Category Archives: World Race

Trying to Steal my Joy

This blog happened after a pretty traumatic event that I experienced while in Malawi that I will share at some point, but what a good reminder this is even today. ^^^ God has been doing some amazing things in my life. Africa has been an absolutely joyful experience.  Seeing paralyzed little girls standing for the… Read More »

My Cup Overfloweth

^^^ It is amazing how fast 4 months on the World Race can go but it is even more amazing how good God is to us in how he fills our proverbial cup to overflowing. As I sit on a 13 hour flight to Ethiopia before transferring to a flight to Malawi and meditate/reminisce on… Read More »

My Fathers Son

If you really know me at all, you know that I truly am my Father’s son. In just about every way you can think of. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. There is some music that many people deem corny or not worth a solid listening to. Steven Curtis Chapman falls into this… Read More »

The Blessings of Dependence

So first off, I apologize for my tardiness on blogging this month. Our schedule has been very busy as well as not having WiFi readily available to us. Ministry kept us very busy, which I am honestly so thankful for because it gave me an opportunity to be challenged to be dependent upon God for… Read More »

Easier Said Than Done

The more time I spend trying to learn to love individuals who I don’t love or who is sinful, selfish ways I deem not worthy of my love the bigger the love of our Almighty Father in heaven becomes.  This feat. No…  A feat is something attainable; something that can be done.  This pursuit of… Read More »

Loving Christ in my Head and my Heart

** The next installment of my World Race blogs.  This one from 10/31/2014 going into Peru. ** Well considering we had 30+ hour bus ride from La Paz, Bolivia to Lima, Peru, I had plenty of time to update y’all on the conclusion of our time in Bolivia, the beginning of Peru as well as… Read More »

From Team to Family

Family refers to people you deeply know and love because you have spent extended periods of time together throughout your life.  Yet despite all the time committed to those individuals, conflict still arises.  Try diving into spending all day, every day, in a foreign country with a small group of people that you have known for… Read More »

All or Nothing

For the first of my World Race blogs, I am starting with one that was prior to officially launching on the race in September of 2014 that even today I see as such an important mindset to have. We all have this choice of whether to give our all, and we must make that decision… Read More »

A New Start

It has been nearly 2 years since my last post on my blog and since then it has undergone an aesthetic reconstruction.  I am excited to have a new start at holding myself accountable for continuing reading, thinking critically, and writing to ultimately publish it on this platform. With my wife, Stephanie and I’s first… Read More »