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I am Alyssa Avant, a Christian author, speaker, and Bible teacher who works from home as a Virtual Assistant to authors, coaches and speakers while raising my 3 rambunctious children. I homeschool my youngest child, while my older two children attend private school. I have been married to my husband Greg for 17 years. We live in a small town in Mississippi.

Four years ago, I felt led to write a book I titled FaithLeaps: The Christian Mom's Guide to Passion, Purpose and Profits. This book came from my own testimony of taking a faithleap in my life.

I define a faithleap as "stepping out of your comfort zone into the hands of God." If you have ever felt led to take a faithleap then this blog is for you.

The goal of my site is to help you "over ...more

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I have worked from home for most of the last 14 years, minus a short stint of time that I worked at my children’s school for approximately 2.5 years. Over those years I have from time to time considered finding another job, mostly due to anxiety over finances. It wasn’t until recently that I looked for a job and discovered it was for many different reasons.

You see, my husband recently changed job

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	FaithLeaps: The Christian Mom's Guide to Passion, Purpose, and Profits 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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