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LOVE Africa T-shirt Giveaway!
I have ONE LOVE Africa t-shirt left from our trip to South Africa this past summer. It’s a Medium, and I need someone to take it off my hands before I head BACK to South Africa. :) SO. Here’s the...
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Looking Forward
I leave two weeks from Sunday (that’s 16 days!) for an adventure of a lifetime in South Africa! I’m not gonna lie, at this point I’m excited but more-so just overwhelmed at how much there is to do...
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Tis Africa, Bro.
I am here!!! After a 16 hour flight and a week and a half of orientation in Botswana, I’ve made it to JoBurg, and I am settling into my flat and office today. I’ve even already been shown how to work...
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Welcome Zion // Scandalous Grace
“Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me. Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander, and my faith will be made stronger in the...
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{a household name}
God, brilliant Lord, Yours is a household name. Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble. I look up at Your...
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Ratang Bana
The streets of Alexandra township are littered with dirt, garbage, street vendors, and goats. Car horns honk as taxis fly past. Women carry babies on their back and umbrellas over their heads to shield...
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There & Back Again
“This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.” – The Hobbit I have been back in the States for two weeks and, thankfully, it feels...
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Back in the RSA
Well, I’m back in South Africa after two months in the States! Thanks to my US government tax return, I was able to visit friends and family in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Nevada, and a...
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Getting Uncomfortable
Every week I face the extremes of poverty and hopelessness. I look into faces of children who have been through more in their short life than most senior adults I know. And yet every day I fight the...
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Isaiah 55:11
Driving to the mall to pick up Story Bibles for some kids in Alexandra, we noticed that the car would not exceed about 40k. After making a quick decision to go on to Alex before the car died on us, we...
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Facebook Cover Photos… and a Contest!
Happy Friday! In honor of having only three months left in Africa (where is the time going!?), I have decided to share several Facebook Cover Photos that I have designed for your downloading pleasure!...
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The Cost.
21 days left in Africa, people. Twenty. One. I can’t even figure out what that means for me. Questions swarm my mind as I wonder what comes next and I remember the pillar of cloud and the pillar of...
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Embrace
God wants to be worshipped and to receive glory from all people groups. He has chosen to use you, His church, to be His ambassador. How will God use your church in His plan? Above is a sneak peek into...
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A Graceful Landing
_________________________________________________________ PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE: 10 More Tips for Repatriating with Dignity _________________________________________________________ It has nearly...
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Just Pray
Today marks six months since I left South Africa and the kids from Ratang Bana have been on my mind more than ever this week. Would you join me in praying for these precious kids by name? Downloadable...
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How to Take a Picture in Africa in 8 Easy Steps
Step 1. Avoid riotous children to get yourself into position. Step 2. Help other photo subjects get into position. Steps 3-6. Dodge photo bombers. Step 7. Make sure all hands and arms are in proper...
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7 Lessons I Learned on the Mission Field
Two years ago today I left the comforts of home for the greatest adventure I’ve ever known. Since then I’ve been mulling over several lessons I learned in my year on the field. Today, 24 months later,...
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How to Fundraise for Your Mission Trip
I had been preparing for my first international mission trip to Uganda for several weeks, and I had hit a wall financially. I wasn’t where I wanted to be at that point, and I was not very optimistic. I...
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Music for Your Mission Trip
Some of my most intimate moments with God involve Africa, a bus, headphones and a timely worship song. In those quiet moments in the center of the chaos that is short-term missions, I am reminded that...
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