22 Days and Counting – Missed

August 28, 2014 Joey Cope 2

In 22 days, our team will take to the skies to travel first to Amsterdam and then to Kigali, Rwanda. As we fly, we will undoubtedly have thoughts about the adventure ahead. It is our hope that we never have any regrets about what we might have missed along the [read more]

23 Days and Counting – Pounds

August 27, 2014 Joey Cope 0

In just 23 days, our team will be lining up at the Delta ticket counter in DFW International Airport. And for a moment, we’ll all be conscious of extra pounds. No, we’re not trying to make this about Weight Watchers International. The pounds we’ll be watching are with our checked [read more]

24 Days and Counting – Dan

August 27, 2014 Joey Cope 3

The first time I met Dan was over dinner at Mi Cocina. The meal was the team introduction meeting where Betty pulled us all together. Since this is an SMU trip and these were SMU graduate students, I assumed that I would be the only one who needed an introduction. [read more]

25 Days and Counting – Hashtags

August 27, 2014 Joey Cope 2

In preparing for Africa, we have been grateful for the many technological tools we have at our disposal. We have smartphones, tablets, laptops, digital cameras. We have blogs, FaceBook, Twitter. We’re learning about data roaming, Viber, FaceTime, special international calling plans. We’re loading books on eReaders and we’re writing journals [read more]

26 Days and Counting – Robyn

August 27, 2014 Joey Cope 3

Words matter to Robyn. As our team has prepared for our journey to Africa and for our mission of sharing peace, Robyn has reminded us that helping people find useful language to negotiate daily conflict is a gift that will change lives — including our own. Robyn Short is the author of Prayers for [read more]