[August 9th, 2015] Third world country arrivals are always interesting, and this one was no exception. Our journey from the U.S. started with a 16 hour flight from the USA to the UAE, landing in Dubai at noon but our body clocks were still set...
Before returning to Africa later this week, I feel compelled to post one more story from my trip taken a few weeks ago to Ethiopia with The Adera Foundation. This short video, aptly named "Journeys", chronicles our journey to the Wenchi Cherkos monastery that is believed...
Last December, as I tiptoed across the planks that connect the little huts the Badjao Tribe call home, I snapped this photo of a little Badjao girl appropriately named “Angel". Little did I know then that her photo would be selected as the face of...
While I was in Ethiopia, a story was published in Compassion International’s magazine about my daughter Christina’s sponsorship of a child in India. Friends have shared it and I am grateful. Now that I have returned, I am sharing it as well and taking the...
Mission work doesn’t stop when you step off foreign soil, there are stories to be shared everywhere we go. When Emirates flight attendants Kristine and Carolina asked me where I had been before my Dubai to Dallas connection, I explained that I was in Ethiopia...
The Adera Daycare Center is the heart of the family preservation work that Adera does. Over this past week we have become good friends with the workers, the moms who are cared for by Adera and we have cradled their precious babies in our arms....
Upon first meeting Blein you are struck by her natural beauty and poise. If you were guessing her vocation, vogue magazine would come to mind. In fact, Blein has been working for The Adera Foundation here in Ethiopia for over three years with a heart...
Friday June 12th - We have retuned to Hiber Primary School the last couple of days, helping with the lunch preparations, weaving classes and leading out in a sports day. I am not sure who enjoyed it most, the students or our team. It was...
Wednesday, June 10th - Part of our group with The Adera Foundation worked at the 1st-8th grade Charisma School today and it was an honer to accompany them, documenting the day with photographs and stories. I had the privilege accompany Elias Adugna, the director of The...
[SEPTEMBER 2nd 2015 UPDATE] A couple of months ago when I was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I wrote a story about a little girl named Ruth who touched my heart. While many of little Ruth's problems cannot be fixed, one could. I just received this photo...
