I think I have said it everyday we have been in the Philippines. I am melting. Every night I look forward to just dumping bucket after bucket of water over my sweaty head before getting onto my … Read more about Some Things Are Worth Melting For
Surprise Filipino Bible Study
After we returned from a long and humid morning talking at an elementary school, we were told to go to the streets outside of the church and talk to the locals. We were to share the Gospel with them, … Read more about Surprise Filipino Bible Study
Tampons Up My Nose
As I stared at the pool of blood coming from my nose growing larger at my feet, all I could think about was the pain radiating from the left center of my face spreading to my gums. Resetting your … Read more about Tampons Up My Nose
A Wedding In South Africa
This past weekend I got a taste of what this July is going to be like coming home back to the States, but also what the Lord still wants to do with me during the next five months leading up to … Read more about A Wedding In South Africa
Wool Allergies, Sunburnt Toes, and Peaches: My First Week in Lesotho
So far Lesotho has been nothing what I expected it to be. We entered into the country around 2 AM. All 26 of us, and all of our gear, were corralled into five white, five-person taxis to stay … Read more about Wool Allergies, Sunburnt Toes, and Peaches: My First Week in Lesotho
Falling Down and Looking Up
It was around 1:30 AM and there I sat, at the South African border, on the cold concrete sidewalk with my 50-pound pack on my back and my 25-pound daypack on my front. I looked up at Nicole already … Read more about Falling Down and Looking Up
Zimbabwe, You Are Beautiful
Bzzzzz….thunk. My mind immediately went to the pregnant cockroach the girls in the next room had been screaming all evening over. I hesitantly turned my light on to my pillow where I had … Read more about Zimbabwe, You Are Beautiful
Breaking Chains and Gaining Freedom
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually … Read more about Breaking Chains and Gaining Freedom
Rejection Letters
This day a year ago I had a letter sitting in my mailbox waiting to tell me my plan for my entire future was one that would not come to fruition. It was a letter I had coming 6 years in the making, … Read more about Rejection Letters
