There are times where moments of awe and wonder hit you like a freight train. I’ve never actually been hit by a freight train but I can imagine the feeling. I had one of those moments while I was landing in Toronto. The sun was setting in this beautiful array of colours, orange, red and [...]

Stephen and I made it safe and sound after many hours in airports and planes. We’re going touring the island tomorrow. It should be a lot of fun. We had some irish stew tonight and man was it good. I’ll be posting a journal entry here in the next day or so when I get [...]

It’s late Sunday night, much closer to Monday than I’d probably like at this moment. The time for final packing has come and gone. I made some last minute phone calls to say goodbye to a few friends and family before I go out tomorrow.

As of this morning I needed $500 more to get [...]

Book Review: Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

One of my favourite things in life is sitting down in a corner booth, with a coffee in my hand for a long intimate conversation with a close friend. That time of open and deep conversation seems to last forever, but regrettably comes to a [...]

I believe in purpose. The idea that this life I live is not all about me. It’s a pretty revolutionary idea, pioneered by some guy named Jesus who asked us to love God first, our neighbour second and ourselves somewhere after all that. The problem with that is that means that two things have to [...]

Everyone has secrets, those little pieces inside us that make us who we are, the ones that have shapped our lives. We are scared to share them most of the time. We think that no one will understand us when we do. We are made to believe that no one will understand, that no one [...]

The amount of my money I need for my trip is now down to aproximately $750. The end is definitely in site. For more information on the locations I’m going here are a few links.

Places I’m going:
Kinshasa

Brazzaville

Dublin

Istanbul

The organization I’ll be working with:

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There are moments in one’s life that define who they are and set them on a path that alter their beings. My upcoming trip to Africa is just such a moment. I am in the process of counting down the days to when I fly to Toronto and wait patiently to leave this continent and [...]