by International Samaritan | Aug 25, 2023 | Weekend Reflections
The most disturbing video about our mission wasn’t made by us. In 2017, Food for the Poor created this video about Anthony, who was then an 11-year-old boy working in El Ocotillo, the garbage dump outside of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where we have been serving since...
by International Samaritan | Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
I stopped by my mom’s house on the way home from work recently, and she ushered me into the living room to show me the design she was working on for the IntSam 5K T-shirt this year. A pretty stoic woman from the Greatest Generation, my mom was perceptibly proud of...
by International Samaritan | Aug 4, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
Last week, I continued with home visits to the potential scholars to see and experience their life after their daily work at the Dandora dumpsite. Families working in the dumpsite have become my friends, and they all welcomed me warmly. Sarah and her children are...
by International Samaritan | Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
“Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Our job as leaders is to choose whether we want to resolve it in a healthy or an unhealthy way.” I learned this lesson a long time ago from the late Duane Hurtt, one of my first bosses, and it has helped me immeasurably in...
by International Samaritan | Jul 21, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
In June we lost one of our scholars, fifteen-year-old Matheo Flores, to cancer. Matheo was a very happy, intelligent, very sociable child who loved to play video games and dreamed of becoming a doctor to help kids just like him. He was the only boy in his family and...
