it’s been almost a week since I’ve been back on American soil, and I can’t lie, I’m having a harder time with “re-entry” than normal. I wrote this post in the Amersterdam airport half way back from Uganda, and it’s fitting. It’s part of why I feel uncomfortable. here and there. africa. it has changed me. it has opened my… Read More
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters” Isaiah 55:1 I come thirsty. I come to the water. No matter what city or continent I find myself on, I am drawn to the water. The water makes me feel peace. It draws me in, close to Him. So I say, draw closer Jesus. I come, I come to the waters…. Read More
“Behold, I am making all things new” Revelation 21: 5 I spent most of my morning at the Sole Hope outreach house eyes closed, arms tightly wrapped around the small body of this sweet 4 year old Ali. Then around sweet 10 year old Daniel. As they were crying out because of the pain the jiggers have caused… Read More
Across the room from where I’m sitting, my friend Melissa is encouraging and speaking life into young Quinn Collie. They are talking about her passion for making jewelry and bar soap, and Melissa is quite literally helping her with her business plan. Bars + Beads she calls it. I can see Quinn’s demeanor change as Melissa takes genuine interest in… Read More
We journeyed down the road to Bibbo today and I couldn’t help but think of the journey God has me on. The amazing truth that He loves me and He loves you. He loves all of his children all over the world. Just like He has me on a journey down this red dirt road, He has YOU on a… Read More
naked. that’s how I felt today en route to my first ever jigger removal clinic without my camera strapped on my body. My passion for photography has always yielded itself to help me see through a certain lens, and today that lens was taken away from me. [This both frightened and excited me] As we drove down the red… Read More