Pre Mandela Day
I have been working very hard alongside the JAM International team to prepare a campaign for Mandela Day. This is what we did with on Mandela Day. On the eve of his 90th birthday Nelson Mandela challenged the world to…
Category Stories
The Fields of Uncertaintiy
“My own voice continues to be found wherever I am being present and responding from my heart, moment by moment. My voice is born repeatedly in the fields of uncertainty.” –Terry Tempest Williams My closest friends know that I have…
Mandela, Missionvale, & Me.
When Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, people wanted some way to commemorate his birthday. Many suggested grand parades or festivals. Mandela disagreed. The way he wanted to be remembered is by what he was remembered for—his years of service…
A New Perspective on Giving
This is kind of a rare thing for me, for me to start off with a picture. But I really felt that it was necessary. When I see this picture and these kids, I just kind of die on the…
Networking Event
As I have shared in my previous blog posts, the needs of the women that I have been working with over the past 8 weeks are enormous! They need assistance not only in their business ventures, but also their personal…
Holiday Camp
Angola Reflections
It’s been nearly a month since I have returned from Angola and I have just now processed through everything I witnessed and the lessons I have learned from this experience. First off, I want to thank Peter & Ann Pretorius for…
A Story That is Not My Own
“I have been in Kenya for over two weeks and tonight is the first night that I am lying awake and not able to drift to sleep. Every night up to this one, I have fallen into a deep sleep…
People Warm Up Eventually
The heat. The sweltering heat. It’s everywhere. You can’t escape it. You can’t abate it. You can’t pretend like it doesn’t exist. Combined with the epidemic lack of AC in this country, you have a bit of a problem on…
Context
It has been strange undertaking work in such a unique place as this: far from home but still a home-like setting. Daily life feels like research and has the quality of adventure – going to the grocery store even an…