<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pastel Crafty Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pastel Crafty Blog]]></description><link>https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing But the Blood of Jesus]]></title><description><![CDATA[What can wash away our sins? Truly not the rush of the world, the excitement of danger, waves of alcohol, nothing will clean us completely. 	Nothing but the real blood, dripping off the cross and splattering in the rough dirt at the foot of the wood. Leaving dark red stains on the dusty rocks. 	A couple weeks ago, the pastor at Quay church in Florida spoke that sentence above. I added a little more detail that brings the mental picture to life, but it still hits just as much. I had never felt...]]></description><link>https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/post/nothing-but-the-blood-of-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a314dcad98cc147601dd4ac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:21:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>avap98</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Weekend Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[from March ~ 	I’m convinced I live like Hannah Montana. 	Thursday night I worked until 9:30pm, then less than 24 hours later I was home in CT working as the content collector (photography and videography) at an event my parents planned. What a switch up! 	I flew home Friday morning extremely early in the morning, and by the time I went to bed that night I had been awake for 24 hours. By the time I arrived to my house that morning, it was time for my little sister to be getting home and I...]]></description><link>https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/post/first-weekend-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f4f7700dbe48b1c7a840a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6be16_5132e512b54849438147c396bb7d30bb~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>avap98</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jesus Gap in New England]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m a born and raised New England girly, attending church since I was born and connecting in a life with Christ. 	A couple months ago, my pastor made a comment about living in New England. It went something like “living as a Christian in New England can be difficult”. If you could have seen my facial expression, I looked like he had spoken in a foreign language. What did he mean “difficult”? It’s my normal, my everyday life, to only know of three to four fellow believers in my high school...]]></description><link>https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/post/the-jesus-gap-in-new-england</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cab6806d22c86f75a4e8bc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6be16_9ac010ecaa4e446c814e8df27f9997fa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>avap98</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who am I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! I'm Ava! 	I grew up in a small town in the middle of Connecticut, going to magnet schools and our public high school. I was a straight A+, top of the class student but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I am still extremely gifted in math and science, but it’s just not something I want to dedicate my life and learning to. I fit every single stereotype in high school: band, choir, theater, sports, smart. In my senior year I was dead set on going to UConn for college, but God had...]]></description><link>https://avagpasson.wixsite.com/purposeinpassion/post/who-am-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9ba4656a82e0017f8027b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:50:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e6be16_df4b3f9f2b0545a7a7c712cb75c89924~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>avap98</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>