About six or seven doors down from our house lives a Roma family with three children. They spend about half of their time here in Deva, mostly for breaks from school, and the other half in France where their father works. The youngest, Parker (age 6), was our first point of contact. He made quite the...
About a week ago, I had the blessing of visiting Con-solatio for my re-entry weekend. I was filled with joy to be there and to witness all the smiling faces brimming with love. It was truly a gift to reconnect with fellow volunteers who returned and those embarking on this life-giving mission. The breathtaking simplicity...
It may be easy to assume that being people that want to serve God and pray, we should have little to no problem in our common living. Well, this would be wrong. Trying to decide the activities for the week, deciding who cleans what, who does the dishes, or little things like when someone does...
One evening shortly before I left El Salvador, we happened to meet Nina Maria as we were returning to our Colonia. She was standing on the side of the street alone and looked as if she was waiting for someone. I asked her who she was waiting for, and she replied that she wasn’t waiting...
Recently, we took 10 girls from the neighborhood for a day outing at the house of a friend, John, who has a pool. The girls loved the pool! Tiana loved to jump into the water....