After our interviews in the War Wounded Camp, I asked Joan if we had another interview set up and she gave me a look that perfectly reflected how I was feeling at the moment…. I just can’t handle any more right now. Agreed. There are hundreds upon hundreds of stories to be told in Grafton, [...]
Tuesday morning dawned bright & beautiful with the generator serving as my alarm clock at 5:00 a.m. Devotions were good, again, as we sang my favorite worship song, Chris Tomlin’s God of This City. I just love the lyrics…
You’re the God of this city
You’re the King of these people
You’re the Lord of this nation
You Are
You’re [...]
Monday arrived bright and blurry-eyed with the generator kicking on outside my window at 5:00 a.m. - giving me a little time to drift in and out of sleep until 5:45 when Bridget and I needed to get up and get ready for devotions. One good thing was that I didn’t have to take much [...]
Sunday began at London’s Heathrow airport as our team awaited the departing flight to Sierra Leone. We spent our time sleeping, eating and window shopping. London’s airport is an indoor mall… if only the U.S. dollar wasn’t so weak compared to the pound. Geez things are expensive.
The time finally came to board the [...]
I’ve been planning and preparing for this trip for months. Today, as I begin my journey, I find myself with no shortage of thoughts, emotions, apprehensions and excitement. The challenge before me will be words. How do you take all each and every spectacular, mundane, boring, funny, exciting and inspiring moment and put it into [...]