Whether you’re drawn to Haiti for its tropical beaches or are planning a trip as a relief worker, it’s important to be aware of safety concerns. Damage from a devastating January 2010 earthquake hasn’t been completely repaired, making travel difficult in some areas of the country. Educate yourself about the potential for violence and disease before you travel to Haiti to help reduce your risks.
Everybody travels.
Whether it’s for business, pleasure, vacation, world domination, or epic questing, at some point in our lives we all depart from the comfort of our personal “Shire” to visit another location. It might be a quick trip to the next town over for a business conference or a massive adventure halfway around the world for months at a time. No matter what kind of trip it is, one thing is certain:
Our normal routines get completely thrown out the window when traveling. Especially our workout routines. This article includes ways to exercise while traveling.
It can be an extraordinary experience, to go where you want when you want and meet new people along the way. Many women who have traveled alone describe an incredible sense of freedom and possibility. But there are also the challenges, ranging from loneliness to safety, making solo travel daunting enough that many women never attempt it.
That’s not to say it can’t be done. To help you get the most out of a trip, here are ten tips compiled from the advice of women who have traveled alone and will do it again.
Another blog we liked from one of our clients at New Life Church. Here’s a snip-it from “A different kind of day”. Click to read the entire blog below!
Hola blog readers, this is Craig. I am taking a turn at the blog writing. Today was different for me than what I would consider a normal day of a missions trip in the past. Instead of building a physical structure, we continued the building of relationships as well as the fortifying of marriages. We started our day as usual. For Beth and I that means waking up at around 5:30. Breakfast this morning consisted of the normal stuff for here, fresh local pineapple and strawberries as well as an assortment of cereals, oatmeal and oh yes, of course, coffee.
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. The security threat to all U.S. citizens in Afghanistan remains critical. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Afghanistan issued on June 27, 2012, and reminds U.S. citizens of ongoing security risks, including kidnapping and insurgent attacks. Read More »
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — Failing brakes were the cause of a traffic accident in Haiti that killed four Grand Rapids residents on a medical mission, Haitian police said Saturday.
Garry Victor of Haiti’s national police department said the Toyota Landcruiser carrying the four Americans and their Haitian driver crashed Friday afternoon through a barrier on a roadway in the mountains south of Port-au-Prince, then slid down a steep hill. The vehicle was in a five-vehicle convoy traveling to a hamlet where the missionaries were to spend a week providing medical attention to villagers. Read More »
New Life Church, one of our clients located in Gahanna Ohio, is very familiar with missionary work. Having just completed a mission trip to Costa Rica, we corresponded with the group leader Cindy. They have a wonderful blog that documents their trips and is available for any one to see. Cindy informed of us this wonderful resource and kindly agreed to let us highlight articles from their recent trip! Most every day is showcased in a fun and enlightening way in this blog. One of my favorite articles from the recent trip to Costa Rica is titled “Refresh!”
Below is the opening passage to the article:
“When your morning starts with birds chirping, flowers blooming, sun shining, and Grandma Cindy’s baked oatmeal for breakfast, you know it is going to be a great day! By the way, this is Mama Cindy (schmidt) blogging, Grandma Cindy is missionary/ cook/hostess extraordinaire Lafrance, and Little Cindy is the youngster, Cindy Boggs- yes, we have 3 Cindys in the house, which is always fun!”
You can continue reading the full article, as well as look at all of the other blogs entries by clicking on this link.
American pastor Saeed Abedini went before a judge in Iran on Monday, January 21.
According to the Iranian Christian News Agency, public access to the courtroom was denied.
Pastor Abedini was charged with “creating house churches aimed to disturb national security and conspiring to commit crime,” as announced by the court.
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Martin Luther King’s last speech, “I’ve Been the Mountaintop”, is well known, but you might have never heard of his last sermon – “The Drum Major Instinct”, where Dr. King encouraged his congregation to seek greatness, but to do so through service and love.
How remarkable that even amongst the fear of death threats that were so common near the end of his life, that Martin Luther King continued to preach a message of love and continued to serve and inspire until his last day.
