About 14 months ago, I traveled to Rwanda to support an organization near and dear to my heart called Africa New Life. I twisted balloons, hung out with some gorillas, strapped a baby to my back and spent countess hours blowing bubbles with various street kids. While I was there, I met my sponsor kid JD. (You remember…I wrote about him HERE.) It was a surreal, wonderful, special time and
When I was in Rwanda this time last year, I went on a gorilla trek. The guide told us that if we happen to find ourselves in a “compromised situation” with one of these fascinating creatures, we were to submit completely by sprawling out onto the ground to make ourselves lower than the aggressor. According to the guide, this RARELY happens. You can imagine my surprise when I pivoted from
Probably once a year I feel extremely convicted to write about a topic that I would rather keep to myself. Part of it is because I’m anxious about how you will receive the post and the other half is because I’m embarrassed or ashamed of my thoughts. It’s been about a month now that this topic has been prickling my brain. I think it’s time I bite the bullet and
