The most memorable moment during my time in the Philippines last December was sharing stories with Therese, a little girl I have sponsored through Badjao Bridge for over three years. Therese is 16 years old now but she will always be “little” Therese to me. For...
Today was Christina‘s 32nd birthday and our family celebrated the gift of her life as we grieved her earthly absence. These photographs taken over the last 12 months mean a great deal to me and I hope that you will find connection with them as well....
[May 3rd 2018] It was great to meet up with Gennadiy Mokhnenko today in my own country! Gennadiy and his World Without Orphans cycling team were fitted for bicycles today as they prepare to depart Saturday for their 2600 mile trek across the U.S....
This week our group from Birchman Baptist Church will be serving the community of Panabaj, a small village on Lake Atitlan, just outside the city of Santiago Guatemala. On October 4, 2005, torrential rains from Hurricane Stan caused massive mud slides down the face of the...
After days of hard work in Kenya with the staff of Joy Divine, we decided to have a little fun climbing Mount Longonot. Not only did we summit this amazing crater but we hiked around the spine before descending from it’s peak of almost 10,000’....
I struggle at how to photographically tell this story. Most of my photographs depict the after, not so much the before. Capturing Grace, I call it, telling stories with photographs and words of those who are the recipients of Gods grace, love and mercy. Bear with...
The smiles and laughter I experienced upon arriving to Madeline School gave no clue to what these children have survived. Here in the remote African countryside, these precious children all have one thing in common, their lives have been hard, really hard. The road these children...
It was so much fun watching the girls at the Madeleine school play a game they call Yes Sister. It’s a very simple, yet incredibly exhausting game, just trying to photograph it was challenging enough! When I asked teacher Metrine how the game works, she smiled...
https://youtu.be/REzt6vf3GF8 Falling in love all over again with the people of Africa...
As 2017 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on where this year’s travels have taken me and what I have learned from my journeys....
