around the world with Jesus

Could the water crisis be worse than the economic crisis?

…that’s the conclusion in this article out of London.  Our Convoy of Hope interns are currently in Haiti where they’re seeing the water crisis up close.  I’ve read that today over 1.2 billion people lack access to a purified water source.  Populations are growing and the crisis is gaining momentum as clean water sources can’t [...]

Natalie and Deserai’s stories

Natalie and Deserai were spring ‘09 interns.  They were asked to share their story.  They did.  It’s here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pupusas…lots and lots of pupusas

Both Jorel and Chad ate 10 pupusas on Easter.  Crazy.
Pupusas are to El Salvador what hamburgers are to the USA or Fish & Chips is to the U.K. or Cuy (pictured below) is to Peru…well not exactly that, but close enough.
 

We had fun making them on Easter evening at Pastor Fabricio’s house.  Great day.  They’re [...]

Back in the gym

Not that gym…
I did the math the other night, and figured that I’d been to about 500 youth services over the years at Park Crest A/G.  About 1/2 of them as a teenager and the other 1/2 as a youth leader then youth pastor.  It was fun to be back sharing on Wednesday…my first time [...]

Meet the team…they’re a good team

It’s been a great week. Just over a week ago, our spring ‘09 team arrived. The team will soon serve in Galveston, TX; Haiti, they’ll be in the Dominican Republic and then serve another country in the region, returning to Atlanta for a Convoy of Hope outreach. It’ll be a full 2 1/2 months. This [...]

Creative ways to solve big problems

There’s a hunger crisis happening in the world. While this isn’t new, it seems like hunger issues are getting more severe while technology and communication of the problem increases.
While I’ve never worked with them, I love seeing groups like the people who work with this miracle food, Plumpynut.
Check this out…http://www.theywilldie.org/.  It’s a combination of locally [...]