During debrief we went to the Big Swing in South Africa. The fall is 180 feet. Watch and enjoy as I confront my fear of heights yet again.    

I have lived a normal life. I have two parents, two brothers, and a dog. I lived in a house. I went to school K-12. I went to movies on the weekends with my friends. I checked “white”, unfortunately, on…

I was at a soccer game. My friends Felape and Mdeny were hanging out with Jess and I on the sidelines watching. Felape, Mdeny’s older brother, jokingly took his hat and said “Look at this! It belongs in the rubbish.…

Yes, I did steal this title from Rob Bell. I have what Kate calls “my own little ministry” here in Nsoko. It evolved quite organically and it’s one of my favorite past times here. One day I saw little Ndu,…

I don’t really know what I was thinking when people told me this trip would be hard. I certainly never took them seriously. I guess I just assumed they were talking about how difficult it would be to adjust to…

So I just tried to start writing a serious, heartfelt blog, but was thwarted once again. Thwarted by Jessica and Jon as they try to figure out how to play this song that our friend Matt wrote. I’m sitting quite…

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Literally. When it’s really hot outside the sun shines straight in through the window behind my bed, making me sweat uncontrollably. For some reason, maybe because of the sweat, maybe…

Every Friday we meet with the young women in the community here. The term “young women” is a perfect description of who they are. Even though most of them are between the ages of 12 and 15, they’ve been forced…

 I’m pretty confident that I know what I want to do for the rest of my life. Tonight Jessica and I helped deliver a baby in the back seat of a car.  I was playing on the floor of our…