Hellos and Goodbyes

Hellos and Goodbyes

PRINTABLE VERSION “¡Hola!” I repeated for the forty-second time that day. Being the singular word in my vocabulary upon our arrival in Peru, it tended to be repeated quite often and in varying voice inflections. By the hundred-and-seventh time of the day,...
Hope

Hope

PRINTABLE VERSION Tears splashed across my Bible early on Easter morning as a single word danced through my mind. Hope. Such a small, little word, but its message has changed the course of history. He is alive, and because He is alive, we have hope! One of the truly...
One step more

One step more

PRINTABLE VERSION The sweat trickled down my forehead as my lungs gasped for air. The rioter’s chanting rang in my ears as one thought continued to cycle through my mind, “One step more, one step more, one step more.” At over thirteen thousand feet elevation, the...
There is Sunshine after the Rain

There is Sunshine after the Rain

PRINTABLE VERSION The little makeshift roof of the children’s class was making a valiant effort to keep the torrential rain at bay. Unfortunately, it was losing the battle. As I peeked in to hand my wife her umbrella as she continued teaching, I was not quite...
The most Wonderful time of the year

The most Wonderful time of the year

PRINTABLE VERSION The box of Christmas decorations landed with a thud. The dust leaped through the air as my heart sank in my chest. There, packed away, were three little white stockings. My wife had bought the third matching one in anticipation that this year we...
Something More

Something More

PRINTABLE VERSION The tension was stifling. Anger and fear simmered beneath the city’s surface as we waited, waited to see if the violence of weeks past would erupt once again. After the impeachment and imprisonment of the president here in Peru, the country that we...