A Coke from an African tribe…

Posted by on Jun 8, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments When I was in Kenya, I went on a microfinance trip out to the rural parts of the country near a city called Kisumu. I was going to speak to a group of people from a very small village. These people had never seen a white person (musungu) before. They did not have electricity, running water, telephones, or any modern luxuries. But what they lacked materially, they made up for in charity –...
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Two Men and Peru

Posted by on May 26, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments When I was down in Ecuador, I had an interesting experience with two men who helped me get into Peru. Looking back – well, it’s embarrassing looking back, so I try not to do it too much with this story – but looking back I would have done several things several different ways. Yet, it was still an fun couple of days. So, basically, if you were a poor, weary traveler in Ecuador then you...
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The Adventure of, well, Adventure…

Posted by on Apr 6, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments “MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS.” This was the ad placed in British newspapers by Ernest Shackleton when he was trying to recruit men to come with him on his Antarctic journeys in the early parts of the 20th century. I guess like 5000...
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