Way back in May of 2016, I was living in Haiti and one morning the three of us from Kansas City, who were living down there, all showed up wearing the same shirt. The hilarity turned into a Friday tradition of wearing our Global Orphan Project “Defend the Oppressed” shirts and hashtaging #DTOfriday. It gained … Continue reading DTOfriday
Haiti
storytelling
It is enthralling how one experience…one moment of just fifteen minutes…could change your entire perspective on how you see the world and how everything fits in it. I tend to sit in those moments and soak them up for months afterward. It is such an intimate God moment that sometimes I wonder if it actually … Continue reading storytelling
claude
Pastor Claude’s passion for caring for orphans is apparent from the first moment you meet him, and it is fundamentally impossible to not see his passion stems from his redeemed life through Christ, and having been an orphan himself who was brought to Christ by a pastor helping orphans. Pastor is always transparent with what … Continue reading claude
reality
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own. [Margaret Mead] As I have been sent out into other cultures over the last … Continue reading reality
go
It’s Easter. Today I woke up, put on a dress (my least favorite thing to wear, ever, which is why Sunday afternoons are basketball shorts/sweatpants capri days to reward my morning sacrifice), and walked to church with Dexter (also known as Rogelin, who is a student living at the Pathways building). Who consequently got some … Continue reading go
practice
Thirst for culture and language is a large part of who I am. During my time in China, my favorite class was language class and learning the characters of Mandarin. Over the years I have spent some time trying to make sense of Russian. I will never forget the trip to Kurlovo in Russia when … Continue reading practice
poor
Poor. Perspective. These two words cannot ever be too far from each other when judging the economy of a country or culture. Emphasis on the word ‘judging.’ Disclaimer: these opinions have nothing to do with actual numbers. I suck at numbers and honestly do not understand them. However, in the states, I think we too … Continue reading poor
remember
Confession of the day: I was a choir nerd. I know...it's a surprise...no one was expecting this alarming confession. Kidding aside, today I remembered a lyric from a song we sang our senior year from 'Seasons of Love' from Rent. 'Remember the love.' That particular song is forever etched in my memory. Little did we … Continue reading remember
look
Last Sunday after church, several boys guided us to the new deck area that is open at All In One Family, each grabbing a hand and pulling us along into this mostly unexplored space of new, vast views for these short fellas. They immediately ran to the railing, curious at what made them go there … Continue reading look
education
I live in a place where parents are faced with the indignity of giving their kids to a children’s home so they can go to school, or keep their child with their family at the perilous cost of not gaining an education. I cannot fathom having to make that decision, but in Haiti and other … Continue reading education
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