About Natalie Holsten
A native of Savannah, Georgia, I - along with my husband David and our
four kids - live on a small island off the coast of Borneo. We've been
with MAF for 10 years and love what we do. I am passionate about
relational ministry, dark chocolate, reading, and exploring new places. Bug Off!
I have a new enemy, and it is the mosquito. That wee little creature, barely a quarter inch long, made me fear moving to Papua.
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Soul-Shaping Chores
I’m the new girl again. After 10 years of living off the coast of Kalimantan, we have moved to the other side of Indonesia, to the province of Papua.
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Things to Remember on Furlough
It’s not just the kids who have adjustments to make when we journey back to America every few years. Here is my personal list of “Things to Remember While on Furlough” …
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Testimony of Tears
I hate goodbyes. Especially the goodbye-we-probably-won’t-see-you-again-this-side-of-heaven variety with a little (ok, a lot) of blubbering and crying thrown in.
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An Unlikely Gift Exchange
There was something about being on the receiving end that didn’t set right. I felt like I needed to be the one helping her. But I knew that by allowing her to do this for me, I was helping her feel she had something to give to me.
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The Wedding of 2011
Along with millions of other people around the world this past week, I was glued to the live broadcast of the royal wedding of William and Kate. I watched in an unlikely place – a large luxury mall in downtown Jakarta, surrounded by a hundred or more enthusiastic Indonesians who cheered when Catherine Middleton walked [...] Read the Rest »
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