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Vaping: Should You Be Worried?
by Tori Bissell
Whether it’s curiosity, experimentation, enjoying the flavours, “everyone else is doing it,” thinking that it’s less harmful, enjoying “vape trick...
You're Not Listening To Me!!!
by Tori Bissell
As a Crisis Response Counsellor for Kids Help Phone Text Line, I often read texts that said, “no one listens to me” or “you’re the first person wh...
How Does God View Victim/Survivors of Child Abuse?
by Tori Bissell
How Does God View Victim/Survivors of child abuse? What are some of the words, phrases, or Bible verses that come to your mind when you hear this q...
A Prayer of Lament for Child Safety Workers
by Tori Bissell
*I was recently asked to share a devotion for the Child Safety Protection Network's Response Team Training. These are my thoughts from that devotio...
To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate - That is The Question
by Tori Bissell
Chickenpox, Hepatitis A and B, HPV, Mumps, Diphtheria, Influenza, Measles, Polio, Meningococcal, Pneumococcal, Rubella, Tetanus, Rotavirus, Whoopi...
Are you home yet?
by Tori Bissell
Are you home yet?
4 COVID tests, 2 car rides, 4 airports, 29 hours of international travel during a pandemic, and 14 days of quarantine and I am ...
Life in Africa, During a Pandemic
by Tori Bissell
Living in Africa During a Pandemic
I have put off writing this for months, as I’ve struggled to put into words what it’s been like living and ser...
I Stand In Awe
by Tori Bissell
Sometimes I stand in awe of the fact that I am currently in Kenya. 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Agoraphobia... a severe anxiety disorder wit...
African Routine, Acid Burn, and Building Community
by Tori Bissell
Chatting About Child Safety With Students
You do child safety, right? What exactly does that mean?”I was sitting in a grade 11/12 dorm doing dorm...
What If...
by Tori Bissell
What if we taught kids to look at cyberbullying like this? What if we helped them see that the words, photos, actions and things they do onlin...
Christmas In Kenya
by Tori Bissell
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I hope you had a lovely holiday season wherever you are in the world. I hope you were able to spend it with f...
Tears in My Eyes
by Tori Bissell
Tears In My Eyes
As we pulled up to the gate, I couldn't help it... tears burst into my eyes. I was overwhelmed with emotions as we finished Afr...