my sister is in Africa, y’all.

by | May 7, 2012 | faith

It’s February of 2011. I get a two line email from Shaun Groves that basically says, “We’re going to the Philippines. Wanna come?” It said more than that, but that was the basic point. It will take me two weeks to tell him yes. Shaun and I talk...

she walks in beauty

by | Jun 13, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, faith

When I left, my only expectation of myself was this: I will not close my eyes. And so I flew over a days worth away and went with eyes ready to see and hands ready to tell the stories. And knowing how crazy tired we were that week, it was a true miracle that the...