For several weeks now I’ve been struck by a verse of scripture out of Daniel, Chapter 3:15-18 (NLT). In these verses, King Nebbie (as Veggie Tales so fondly calls him) has called Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him because he’s received reports that they will not bow to the images of himself that he has [...]
Well, not literally, but I’m sure He dislikes what many Christians have turned it into - their only time during the day that they think about Him, or talk to Him. Don’t get me wrong, I think having a devoted time that’s set aside to spend one-on-one with God is awesome. Honestly, I wish I [...]
Walking through Kroo Bay, I was completely surprised by the number of children hanging around. It was the middle of the day and hundreds of children roamed around, most with baskets or bowls of items on their heads for sell. Those that weren’t selling were too young and just roamed around, seemingly unattended by any [...]
I must first admit that Day 5 has been the day that I’ve dreaded writing about from the beginning. Not because anything extremely terrible happened to me personally on this particular Wednesday in Sierra Leone; but rather because something terrible is happening everyday to the people that I encountered this day. I’ve never felt so [...]
I recently returned from a trip to Sierra Leone where, for the first time in my life, I came face to face with true poverty. My experience in Sierra Leone changed me forever; in ways that I may not fully know this side of eternity. One major way that my experience changed me was by [...]