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There is an implied criticism for short-term missionaries when would-be supporters sometimes ask this question:"Why do you want to go overseas? There ...
All you have to do is scratch beneath the surface a little and you turn up many heart-wrenching personal stories. Here are four that we've run across ...
In yesterday's blog I reported on the aftermath of last year's earthquake here in Peru. We toured the area most devastated - where 80% of buildings co...
We're now in Chincha, Peru launching the 2008 World Race. Last year, on August 15th in the early evening, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck here. Thre...
Henry Nouwen says, "Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! "Thus, we are called a...
Four years ago, I tracked down Kari Miller, a Minnesotan school teacher who is spending her summer with widows and orphans in Uganda. I've b...
Just back from a rural village - ground zero in Swaziland's slow motion horror show where AIDS and culture dance Dance Macabre. I've thought about,...
I'm here in Swaziland for almost a month. There is an insidious policy being pushed by ignorant people that has me hopping mad because i...
Karen and I are on a plane to South Africa today (via Paris - where we'll sleepily drag ourselves out of the terminal and over to Monte Marte to drink...
Sometimes we see a needy situation and we want to help, but we're immobilized by all that's wrong with the world. When that happens, we need to apply ...
