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Processing The Unknown
My small group facilitator lays out these cards, the size of playing cards, with vibrant colorful imagery on them. She asks us to select one or two that describe where we are at mentally and emotionally now that we have completed our month-long intercultural training program. Internally, I scoff at the idea. I WISH my…
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Ready For Home
I don’t know how it took this long to reach this point. When I came back from the Dominican last May, I thought I would experience this dreadful homesickness for the place I so desperately wanted to plant roots down in. But I didn’t right away. I came back to the states, got a job…
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Pray For Haiti
This week, I find myself taking a step back from my usual sharing about the Dominican Republic and focusing on supporting dear friends of mine as they navigate ministry in light of recent events in Haiti. Violence in Haiti has drastically increased this week, causing Haiti to call a state of emergency due to gang…
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Coming Home: Seasons Of Transitions
Wowww I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’ve been home for over 4 months now. Time is such a weird thing. It flies and yet stands still all at once. It feels like just yesterday I spent my days in the hot Dominican sun, running around in our communities to lend a…
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Relationship Over task
Photography has been part of my everyday life for quite some years now. Especially here as it has become part of my job. Every day, I’m working at ministry sites to capture those shots. To freeze moments which tell a story about a person or the ministry in order to attempt at sharing with those…
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The Mission Field as A Single
Singlehood is often a topic that I tend to avoid. In the conservative Christian realm, singlehood is often viewed as a season of “waiting”. And I despise waiting. (Shocker.) I highly dislike seasons of complacency, therefore, have never viewed singlehood as a waiting season. I have never been the type to wait around or to…
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Abundant Love
His knees are covered in dried mud and his clothes look like they haven’t been changed in a few days. He is always straggling behind the group. Not really engaging with the other boys. He stands and watches but when I prompt him to play with them, he silently shakes his head no. He watches…
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Switching Gears
Back in May, when I applied for the internship, I remember telling my family “it’s just for 9 months and then I’ll be back home and life will return to normal for me.” It was my idea of rationalizing with my parents that I won’t be spending all of my young, single years galivanting all…
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A Week In Jarabacoa
I realize it’s been a while since I have written a blog post and the reality is… life around here has been craaaazy and I’ve been doing my best to soak in every moment here since I know this semester is going to fly by at an absurd speed. Me and the students are living…
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To Jessica
To Jessica, a nine-year-old Haitian girl that lives in the community, whose mother passed away. Oh sweet girl. Your world has forever changed. You are experiencing loss that many people much, much older than you have yet to experience. You are so brave. So strong. So beautiful. May He wrap you in His arms and…