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...
by International Samaritan | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
When we created the IntSam 5K four years ago, I wrote a reflection about the advice Kevin Hofmann, a friend for almost 50 years, gave me when we were at the cross-country state championship together in high school: “Run your race and attack the hills.” I hear his...
by International Samaritan | Jul 7, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
The Weingartz Family Life Center was expertly decorated as if ready to welcome wedding guests. Yellow and black balloons were everywhere, white candles graced the tables, and the chairs were perfectly placed. As I marveled at the room’s beauty, a voice exclaimed,...
by International Samaritan | Jun 30, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
We did something last month we’ve never done at International Samaritan. We brought a team of students from Detroit’s public high schools on a trip across the Atlantic to build bonds with our scholars in Ethiopia. Our goal was not just to give six Detroit teenagers...
by International Samaritan | Jun 23, 2023 | Weekend Reflections
I consider it a privilege to work for an organization whose mission is to help change lives. Still, there are days I feel very sad when I see children, young people, and especially older adults working in the garbage dumps in my city of Tegucigalpa. It makes me...
