remember the dreams that have faded,
kabuga, rwanda month 10 – and i am overwhelmed. this is going to be a very difficult month for many reasons, mostly what is required of us every day (long ministry days), and because of some of the physical requirements (i.e. hiking up a mountain … read more
the question we all ask ourselves – what next? the thing that kept me from coming on the race for so many years was a different question: how do you ever come back from something like this? and here i am, two months left, and … read more
children pull us into their homes, small dark spaces between metal sheet walls,
weary [adj]: reluctant to see or experience more of; worn out, a pair of old tennis shoes falling apart. the thing is i don’t want to go home but i don’t want to be h e r e , (i do, i do, i … read more
[re]fugee: a person forced to leave their h o m e to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster – people d i s p l a c e d moved from their proper position – streets of mud beneath strings of laundry lines sheet metal … read more
addis ababa, ethiopia i don’t even know – we’re in AFRICA – it’s the last three months and i really am blown away and speechless and can’t believe that i’m literally in ethiopia right now (never, ever thought i would come to africa) – i … read more
in super mario you go through different worlds and beat different castles and at the end of each one just when you think you’ve made it (we were so close to making it) it says: sorry, your princess is in another castle. we are undergoing … read more
this month we’ve been challenged as a team of women working with someone who made it clear that he believes women are below (and in some ways less than) men we have been questioned and invalidated and maybe because of that questioned ourselves. we are … read more
vidin, bulgaria. location: vidin – a port town on the danube in NW bulgaria – it is the poorest region of bulgaria and many romani (roma / gypsy ) people live here. it has the feel of a beauty & the beast “quiet village” – … read more
my mother and i – c h r o m o s o m e s (pair, 23); composed cellular [de]construction and mothers, mothers – trace back along the DNA strands of mitochondrial m i g h t , and my mother, my mother, is … read more