Author Archives: Milt

Casey has been quoting Isaiah 42:16 over and over again to all of us on the trip. “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them: I will turn the darkness … Continue reading →

Larry Wu and I get to talk a lot about bad roads. I still don’t know where I’m going to cast my vote for the worst roads, Larry. It may go to Uganda. But if I had to cast my … Continue reading →

The Zero child. I’ve never heard of it before. It’s like a new kind of orphan. Technically, a zero child is not an orphan, but it is hard think of one in any other way. Families in this part of … Continue reading →

Hundreds and hundreds of children were running around screaming in a tiny space. We were taking their pictures. It was hot. It was very hot. It was Haiti. We were getting information from each of these children because they had … Continue reading →

The first child in poverty that I ever helped was in Haiti. It wasn’t through CRF but through a man who sat on an airplane. Before boarding my flight, I had noticed a rather unusual man in the airport. He … Continue reading →

It’s a DC3, and I’m headed to Haiti again with a bunch of students from Ole Miss. We have just finished drilling some wells and are putting water purification units on them. We will also be teaching and encouraging a … Continue reading →

People are always on my case because I know so many bad things. Maybe it is because the first thing I do when I wake up every morning is to read “The Poverty News.” I keep being asked to change … Continue reading →

It’s been hard to get malaria off my mind this week. Since World Malaria Day is tomorrow (April 25th), it has been one of those messages that I have heard over and over again. Malaria bothers me. I’m told nearly … Continue reading →

Bruiser. That’s what Jeremy named him. It was years ago, but I will never forget it. Yes, my youngest son took the money that his grandmother gave him for Christmas and bought a pygmy goat. Why couldn’t he have bought … Continue reading →

Francis of Assisi said “Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary.” Or did he? It is a great quote, but there really isn’t much evidence that he truly said it. The statement is an interesting thought, and … Continue reading →