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“In the Name of the Lord–Outside!” That’s what he yelled. And that’s the way it stayed. Roving around Liberia can be tiring especially when you are in a truck for about eight hours on some of the bumpiest roads on … Continue reading →

As I was walking through the streets of Monrovia, Anora David pointed to two monkeys. How can you pass by two monkeys when you are an American in Africa? We crossed the unpaved road, and glared at the two monkeys. … Continue reading →

Did anyone ever record a better album than “Graceland”? I’m sitting here in Liberia listening to live music that sounds so much like Paul Simon’s album that it is uncanny. It is mellow. It is exciting. It fills a hot … Continue reading →

Sudan is one of the poorest places in the world. They have been in the midst of a civil war. Part of the country is trying to commit genocide against the other. They are divided religiously with all kinds of hostility. Famines are all over the place. Child slavery has been rampant. What’s the solution? Shape their towns so they look like animals from the air. Continue reading →

There are several reasons that I have worn orange, but only one of them will really matter to you. Years ago, World Vision declared orange to be the color of hope for AIDS orphans in Sub-Sahara Africa. One day some orphans in Kenya asked me if I would wear orange for them. In other words, they wanted me to show solidarity with them and believe that we had hope for a cure for AIDS. Continue reading →