Thankful For Experience I feel as though I must justify that I count as someone who can say that they’ve done enough traveling to write a blog about it. Therefore, I’ll start by giving you a brief summary of where I’ve been and what I’ve done. I started traveling in a major way, meaning I [...]
While some people may know exactly what college they want to go to and what to do with their life by senior year, I know I didn’t. What I did know is that there was a trend of when I felt most alive - it was week long trips to serve, afternoons with a group [...]
When I Said, Yes... When I said yes to God, I had no idea what that meant. When I said yes to ministry, I had no idea how to serve. When I said yes to Haiti, I had no idea how my life would change. That’s the funny thing about obedience, when we say yes [...]
Returning to Haiti, the smells are stronger, the roosters seem to crow more, the mud in market seems stickier, but my room is more peaceful and the hugs of friends I haven’t seen are full of more force than before. The emotions I felt coming back were numerous and complex. Haiti very much felt like [...]
The Journey... Evil is gradually becoming more decadent and pervasive. It is so prevalent. Just yesterday, walking maybe two-hundred yards from my front door, I was offered every single drug that I know… and some I didn’t even know what they were. I strolled by a few prostitutes habitually giving me seductive smirks just trying [...]
Patient Surrender Here in Haiti, it can take an entire day to make your dinner. From the time you buy the meat and produce in the market to the time it is on your table for dinner, most of a day could have passed. I am pretty patient in most situations but when it comes [...]
Zero In The Dial When was the last time you played with a transistor radio? God, to me, has been like an old school FM radio recently. I continually turn the knobs and dials, getting sporadic reception, while trying to find that station. When you really want to hear the music, your hand works with [...]
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 [...]
