by aku1203 | Aug 22, 2016 | Guest Blog
Last week I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with the Compass Point Kids at their Quest Camp. My son Kyle is one of the coordinators and he asked me to come share with the kids about WOW and the work we are involved in overseas. They had been learning about...
by aku1203 | Aug 16, 2016 | Guest Blog
When we glimpse the heart of God in the Bible, we find widows, orphans and the fatherless. There are more than seventy verses about taking care of the widow. In nearly fifty additional passages, orphans are mentioned, with a mandate to keep them from falling through...
by aku1203 | Jul 5, 2016 | Guest Blog, Blog
Vicky Amito bowed in a deep curtsy as we emerged from our vehicle. This was the second village of grass roof huts, and not the last in a morning of moving portraits. The two-week vision tour was a stirring “show and tell” for Visionledd founders Jim and Kathy...
by aku1203 | Jun 27, 2016 | Guest Blog, Blog
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu I’m in recovery after the unfathomable loss of an appendage—the little camera that is usually attached to my right hand. But...
by aku1203 | Mar 3, 2014 | Guest Blog
Flight ready, housing ready, suitcase definitely not ready. Leaving chilly Canada on Monday January 27th heading to a small landlocked nation known as the warm heart of Africa. The next almost three months my home will be in Lilongwe which is the capital of Malawi,...
by aku1203 | Apr 2, 2014 | Guest Blog
Pumping Iron, oh wait, it’s a 47 pound bag!!!!! I left O-Town(Ottawa) at 12:50pm on Saturday hoping to arrive in Brampton at 6:15pm. Things were running smoothly until we got to Brockville. It turns out that the train in front of ours broke down and we had to...