reading through our World Missions Outreach student profile...
Amanda Sowards2 minWhy Travel to Puerto Rico For More Than Just a Vacation September 20, 2017, will forever be known as the date that Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and devastated the island, while plunging all...
Amanda Sowards3 min2018 - A Dark YearLife is crazy. People are crazy. We are all a little crazy... However, I never imagined that my life would ever have the level of crazy...
Amanda Sowards1 minHappy #WorldKindnessDay The affects of kindness are not always seen immediately; sometimes never. True kindness is not given with expectations or contingencies...
Amanda Sowards2 mini(am) Collection We live in a world that labels each of us without our consent or permission. Since when did society get to have that much control over...
Amanda Sowards9 minYour Identity Is NOT For SaleToday is not a holiday or any other day that would seem different from the rest. However, a year ago today my world stopped. I remember...
Amanda Sowards2 minWhy I Stopped PrayingWhy I stopped Praying Life is funny & ironic. It has seasons. Some are full of happiness or success & some are full of heartbreak or...
Amanda Sowards2 minCristina's StoryDo you remember Cristina? I first met this sweet little girl at a World Missions Outreach Feeding program she was wrapped around her...
Amanda Sowards2 minTrue Life: Pageant Stage to Dirt FloorsI was asked, "How do you find the balance between the drastic diversity of your life. From the stage to dirt floors, how does it add up?"...
Amanda Sowards2 minWhat being a Proverbs 31 Woman really meansMany women become so consumed with whats popular or trendy, that they don't even know who they are anymore. It's not all our fault. The...
Amanda Sowards2 minWhat is Love?• Love • What is Love? • Kneeling down to wash someone else's feet is one of the most humbling expressions of love. Just like washing...
Amanda Sowards3 minDressed with Love - You are Worth the Very BestI often get comments like, 'wow, you sure do dress up on mission trips'. Now, Go ahead, I'm sure you have thought the same thing! Here is...
Amanda Sowards2 minThe Face of Humanity in a World full of AdversityAs I walked into a one room structure, accompanied by no door, covered by a tin roof and accented with dirt floors; the only word I could...
Amanda Sowards3 minMy Purpose in Life - Dirt Floors & Tin ShacksWe are all given a platform, but it is up to us to decide how we use it. Since my 1st trip to Nicaragua when I was 12, I knew that...
Amanda Sowards2 minMy Biggest Fear is a White Picket Fence MentalityEach year I have dreaded getting older. I thought it was just a sign of life being closer to its end. Although, technically accurate, I...
Amanda Sowards1 minClimbed Crowders MountainAt 1,705 feet Kings Pinnacle is the highest peak in Crowders Mountain State Park. I hiked to the top yesterday to see this beautiful...
Amanda Sowards1 minPerspective from NicaraguaStop. Right now. Look around you. Everything that surrounds our westernized culture revolves around electronics, technology, gadgets,...
Amanda Sowards1 minServing in NicarguaToday I stood on a dirt floor with no roof, held a metal ladle spoon to serve rice out of a bowl over an open flame beside a bar wire...
Amanda Sowards1 minA Day in NicaraguaBe careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your...
Amanda Sowards2 minMeet ElizabethThis is Elizabeth. She is in the 2nd grade at our school in #Nicaragua World Missions Outreach. I sponsor Elizabeth so she can receive an...