The Forgotten Coach, God’s Role in Healing a Divided Nation The United States. Why do we call ourselves that? What does it mean to be united? Why do people unite? They unite […]
The Great Playground Heist: How We Stole Childhood Play The Disappearance of Play in Youth Sports Youth Sports. Youth sports didn’t start to garner much attention till the early 1960s. Since […]
From 10 Cents to Hope: A Visit to Mary Free Bed The other day, I had the opportunity to visit “Mary Free Bed,” a local Grand Rapids rehabilitation hospital. It all began by […]
Baby It’s Cold Outside It has been almost two weeks here in Michigan and there is a lot to unpack! Our pre-season started by ringing in […]
“Auntie’s” Bible Study! Normally in life, we only get two grandmas right? Our mom’s mom and our dad’s mom? Many of us are blessed to […]
Chapter 7: The Purpose Driven Life My journey to Kenya has come to an end as I arrive at the airport in Nairobi. The Kenyan entourage that met […]
Chapter 6: Lives Transformed As I sat at breakfast sippin on my Kenyan tea replaying yesterday’s activities, I was struggling to pick my favorite moment of […]
Chapter 5: Brighter Days Ahead Gaudencia and I chillin before the day:) The day started out like every other day on this incredible Kenyan adventure, an early […]
Chapter 4: The Great Rift Valley This morning we left Nairobi to embark on a journey three hours northwest to a small town called Narok. As much fun […]
Chapter 3: Not Forgotten I’m laying in bed listening to the pounding rain outside. I couldn’t help but reflect on day two. It was filled with […]
Chapter 2: Hearts Aligning I hit the ground running on Day 1! I first started off the day by going to World Concern’s office in the […]
Chapter 1: Welcome To Kenya! After a 16+ hour flight to Dubai, a 14hr layover, and a 5 hr flight to Nairobi, my team from World Concern […]