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12/22/2025

You know that moment when you're driving through life on autopilot—going through all the motions, checking all the boxes, showing up for everyone else—but you can't remember the last time you showed up for yourself?

Jasmine's story in "Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking" hits different because it's so many of our stories. She had given everything to everyone... but somewhere along the way, she lost herself.

Here's the honest truth: You can be faithful AND exhausted. You can be serving AND empty. You can be present for everyone else AND completely absent from your own life.

Your soul has been whispering, beloved.
Maybe it's been saying:
"I'm tired of performing."
"I need space to breathe."
"I don't even recognize myself anymore."

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is stop long enough to find yourself again. Not the version everyone else needs you to be—the YOU that God created you to be.

This is why we create spaces for souls to rest, reflect, and remember who they are beneath all the doing.

💬 Be honest: When was the last time you felt like YOU—not the version everyone else needs? Drop a 🙋🏾♀️ if Jasmine's story resonates, or share your own "I lost myself" moment below. Your vulnerability might be the permission someone else needs.

10/23/2025

Your soul has been whispering that the breaking wasn't meant to destroy you—it was meant to transform you.

Sometimes the most sacred journey begins in the place where everything fell apart. The cracks aren't failures, beloved. They're where the light gets in. They're where God does His most beautiful work of becoming.

One of the reasons I wrote "Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking" was to remind us that transformation isn't pretty, but it's purposeful. Every breaking season is actually a becoming season—a sacred passage from who you were to who you're meant to be.

At AGAPE Excursions, we aim to create spaces for souls to breathe, heal, and step into their next chapter. Because sometimes you need to step away from the rubble to see what God is building.

The breaking is not the end. It's only the beginning.

✨ What season of "becoming" are you walking through right now? Drop a 🦋 if this resonates with your journey.

10/22/2025

Reader Reflections: When Your Soul Feels Too Heavy to Pray

Sometimes the weight of life makes even prayer feel impossible.

In *Becoming Jasmine*, there's a moment that stops readers in their tracks—Jasmine walks to her nightstand, pulls out her Bible and reads Psalm 42:

*"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God..."*

The tears come. She sinks to her knees beside the bed.

Because sometimes, the most honest prayer is simply showing up—even when the words won't come.

💭 **I want to hear from you:**
Have you ever had a season where your faith practices felt out of reach? What helped you return to the Word—or simply rest in God's presence again?

Your reflection could be the reminder someone else desperately needs today. 🌿

** If Jasmine's journey is resonating with you, click here {https://agapeexcursions.myshopify.com/collections/the-becoming-series} to grab your copy of Becoming Jasmine and discover how she finds her way back to hope, healing, and the heart of God. **

10/21/2025

I used to think rest was something I’d earn after the work was done.

But the work is never done, is it?

That’s when I realized: rest isn’t the reward—it’s the requirement. God doesn’t just permit rest. He prescribes it.

Sacred travel changed everything for me. It taught me that stepping away isn’t abandonment—it’s obedience. That silence isn’t empty—it’s full of God’s voice. That healing doesn’t happen in the hustle—it happens in the holy pause.

This is why I founded AGAPE Excursions. Because I know what it’s like to carry grief, transition, and spiritual exhaustion. And I know what happens when you give yourself permission to pursue sacred rest.

Everything changes:
✨ Burnout transforms into renewal
✨ Hustle surrenders to rest
✨ Disconnection awakens to purpose
✨ Exhaustion blooms into restoration

Your soul isn’t asking for a vacation—it’s asking for a sacred passage. A journey toward healing, clarity, and divine purpose rooted in Isaiah 61.

If this resonates with your spirit, DM us ‘SACRED.’ Let’s talk about your journey. 🕊️

09/26/2025

Laughter is healing, yet Jasmine realized she couldn’t remember the last time she laughed from her belly.

💬 Let’s talk: What’s the last thing that made you laugh so hard you nearly cried?
Share in the comments below 👇🏽

✨ Sometimes joy is found in the little moments.
Share yours, spread light and let AGAPE Excursions help you curate joy through your travel journey today.

09/17/2025

📖 Reader Reflections

✨ Your reflection matters. Drop it below ⬇️
Want to dive into Jasmine’s full story?

📚 Get your copy today at the links below:

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09/16/2025

📣✨It’s Here! Becoming Jasmine:The Breaking Has Officially Launched! ✨

I’m beyond excited and honored to announce the official launch of my debut book and Companion Journal,

Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking — a story of healing, surrender, transformation, and rediscovering purpose after the fire.

~Companion Devotionals are after each chapter.

MY SOUL IS TIRED BUT GOD RENEWS. Becoming Jasmine Journal— A story so powerful you can marinate in the mist and allow this Journal to hold the memory of your becoming so you can see how far you’ve come.

Jasmine’s journey deeply resonated with me so much it needed a Companion Journal…and now her journey is yours to hold.

🛍️ WHERE TO PURCHASE 📚📖

💻 Amazon
📘 Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking – eBook Only
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📚 Lulu Bookstore

✨ Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking – eBook & Hardcover
📝 MY SOUL IS TIRED. BUT GOD RENEWS. Becoming Jasmine Companion
Journal (Paperback)
🎁 Becoming Jasmine Bundle (Book + Journal)
➡️ Available on Lulu (https://shorturl.at/i612A)

🌐 AGAPE Excursions Online Store (Shopify)

📖 Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking – eBook & Hardcover
📝 Becoming Jasmine Journal
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(15% Launch Special Discount this week only!)
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09/15/2025

I wrote Becoming Jasmine not just to tell a story—but to spark encounters.

It’s for the woman who feels unseen, the heart that’s weary, and the soul still searching for restoration. It’s for the one who’s breaking—but refusing to stay broken.

I’m beyond excited and honored to announce the launch of my debut book and Companion Journal:

💔 Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking
A powerful story of healing, surrender, transformation, and rediscovering purpose after the fire.
🌿 Companion Devotionals follow each chapter.

📝 MY SOUL IS TIRED. BUT GOD RENEWS. The Companion Journal
More than a journal—it’s a sacred space. A quiet mist of reflection. A place to hold the memory of your becoming so you can see how far you’ve come.

Jasmine’s journey mirrored my own so deeply, I had to create a journal to walk alongside it…Now, her journey is yours to hold.

🛍️ WHERE TO PURCHASE

💻 Amazon
📘 Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking (eBook Only)
➡️ Kindle on Amazon

📚 Lulu Bookstore
✨ Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking – eBook & Hardcover
📝 My Soul Is Tired. But God Renews. Companion Journal (Paperback)
🎁 Becoming Jasmine Bundle (Book + Journal)
➡️ Shop Lulu

🌐 AGAPE Excursions Online Store
📖 Becoming Jasmine: The Breaking – eBook & Hardcover
📝 Becoming Jasmine Journal
🎁 Exclusive Launch Bundles & Discounts
🔥 15% Launch Special This Week Only!
➡️ Shop Now on AGAPE Store

💬 A Word from My Heart

This isn’t just a book—it’s an encounter.
Becoming Jasmine is for the woman who’s been broken by life but not buried by it.
It’s for the soul who’s heard God whisper:

“You’re still becoming.”

It’s for the one seeking healing, restoration, and the courage to reclaim her identity.

Whether you:
• journal your way through the story,
• share it with a sister-friend, or
• let it quietly minister to your soul,

I pray you find yourself on these pages.

Thank you for supporting this release—and for believing in the power of transformation.

With love & purpose,
Nneka Crayton Turner
Founder, AGAPE Excursions

P.S. If the book blesses you, would you consider:

-Leaving a review
-Sharing it with a friend
-Tagging me on Instagram using 🦋

09/12/2025

Sometimes the most powerful prayer happens when we stop trying to control everything and simply... let go. 🌅

In "Becoming Jasmine," there's a sacred moment on Condado Beach where everything shifts. Where the Hebrew word "raphah" becomes more than just a word—it becomes a way of life.

"Be still and know that I am God" isn't just about finding quiet. It's about releasing our grip on what we think we can control and opening our hands to receive what God wants to give us.

✨ When did you last truly surrender?
✨ What are you holding too tightly today?
✨ How might God be calling you to "raphah"—to let go and release?

Sister, your breakthrough might be waiting in your surrender. Your peace might be found in your open palms. Your becoming might begin when you stop trying to control your transformation and start trusting the One who's been writing your story all along.

🌿 Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is raise your hands to the sky and release it all to Him.

Your journey of becoming is sacred. Your surrender is worship. Your seeking will be rewarded.

💬 What's one thing you need to "raphah"—release—to God today? Share in the comments or DM us "SURRENDER" for prayer. 🙏

09/10/2025

That secret longing? It’s real. And it’s been whispering “Paris” for a reason. 🌿✨

Maybe you’ve been dismissing it as just wanderlust or daydreaming. But what if that gentle pull toward beauty, art, and sacred spaces isn’t random—what if it’s actually your soul recognizing exactly what it needs for transformation?

Your soul doesn’t speak in shoulds or schedules. It speaks in longings, in quiet moments when you see Parisian light filtering through ancient windows and something deep inside you says “yes.” It speaks in that inexplicable draw to spaces where millions have prayed, created, and found themselves.

If even one of these signs resonated with you, your soul isn’t asking for a vacation—it’s asking for a sacred passage. And beloved, that’s not something to ignore—it’s something to honor through intentional movement.

🗼 This is why AGAPE Excursions is designing transformational journeys to Paris—because we understand that some destinations don’t just change your scenery, they change your soul. When you walk through the Louvre, you’re not just seeing masterpieces—you’re remembering that you ARE one. When you light a candle in Sainte-Chapelle, you’re not just making a wish—you’re making a sacred commitment to your own transformation.

Because transformation doesn’t only happen in retreat centers. It happens when you step into spaces that remind your soul of its own beauty, creativity, and divine design.

Your soul is ready. Paris is calling. Your transformation awaits.

💬 Which sign resonated most with you? Comment below, or DM us “PARIS” to discover how your soul can find its sacred shift in the City of Light.

09/08/2025

✨ A Letter from the Author ✨

When I first started writing Becoming Jasmine, she didn’t feel like just a character—she became a friend. The more I wrote, the more I realized her journey is one so many of us share. She’s the woman who gives and gives until her soul feels tired. The one who pours from an empty cup. The one who wakes up longing for something more but can’t quite name it.

Maybe that’s you.

Maybe you’ve been performing when God is inviting you to simply be. To stop striving. To rest in His love. To be filled again.

That’s what Jasmine’s story is about—finding your way back to God, the only true source of renewal. As you turn these pages, I pray you don’t just read her story—you see your own reflection, and you hear His voice calling you home.

This isn’t just a book. It’s an invitation.
And it’s waiting for you.

—With love,
Nneka Crayton Turner

AGAPE Excursions

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