If the Dominican sunrise was silver, the Nicaraguan sunrise is golden. It begins around 5 am, as the dark sky becomes inexplicably streaked by burnt orange and fuchsia, and then slowly fades … Read more about Day in the Life: Granada, Nicaragua
Remarkable Assurance
The woman was small, with soft, wrinkled skin browned by decades of being tanned by the Nicaraguan sun. She had seen us walking around her neighborhood and asked for prayer. I forget her name. … Read more about Remarkable Assurance
Strengthen What Remains
When the trunk of a banana tree is chopped off, the rings form a pattern of intricately constructed cells circling around each other in a spiral of interdependence. I can’t tear my gaze away … Read more about Strengthen What Remains
Bread from Heaven
On the very last day of ministry in the DR, we went to the most materially poor community I have seen while on the Race. On the side of a hill, scraps of metal and wood fastened together by … Read more about Bread from Heaven
Hearing and Doing
I was supposed to go to the beach this morning to watch the sunrise with squadmates. But I’m here instead watching a woodpecker bore a hole into the trunk of a kiwi tree outside our balcony. … Read more about Hearing and Doing
Dear Dominican Republic,
As our time together comes to a close, my memory skims the wavering dark surface of the things that you have taught me. I came to you shivering from the cold, dirty air of Romania, and as my eyes … Read more about Dear Dominican Republic,
I Can’t Understand Your Problems
“You will never understand what we go through. Yes, there are problems where you come from, but you will never understand what it is like to be a Haitian. To be afraid to exist. To be judged by … Read more about I Can’t Understand Your Problems
Angelina
The rain drops bounced off tin roofs, joined their brothers in sudsy mud puddles, and stained our clothing grey with dampness. All green things rejoiced at its arrival, delighting in the rain’s … Read more about Angelina
The Pain of God Part 2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have you loved us?” (Malachi 1:2) Isn’t this how it normally goes? We allow the misfortune of our circumstances to … Read more about The Pain of God Part 2
