Tag Archives: charities

What a doll!

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Just because we don’t yet know who Maya is doesn’t mean that we can’t buy her presents, right? One of the other families in our Adoption Agency’s Yahoo Group shared this doll and I had to have it for Maya. I’ve been on the lookout for dolls that Maya can identify with. I want her...

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You give water, you get pictures!

Ok, so here is the deal. We have about 1 month left to complete our well campaign. We need a little over $2,500 and we need to need to move fast. Hmmm…how to do this? Then it hit me, I’m a photographer. People love pictures. I’ll shoot some mini portraits sessions in exchange for a...

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Towels: Where God Speaks

I envy Adam. He had direct, day to day communion with God. They walked and talked together in the garden. Adam saw, touched, spoke to, smelled and heard God. Sometimes I wish I could just pick up my phone and call our Savior and here Him say, “Hey Chris, what up?” I envy Adam. God...

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who knew it was so cheap to save a life?

$20 can give clean, safe drinking water to someone dying without it.  What do we spend $20 on? Dinner for 3 at your favorite fast-food restaurant? Two tickets to a movie and some popcorn? A pair of earrings? A new graphic t-shirt from your favorite store? A baseball cap? Half of a manicure? A few...

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I need Africa more than Africa needs me.

Dear Africa, I haven’t yet set my foot on your soil, but you have changed me. You have opened my eyes to my own selfishness, my self-centeredness. You have refocused my wandering path and given me a purpose. You have taught me that my needs are small, but my wants are great. I have exorbitantly...

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