31 Days and Counting – Dependent

August 22, 2014 Joey Cope 4

When we leave on our training trip to Africa in 31 days, we will become highly dependent on others. Pilots. Drivers. Hosts. Translators. Guides. Dependent is not how many of us on our team would describe ourselves. Image Credit: mzacha at FreeImages.com In a few weeks, our team will place our trust [read more]

32 Days and Counting – Anxiety

August 21, 2014 Joey Cope 0

The questions are starting to surface. As each member of our team shares the coming adventure with friends (32 days to Africa!), we’re beginning to get the knowing looks and the furrowed brows. And we’re beginning to sense the anxiety in others. Image Credit: JoanaCroft on FreeImages.com “You know, Africa [read more]

34 Days and Counting – Difficulties

August 20, 2014 Joey Cope 1

As I prepared to write my previous post, I attempted to open my website. No response. Frustrating. In fact, very frustrating. Over the past several months, I had experienced multiple outages. Recently, my web host provider, assured me that our difficulties were over. But now, more than 30 hours after [read more]

45 Days and Counting – Words

August 5, 2014 Joey Cope 0

What words shall we choose to tell our stories? As our team prepares to make our way to Rwanda and Kenya, we’ll be spending a good portion of the next 45 days thinking about words. In our everyday lives, the grand majority of our words flow easily. We don’t really [read more]

48 Days and Counting – Gifts

August 3, 2014 Joey Cope 1

It is only 48 days until we gather a few things together and fly to Africa. But 48-days-out wasn’t a day of rest. Instead, our team of 7 gathered in Dallas in yet another day of preparation. The more we get together, the more visible the gifts of each and [read more]