When I was in Africa, I met a group of incredibly special people…they are called Caregivers. Â The Caregivers are volunteers. Â They go into their communities and love on the people who are ill because of HIV/AIDS. In the regions we visited, so many people were sick with HIV/AIDS. Â This horrific disease is affecting people of …
This past week I had the privilege of attending the World Vision Artist Conference in San Antonio. This annual conference continues to be a highlight in my year. Â I’ve formed some great friendships with other WV Artists and I’m always deeply impacted as I see the work World Vision is doing to serve the poor. …
This week we got a Christmas card and letter from our sponsored child in Thailand. We’ve been sponsoring Pornjaratsri for about 6 years now and she’s growing into such a beautiful young woman. Many families in her rural community are very poor subsistence farmers or factory workers. Through sponsors like us, World Vision is helping …
Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event giving bloggers around the world a chance to use our platform to make a dent in poverty and need around our world. This year’s topic is Water. Today my blog is dedicated to the work World Vision is doing to provide hope to the widow and the orphan.
Watching the World Cup this past week has introduced me, along with many Americans, to the Vuvuzela. Â This small, inexpensive piece of molded plastic is the deafening noisemaker quickly becoming the soundtrack in my mind for the World Cup experience. Â The droning sound is the audio backdrop while announcers call the play-by-play as the world …