Status updates, Instagram posts, blogs, newsletters- all written on a computer screen from Haiti, hoping to connect with you in America. I love writing, taking photos, and capturing stories, but what I love most is the way these things connect me to people. It can become difficult to write so much from a screen, that [...]
The Place From November 23rd till our Haiti team flew back to the States I was pumped! I was excited, full of anticipation, and ready to see my parents. Everything that I wanted to do while being back I was able to do. I even got to see some of my siblings, which I did [...]
New Year We all hear about New Years and Resolutions with a tendency to tune out – they have lost their power by the time you are in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond. We have seen the friends with the goals, we’ve maybe made them ourselves, and when nothing sticks the idea seems destined [...]
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to [...]
Isolation To be totally disconnected from the world seems unimaginable to the those of us who grew up having this kind of opportunity. Globalization, and technology have made our world completely accessible and to think that somehow you could be isolated…well to some that may bring alarm. However, here in our little compound in Haiti [...]
James 4:14 "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." I do not know what tomorrow will bring, especially in this season of life. This seems so true - I do not know what tomorrow will [...]
I love, love. I’m talking about the kind of love that awakes you out of the depths of your sleep, simple thoughts of moments shared with them warming your heart. A love that causes you to travel miles upon miles just to spend a short amount of time with them. Love that causes you to [...]
Exhausted Leader The days are whizzing by and it can feel like wheels are spinning constantly. I've thought it and I've heard it processed – the idea that the mission we come with feels so far. Especially for a leader, who quickly moves from being mobilized to being the mobilizer. What happened to those dust [...]
This is a series based off of things we teach Compassion Corp Intensive Training (CIT) students. We think this is good enough for anyone to learn, so thought the blog would be a great resource to share! If anyone is interested in diving deeper than a week or knows a student that would thrive learning [...]
