transforming the lives of global youth
Ryan Russell, our Director of Training and Networking, shared this video with me. It's about the reality of girls around the world and a simple but powerful process to deal with the issues they face. It talks about early marriage and pregnancy, the lack of access to education and health. Check it out. Not only is it very informative but one of the best animation style videos I have seen in a long time. …
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You may not know this about me, especially when you see my Korean face, but I’m a little bit African on the inside. I spent close to two years in Kenya working with some Maasai folks in rural clinics. I learned the language, ate the food, hung out with families at home, and got to see the world from a completely different perspective for just a little while. Perhaps, by the kindness of God, these people got grafted into my heart in such a way that I might always identify with them and intercede for them as my own family for the rest of my life. Africa feels like home for me.
And so, as I watched this video, I found myself suspiciously eying the white guy teaching this weird thing—disc golf—to my friends. I mean, I don’t know these particular folks, but they are my friends, anyhow. However, I quickly started to see the common ground between the white guy and me/us. The fun of a new activity/sport/competition, …
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