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{ A Life Overseas: Giving Good Gifts }
Photo Credit: Tina Francis The Batwa people live on the edges of Burundian society, marginalized in their own country. Local humanitarian workers tell tales of these people who thwart good gifts and...
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{ A Life Overseas: A Land Flowing with Milk & Honey }
The dark-soiled land was rich with promise. As they stood on the property line looking across the verdant valley carpeted with cabbage and hills of slim trees whispering with the breeze, the 30 Batwa...
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Hosting Short-Term Mission Trips (part 2)
photo credit: Tina Francis When I was young I remember embarking on my first short-term mission trip – to Hawaii. I don’t recall much of what we did while on the island, but I remember when we...
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How to Host a Short Term Mission Trip (part three)
This is the third and final installment (for now) on how we host short-term mission trips, based on ten years of experience! We just took our summer team to the airport last night, so I’m pretty...
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{ A Life Overseas: The Sign That Matters }
Five years ago we landed in Burundi. Around the small capital I noticed signs everywhere – signs of other NGOs present in the city with logos plastered on their large Land Cruisers, big placards at...
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{ A Life Overseas: Coming Home }
With Batwa friends in Burundi // Photo Credit: Tina Francis Two weeks ago I was in transit from Burundi (East Africa) to the United States. The news flashing across multiple media outlets – CNN, Al...
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{ Do Not Shun the Small Things }
Often in community development work we focus on the big things – the massive ideas that will transform the local economy, the construction of classrooms or strategies for improving local human rights....
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