The reality of the women trapped in the sex trade hits me at different moments throughout the day. My eyes have been opened and I look at everything differently. Seeing billboards that advertise Adult Superstores send an even more…

Last summer I has the amazing opportunity to work in Brooklyn, New York. I lived on 59th street and 8th Avenue; which over the years has basically become another China town. (Foreshadowing of the future? Maybe.) Needless to say, I…

Tonight my family and I went to see, “The Help.” (If you have not watched the movie or read the book please take caution in reading this post, I don’t want to spoil anything for you.) I really enjoy stories…

  This is a passage that is engraved on my heart. It is also the perfect mission statement for my team in Cambodia. I want to wake up every morning with this as the focus.  “Is not this the kind…

Once I heard someone say that there are periods in life that resemble the backside of a cross stitch pattern. All you can see is a mess of knots and thread but when you look at it from the top…

Dear Lauren,    In less than a month you will be walking new streets in Cambodia. You will see things that you have never seen before and experience things that you will never forget. You will have the opportunity to…

In their language their name meant, “savage.” In the middle of the Ecuadorian jungle there was no peace. The Indians went to sleep wondering if that night would be their last or if their children would be taken into the…

I was talking to a good friend on the phone today and he made a very profound point. If you pray for patience, God does not gift you with patience. He gives you a situation in which you have the…

A year ago I was celebrating my birthday in Brooklyn with dear old friends along with very dear new ones. I had made it halfway through a “Youthworks” summer and was falling in love with New York more and more…