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July 14, 2017

Pakistan

Middle East > Pakistan A Will and A Way Since Pakistan’s independence in 1947, the country has been plagued with turmoil. Natural disasters, political and cultural conflict and […]

July 14, 2017

Honduras

Central America > Honduras Sumos Uno – We are One In the Southeastern region of Honduras tucked within the Teupasenti Valley lies a web of 249 villages connected […]

July 14, 2017

Indonesia

Southern Asia > Indonesia All the Links in a Chain The communities surrounding Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia were in a dangerous spiral of illness […]

July 14, 2017

Laos

Southern Asia > Laos A Long Road Home Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, has a long history of turmoil. Plagued by civil unrest and forced into […]

July 14, 2017

Home of Hope

Asia > India > Home of Hope A Vision of Hope Although India is the tenth largest economy by nominal GDP and the most populous democracy, it is also home […]

July 14, 2017

Tamil Nadu

Asia > India > Tamil Nadu No Job Too Small The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a source of devastation and peril for many. The coastlines of numerous countries were […]

July 14, 2017

Sichuan

Asia > China > Sichuan A Touch of Grace The highly variable climate of southwestern China leaves much up to chance when it comes to the availability of one of […]

July 14, 2017

Yunnan

Asia > China > Yunnan The Weight of Water Yunnan Province, located in the South Westernmost corner of China, is home to over 42 million people. It is a mountainous […]

July 14, 2017

Uganda

Africa > Uganda The First Step in Our Thousand Mile Journey Sir Winston Churchill dubbed Uganda the “Pearl of Africa” during a visit in 1907, and no name […]

July 14, 2017

Tanzania

Africa > Tanzania Tanzanite in the Rough Located in East Africa, Tanzania has enjoyed a relative amount of peace when compared to its sister African nations. Tanzanians pride […]

July 14, 2017

Kenya

Africa > Kenya In the Beginning, There Is Water When standing in the middle of one of the world’s largest slums, feeling the urge to help somehow, anyhow- […]

July 14, 2017

Chad

Africa > Chad Feeling the Pulse With an unfortunate nickname like “The Dead Heart of Africa”, a land-locked country like Chad may seem out of hope’s reach. Thankfully, […]

July 10, 2017

Close to Cheng Du

Well for the last 2 days we have pretty much just been driving like crazy. We wake and load the cars at 7 and are out […]

July 10, 2017

First Day of the Drive

he drive I have dreaded and looked forward to the entire trip. We left Sechen at 8:30 am. Three Land Cruisers loaded to the hilt with […]

July 10, 2017

Last Day at the School

Sorry I didn’t write last night, but I was just too tired and had to go straight to bed. We worked all morning wrapping up our […]

July 10, 2017

Day Three

Today we had our same wake up, oatmeal and hike to the orphanage. We started right into finishing the mural, the men worked quickly to finish […]

July 10, 2017

Second Workday

We woke early today and have our breakfast. Jacques made blueberry muffins in a big frying pan for us all. We then set off for our […]

July 10, 2017

Sechen Monastery

We actually slept well. Better than I expected. My toes got cold and I had to wake Steve up every time I to go to the […]

July 10, 2017

Last Ride to Sechen

Last night after 13 hours of driving we made it into the mountain village of Ganze. We stayed at the Ju Long Da Hotel. I would […]

July 10, 2017

Next Stop, Ganze

Well the drive to Kangding (spelled it wrong before) was great. Paved well most of the way but super windy. Luckily Alison is wearing a motion […]