The Uganda mission team will be hosting a presentation event at Austin Christian Fellowship, on Sunday, September 27, at 6:30 PM. There will be stories, testimonies, and lots of photos from the trip. We will talk about Arise Africa and our plans to continue to support that ministry. This will be open to the public, [...]

I’m not famous for timely event write-ups and blog posts. In many cases, the events on which I am to report have left me so exhausted that I have very little in reserve for the storytelling. The 24 Hours of LeMons and the 48 Hour Film Project are particularly grueling, but because they are interesting, [...]

Before I left for Africa, I asked Greg Vestri about how sensitive he thought people were about having their picture taken. He said that it was not much different than most places, just use common sense, and go ahead and ask the subject for their permission first, if possible. Then he mentioned that recently, there [...]

One week from today, we fly to Uganda, Africa. I’m not ready. Well, in one sense, I am very ready. I have wanted to go to Africa since high school, when a geography teacher sparked my imagination with tales of her experiences in Kenya, specifically with the Maasai people. She had lived with the Maasai [...]