14 Days and Counting – Fortnight

September 5, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Fourteen days or, as they would say in days of old (or perhaps “olde”) —  a fortnight. That’s how long until Aaron, Betty, Dan, Allison, Robyn, Malcolm, and I leave for Rwanda. Despite all of our hard work, it doesn’t seem real that the trip is that close. The Persistence [read more]

17 Days and Counting – Collection

September 2, 2014 Joey Cope 0

With 17 days to go, our Africa team has gathered quite a collection. From sunglass readers to coloring books to drawing paper to crayons to soccer balls to maxipads to medical supplies, all items are stockpiled in Dallas, Plano, and Abilene. And most of the collection is not only gathered, [read more]

20 Days and Counting – Plans

August 30, 2014 Joey Cope 0

What would you do if you only had 20 days before you were going to Africa? Why, you’d get together with your team and you would make plans! And that’s just what we did today. And that’s what we’ll do tomorrow. With trainings for the Rwanda Security Forces, the ALARM [read more]

21 Days and Counting – Kigali

August 29, 2014 Joey Cope 0

In 21 days, we will board our flight to Amsterdam. After a few hours, our second flight will deliver us to our first work destination — Kigali, Rwanda. Kigali has been the capital since 1962 when Rwanda declared its independence. With a population of almost 1 million people, it is [read more]

30 Days and Counting – Shots

August 23, 2014 Joey Cope 1

Over the past several months, our team members have been handling all of the travel details for our trip — just 30 days to go! One of those lingering details has to do with the shots that are recommended and required. The only mandatory vaccination is for yellow fever. And, yellow fever, [read more]