Oh Great God, Give Us Rest

I am in an especially crazy season of life. We are just six weeks into 2013 and I have already traveled to Raleigh, Dhaka, and Bend {with two more trips on the horizon next week}. I have attended two conferences and sat in countless coffees, meetings and conference calls.  My sweet 90 year old grandmother […]

Best Of…Bangladesh

It’s 5:10 AM on Friday (Istanbul Standard Time) and the FH Bloggers are all cozied up in the Istanbul airport, enjoying our 9 hour layover in this place that is a bridge between where we have been and where we are going. Surfing the internet, sipping on lattes, indulging in crossaints and hazelnut spread. {Did […]

Bangladeshi Savings Groups

Today was our third day to visit communities in Bangladesh. We had amazing day in another sweeper community outside of Dhaka. We visited with some families that are affected by FH’s work. Here’s a post I wrote for the Catalyst blog on the savings groups that we’ve seen impacting each community. PS – I just got […]

Bangladesh, In Pictures

We had a great day today in Bangladesh. A long, great day. We drove out to a rural Hindu community that Food for the Hungry has worked in since 2011.  Photo by Esther Havens Today the bloggers all had the opportunity to meet their sponsor kids. It was such a joy to see them connect […]

An Expedition in Faith, Hope, and Love

We started our morning tucked in the back office of a school in a community in Dhaka to spend some time together in devotions. We read 1 Corinthians 13, the “love chapter.” A passage that is read so often it is tempting to tune it out. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of […]

We Made It!

Thursday morning we {my buddy Daniel C White and I} got on my first plane in Nashville. After not so quick stops in Los Angeles and Istanbul, and not so short flights over North America {twice}, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, and the Middle East, on Saturday morning the FH Bloggers got off our last plane […]

Counting Down the Days Til Bangladesh

In 8 short days, the #fhbloggers will meet in Los Angeles to begin our LONG trip across the world to Bangladesh where we will spend a handful of days visiting Food for the Hungry’s staff and work there. {We had a Skype call with the team yesterday and covered all the details. You know…to dos […]

I’m So Excited I Just Can’t Hide It

Yeah. I know. That was mean to get you stuck on the lyrics of a catchy 80s song that is promised to be running through your head all day. Mean. But I couldn’t help it. I’m so excited! Something that we has been in the works for quite awhile just launched. And with its launch comes […]