Timely Procrastination

December 11, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Do you suffer from procrastination? Have you ever had something you really needed to do, but you just couldn’t bring yourself to do it? Maybe you’re like me and have a whole list of these tenacious to-dos. What if I told you that I’ve discovered a sure-fire method to conquer [read more]

Day 5.3 – Disappointed

October 4, 2014 Joey Cope 0

On a day that held so much potential and that had generated so much anticipation, we couldn’t help but feel disappointed as we drove away from the refugee camp. For one thing, our much-loved Allison had not been able to make the trip in. Then, unexpectedly and somewhat dramatically, we were [read more]

Day 5.1 – Anticipation

October 4, 2014 Joey Cope 0

The Seeds of Peace Conference Center was in a beautiful spot, as we realized in the daylight. Lake Muhazi was literally at our doors and it lie still and quiet. Our anticipation for the events of the day grew. The proximity of the lake also explained the exponentially higher number [read more]

Day 3 – Flexibility

September 25, 2014 Joey Cope 4

Day 3 was a learning day for us. We had been told that flexibility was a key to our success while in Africa. We began to learn about flexibility even before we began to train security forces in Rwanda. Our training session was to take place in a meeting room of the [read more]

Day 1 – Airplane

September 21, 2014 Joey Cope 2

When determining the day counts for this blogalog, I set Day 1 as the day that we would finally be in Africa. For a while it seemed like an airplane might stand in our way for that to happen. In fact, a couple of airplanes entered into the equation. You [read more]