My Dear friends and Family,  PS 10:17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,  PS 10:18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed,    in order that man, who…

On March 9th & 10th we held another orphan camp.   We had 400 + orphaned and vulnerable children, plus the staff volunteers from Pastor Walter’s care points.   My colleague Katy and I planned, did the set up, and…

Dear Friends and Family,   Some of the first words I heard when I landed were “Welcome home.”   And coming back to Africa has certainly seemed like I was returning to a second home.   It has been absolutely…

My dear Friends and family, A new chapter along the Journey…(I’m ready!!) I have spent the last week in lower Maryland…My brother’s wife recently had their second child, (my first niece) named Stella. It’s been great meeting this new little…

So I have been thinking a lot about Christmas this past week.  I have come to realize that my Christmas’s have gotten progressively challenging in the past couple of years:                                                       Christmas 2004 was a two week holiday at the…

Today December 1st, 2006 is World AIDS Day         Over 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS today in the world.  25 million of those people are located in Africa.     5,500 people die every day in Africa from HIV/AIDS 900…

  My Dear Friends & Family, I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!! Since I have been back in the USA I have had quite a busy time. I have been to Georgia twice, and visited Colorado…

The following is a portion from a note posted online by Bono concerning HIV/AIDS in Africa and of the launch of product (Red).  A portion of all product red purchases will go to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa.  “Sometimes when I’m walking down the street a…

On Thursday the 12th of October Buffalo was hit by a snow storm. As the flakes fell so did the tree branches, knocking down many power lines. By the dawn of Friday morning many roads were impassable and 350,000+ people…