Seven weeks ago I was furiously scribbling addresses on envelopes and stuffing them with support letters. My heart was light and full o...

Wednesday In less than 30 minutes we'll land in Addis Ababa. The sun is up after a slow and stunning rise over the desert and the Nil...

Well, I told you I'd fill you in on what I ate in Uganda. It's not very exciting - I had milkshakes, sandwiches, pizza, pancakes, fr...

big thanks to everyone who so graciously shared their pics w/ me! en route to Addis Ababa the a-team on Ugandan soil! crazy huge...

I will not take my love away / When praises cease and seasons change / while the whole world turns the other way / I will not take my ...

two of the Imani women during morning worship The tears come out of nowhere. Yesterday morning I bent my head over to blow-dry my hai...

Charlotte They stepped forward to greet us as we came off the bus, the air heavy with a heartbreaking foil of eagerness and hesitance. S...

I'm probably not going to sleep well. I'm probably going to get car sick. I'm probably not going to like the food. I'm prob...

apwoyo matek (pronounced afoy-oh ma-teck) is Acholi for "thank you very much." baba means father. children of the Imani wome...

Last night as we drifted off to sleep I heard Andy whisper, "Jesus, keep my wife safe." We said goodbye this morning. I had morn...