How Can I Keep From Singing?
“My life flows on in endless song, above earth’s lamentation. I hear the real, though far off hymn that hails a new creation. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that Rock I’m clinging. Since...
View ArticleWill You Wash Their Feet?
When you think about being a servant or demonstrating a true act of humility, what comes to your mind? Maybe some of you were in the service industry, so visions of bringing plates of food to a table...
View ArticleDarkness Covers but Light Surrounds
Okay, quick, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear Congo? Give yourself a few seconds and then I’m going to guess. Was it conflict? Perhaps war? Or maybe it was that 1995 movie...
View ArticleNepal, You Have My Heart
My first time in Nepal was in June 2011. When I stepped off of the plane at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, I had no idea then how the country would shape my career, my friendships, my...
View ArticleComfort to Journey’s End
I sat in the leather passenger seat of Cassie Kasali’s Ford Expedition with the windows rolled down, soaking in the beauty of the sunset over the expanse of bright green palm trees. I’m not sure how...
View ArticleBeing Transformed to Transform
Being Transformed to Transform “Dreams can change the course of a country’s destiny. It’s time we dare to dream in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We must dare to think, dream, and then change...
View ArticleShaken
Those who know me well would probably describe me as “steady.” I’m not easily shaken, I don’t have many emotional highs or lows – I’m even-keeled, consistent, and dependable. It’s a good personality...
View ArticleSongs of Forgiveness
I sat in the front seat of Congo Initiative’s UCBC van this morning, coffee in hand, white bread with avocado resting precariously on my knee. After a day of heavy rain, the air was cool and the clouds...
View ArticleThe End of World Next Door
Well, folks. This is it. The end of World Next Door. It’s a very bittersweet thing to say. I have dedicated the last six and a half years of my life to making this organization exist and grow, so it’s...
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