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Lifestyle

Work From Home part 1

It has become increasingly popular to work from home. This is called ‘home-based’, ‘remote’ or ‘virtual’ work. With the current lock down in the UK due to Covid-19, job losses and uncertainty, now is a great time to think about home based working.

There are many home based opportunities in the UK and abroad. I have personally found and secured short and long term home-based work on the sites below. I will create another post with more sites in the near future.

Check them out and enjoy!…

  • https://weworkremotely.com/ This job site posts a variety of home-based jobs in Sales and Marketing, Web Development, Customer Service, Copy-writing, Finance and Business Management to name a few.
  • https://appen.com/careers/ Work as a home-based Social Media Evaluator, Transcriber, Translator and Linguistic professional for instance.
  • https://remote.co/ Find home-based jobs in Design, IT, Sales, Project Management, Data Entry, Writing, Virtual Assisting and more.
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Inspiration

Be careful what you pray for

Prayer = communication to God.

We all pray in different ways and at different times. Prayer can be done through words, thoughts, song and tongues. We sometimes pray in silence, quietly and meekly, and at other times we pray loud, fervently and passionately.

These are some scriptures on prayer:

1 Thessalonians 5:17 – ‘ be unceasing and persistent in prayer.’ AMP ( Amplified Bible)

Mark 11: 24 – ‘ For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.’ (AMP)

Matthew 6:6 – ‘ But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. ‘ AMP

I remember I prayed for God to deliver me from a boyfriend who was not a good influence in my life. I found it hard to cut the relationship off as this particular individual was not letting our connection go. He would always find a way back in.

One day, I cried out to God to intervene and within a few months, the connection was cut off. He got into a relationship with a girl who was one of my best friends at the time. After he and I were no longer in communication, the funny thing is I forgot I had even prayed that prayer as I initially missed the presence of that person in my life. Thinking about it now, God must of been looking at me like ‘is this girl serious right now?’.

What are you praying about? who are you praying for? I advise that you take your prayer life very seriously as God is listening. Have a prayer journal if you want to document your prayers and keep a note of what God has done and how your life is evolving around your prayers.

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Lifestyle

Trans-national Relationships

higospel intertransnational couple

Some call it ‘trans-national’ couples, ‘expat’ couples, ‘mixed’ couples or ‘inter-racial’ couples. I am referring to a couples from different countries and cultures.

My ethnic background is the Caribbean whilst my husband’s ethnic background is Nigeria. We both come from two different rich cultural backgrounds. At the beginning of our relationship, we noticed some clashes between us in the way we looked at different situations, our taste in food, language barriers and the list goes on. We were presented with a situation where we both had to grow in understanding, patience, empathy and respect.

The most essential thing we learned very fast is the importance of respecting each other’s cultural differences, working collaboratively and incorporating both cultures in the kitchen (cooking) and everyday life. One culture should not be forced more than the other, neither should one be more prevalent, there should be balance. Having said so, I would recommend that you do what works best for your home. For example, in your home, it may work well for one culture to be more prevalent than the other.

Are you in a inter-racial relationship or marriage? Is your husband or wife from a different race, culture or ethnic background to you? What are some of the challenges you have both faced along the way and how have you been able to overcome them?