Around 8:00 PM on a Saturday night, I stumbled into a Nashville-themed honky-tonk bar in Scotland. Picture the worst parts of all your least favorite Nashville establishments. Not the real Nashville establishments that you frequent, but the kinds your mom’s…
Do you remember the first time you made it across an entire set of monkey bars? I can attest that this is an accomplishment I do not retain, as it was to me an ordinary activity. This standard is not,…
The Languages of Lumos The Bi-Weekly Guatemalan Phrase: When I moved to Guatemala, I knew I would be learning a new language. After all, part of my daily routine here involves sitting down with my Spanish teacher and trying to…
One of my favorite things in the world is a bench. A park bench, a bench on the side of the road, or a log on the beach. Each one provides a place to sit in silence or conversation with…
Somehow, I have found myself at the halfway point of my fellowship. It feels like just yesterday I was packing my bags, preparing to spend six months in Kenya, with so many ideas about what I hoped to accomplish. Now,…
If messages of the manosphere are already so deeply ingrained in victims, what approach is required to help them? Or is there simply no way to reach someone who doesn’t want to be reached?
The past two weeks have been filled with incredible adventure and beauty as I ventured through the mountains and mud of New Zealand. Between each term of school, there are two weeks of school holidays. I used this time to…
I said goodbye this week. I still can not quite believe it! The week began with a full fun day visiting Esquipulas with the PT I work with (Esvin), the director of the center, and teenagers from the center. Esvin…
My last full week here at the center… in some ways my time here felt oh so short and in another ways like I have lived a lifetime of fullfillment in just 4 months. As I reflect on the end…
I was recently listening to a podcast and they spoke about living life with an open heart, acknowledging the longing and ache for home with the Lord. This week was tender and I experienced many aching moments that reminded me…