Recently I received the following message from a new friend I made while flying home from Asia. She was the passenger to my right and her words encourage me to continue sharing from my heart, telling stories and taking risks. "About a year ago I was...
February 11th, 2016 In the impoverished area of Klong Toey in Bangkok, Thailand The pain from sickness and death impacts all of our lives, it is unfortunately one of life’s non negotiables and it’s impact on us all is a reminder that we live in a very...
As I close the lid on my suitcase today, ready to depart to Guatemala, it's hard to believe that it has been only a year ago that I traveled there for the first time. While the time since has been brief, my encounter with God...
[caption id="attachment_7183" align="alignnone" width="660"] With Karmen Friesen and Ruslan Maliuta[/caption] When I started planning to visit Carissa in Switzerland where she is studying abroad this year, I was a little apprehensive about going on a trip without orphan related work being involved. All of my recent...
August 18th, 2015 - 6000 miles from home in Istanbul, Turkey Carissa and I are in our fifth country with one more to go on our 40,000-mile-long August Journey. I woke up this morning surrounded by The Bosphorus, the Hagia Sophia and the Blue mosque of Istanbul, with...
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...
What an honor to again be asked to tell my story at the neighboring church to the seminary. Sharing trust, faith and change to an audience that included a lady grieving the loss of her brother who had died unexpectedly just a week ago. Another...
In this small little seminary in the village of Pathanadu are 55 exceptional students who have traveled from all over India to study biblical theology. It was a memorable experience to come here to tell their story, only to be asked to share mine. I...
Friday, January 30th, 2015 After my Story Trails tour in Chennai India came to a close, Akila requested our driver to stay and accompany me to the airport for my departure to Kochi India a few hours later. I’m pretty sure she was worried that I would...
Friday, January 30th, 2015 Wanting to see more of Chennai India the day after I met with Satish, I took a tour of the city through Story Trails. Our tour was of the temples as well as the forts held by the British during their occupation of India....
