July 23rd, 2008

I recently read Unlocking Horns by David Niyonzima – a brief and personal introduction to forgiveness and reconciliation in Burundi. I was struck by the quoted poem by Wingert – a Christian relief worker in Burundi in the 60s, which uses the story of the good Samaritan to challenge us to not look away from [...]

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June 24th, 2008

So I got back from Africa about a month ago, and a week later, after many difficult goodbyes, it was all over. And like all of my former fellow students, I was left wondering – what on earth do I do now? And what just happened?
Africa was amazing. I’d been to Zambia before for a [...]

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March 23rd, 2008

I can’t believe it but by Tuesday morning I will be in Addis airport in Ethiopia, and by the evening, if everything goes to plan, we will be at the YWAM Rwanda base.
We will be spending 2 weeks at the YWAM Rwanda base helping them out and getting involved with their ministries. Then we’ll travel [...]

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