Monthly Archives: July 2011

Woman sifting beans

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

preparing lunch for the orphans at seeds aademy im Kitale, Kenya

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Life on the other side

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

stark contrast on the faces of the kids at the feeding station and these kids on the other side of the fence

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Posted on July 24, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

i took this pic at a feeding station near Kitale, Kenya.

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Happy Faces

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

love the faces painted on the houses

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Amsterdam Bridge

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

took the train from the airport in amsterdam to central station. there are bicycles, scooters, canals and ferries everywhere you look. this bridge has lanes for pedestrians, bikes/scooters and cars

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Airport Chaos

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

weather delay atlanta airport – total chaos

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Clinton Tornado Damage

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

i came across these trucks in Clinton, Arkansas. i was part of a disaster relief team working in the wake of a tornado that leveled a large part of this town.

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Posted on July 12, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. Thomas Merton

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River taxi 1000 miles up the Amazon River

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Your Mission Matters

crossing the amazon at night in a water taxi. our family spent a week in and around manaus, brazil. the sunset was breathtaking, the colors so vibrant.