I’ve been really focused for the last couple of years on Africa – its history and the many ongoing problems such as HIV/Aids, poverty, water, gender violence, political abuse, child soldiers and rebel violence etc. Lately, Antioch has really gotten involved in the Africa Great Lakes region – specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo. In […]
Ben Edwards put this video together of the day he spent in Rwanda on the recent Africa trip. It shows an orphanage run by a woman named Naomi… who seems to be one of God’s amazing people in this world. Ben made the presentation for the national convention of wedding and portrait photographers in Las
Ben Edwards is one of the best photographers I’ve ever seen (and one of the neatest people I’ve had the privilege to know). We were lucky to have Ben with us in Africa. Click here to visit Ben’s blog. He has posted a lot of pictures and stories from the trip.
Bujumbura to Nairobi, Nairobi to Entebbe (spent the night and had a crazy experience with “The Russians”… ask me later), Entebbe to London, London to Seattle, Seattle to Redmond. Glad to be home.
Danny is a little orphan boy who lives where we stayed in Burundi. He was found as an infant in the garbage. He has HIV/Aids. The center found a home to take him in for a small stipend. After a long period of time a visit was made to the home and they found that
Yesterday we drove all day to get to the National Reserve forest of Burundi. Dan Brose, who was a missionary in the area for 8 years hadn’t even ventured to the park… which was my first clue that we were on to an adventure. We were the first ever to make it in a Matatu
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We’re off to Africa in less than 24 hours. The team is myself, Kim Hunt, Beth Fischer, Benjamin Edwards, John Courtney and Lori Courtney. We arrive in Entebbe, Uganda on the morning of the 20th. We’ll spend a week in Uganda driving to Kapchorwa, visiting some refugee camps, shooting a human rights video and hopefully
We’ve been dealing all week with the final planning for our Africa trip later this month. It’s the craziest bit of logistical meanuvering that I’ve ever been a part of (we’ve had to react to a lot of changes due to instability and safety on the Uganda / Kenya border etc.) It’d take me an
This Sunday is our second shot at “Art Sunday.” The halls and lobby of the school will be filled with art from artists in the Antioch community. All of it will be for sale with the proceeds going to missions projects. We’ll also use this Sunday as an opportunity to talk about Africa and our
So all the holiday free time gave me a chance to finish this 700 page whopper of a history of Africa. Martin Meredith’s book is amazingly readable for tackling such a huge topic and weaving together so many threads. I highly recommend it (if you have time for 700 pages), but be careful — it’s
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