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August 2025 Travel Itinerary
I’m always here. Unless I’m gone. Here’s my August travel itinerary, full of wonderful adventures!
What Do You Do?
The first question people ask, at least in the west, when meeting you tends to be, “What do you do?” While that may say a lot about who we are as a society, that’s not the topic of this post.
Gakwende, Burundi: Orphanage
I have a friend in Burundi who’s guiding rule growing up was, “find another way.” Obstacles were to be overcome, not to be allowed to overcome him. He has, to use his phrasing, “lived life differently.”
Kiremba, Burundi: Orphanage
Approximately 400 women of every 100,000 pregnancies will die as a result of giving birth to their child. This maternal mortality rate is 20-40 times higher than that of the western world.
The Warp & the Weft: What’s in a Name?
Insert picture from home pageIt turns out that carpets, especially those beautifully crafted tapestries of Persian or Asian origins, are not universally known.
Plowing Concrete
There are hard places on this earth, not just physically but spiritually as well. Places where people live their lives as most do. Caring for their families, working, and going about their daily activities.
Updates from Nairobi | March & April Travels
Our recent trip to Nairobi was a powerful one. There is much yet to be digested about these days of travel and much to be done and I wouldn’t want to do any of it without your prayer support and generosity.
Sticks and Stones
Travelers in Africa will readily recognize this cooking fire. A fire is made between three stones upon which a cooking pot will be set. The women of the family will then squat by this fire and make the family meal.
Little gods
The song, “How Great,” sung by David Crowder begins “I’m so bored of little gods / While standing on the edge of something large.” That sentiment echoes in my head as I reflect on Burundi, the poorest country on earth.
Homesick in Valentine, Nebraska
It was the summer after my senior year in high school. I was on a church youth trip making our way...
Nicaraguan Gallo Pinto (Spotted Rooster) + Recipe
I had the opportunity to enjoy Gallo Pinto many times during my week in Somotillo, Nicaragua. I was asked to teach a week in March at their training Institute there.
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