I vividly remember my younger brother's first month because it coincided with my family's move to a new state. I was 4.5 years old at the time, and my mother left him with my aunt and my 9 month-old cousin and took me to a public sprinkler pad as a special treat for being a big sister.

I was listening to my roommate’s iPod while building a fence around the patio last weekend. She’s a Montana girl and no stranger to country music. The shuffle went from a Devotchka tune to Dwight Yoakam’s “Turn it on, Turn it up, Turn me loose”.

Here is an update to the article "Street Children Find Hope in El Shaddai", which is about Sylvestre Nzitukuze and his work helping orphans get off the streets and into a youth center.  Sylvestre just sent this photo of himself, when he was still in the Rwandan Armed Forces, before he asked for a discharge so he could work with the chidlren.

Here are minutes from our recent meeting on international service-learning through Westminster.  Look particularly at the questions at the end.  How do we move forward?  What are the resources we should pursue?

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