A Sister Can Make All the Difference

by | Mar 17, 2023 | Weekend Reflections

Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ When five-year-old Selam transferred to an elite Catholic school in the middle of her first-grade year, she found herself on the outside looking in.  Her new classmates had attended school together since pre-school.  They...

A Second Chance

by | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections

Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ “When they kept on questioning Jesus, He straightened up and said to them, ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’” John 8:7 Have you ever been given a second chance...

We Need Your Prayers

by | Mar 3, 2023 | Weekend Reflections

Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ I was boarding a plane to Washington, DC, on Thursday when I received a jarring call from one of our team leaders.  She told me that “Freddie” and six of his friends had gone to play soccer on Sunday, and they have been...

Training for Life

by | Feb 24, 2023 | Weekend Reflections

Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ “Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we...

For Richer or Poorer

by | Feb 17, 2023 | Weekend Reflections

Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ I met Melkamfire four years ago when she was in college. Her mother was a recycler at the Kore garbage dump in Addis Ababa when we met, but due to a worsening lung condition, her mother’s employment at the dump soon had to...