The Trip That Transformed My Worldview Throughout most of high school I was never the one that wanted to get a degree. I never knew what I wanted to do after graduation. I didn't know what I was good at and I wasn't sure what I was passionate about. The thought of college and a [...]
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 [...]
Who else is setting goals for 2018? No – not the ones for the gym! Those are great, but we’re talking about the ones with purpose and passion, the ones you aren’t backing down on and you’ve called your team in to tell about. One of our goals as we have looked on past seasons [...]
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 [...]
Ethnocentrism Regardless of worldview or cultural upbringing, we all have ethnocentric tendencies. Ethnocentrism is the way that we evaluate other cultures according to preconceptions that are based in an individual’s home culture. The initial reaction is to see your own culture as right and to filter every other culture in relation to that (usually negatively). [...]
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 [...]
Uncertainty... Maybe it is the discomfort of being a minority that encourages these moments where I am uncertain of what to do. What to say. Where to go. And, how to express myself. Maybe it is nothing more than a displacement of my heart from God and a part of His redeeming me to Himself. [...]
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 [...]
