Somerset East, South Africa October 10, 2008-October 17, 2008 A small town, nestled at the bottom of a mountain, divided by race and economy was the location chosen by God for Beat the Drum. A three hour drive inland, placed…

Working at Ithemba is a challenge. Sometimes, it can almost feel like merely baby-sitting. There are so many children. To pour into them all individually is extremely difficult. With such a large group of children that are generally used to…

My heart breaks. My heart breaks for the people of Jeffreys Bay. My heart breaks for the teachers and children at Ithemba. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to share with you all the details of my daily ministry, that…

I’m sure many of you are wanting to know more about Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa, where you have all helped to send me. I haven’t really written a blog dedicated to that, at least since I’ve been here. Jbay, is…

Never have I been so tired in my life, as when traveling to South Africa. The traveling began at 4:30 am Monday morning and when I finally got to sleep, really sleep, it was 1 am Wednesday morning. The trip…

One week. Many challenges. 41 team members. Different backgrounds. One God. Such a summation doesn’t even begin to do training camp justice. God moved so much in that time. Only God could bring together 41 team mates and 14 leaders…

Home, Where Is It? It’s 11:30 pm Sunday, September 21st. I’m still awake. If I was back in my other life, that wouldn’t be late for me. But here, we go to bed “early” and get up early. I especially…

It sounds pretty crazy, huh? For the past couple of months I’ve had to explain to people that I wasn’t going to the “National Geographic Africa” picture they had in their minds. I must confess however that it would seem…