Friends . . . Actually

December 23, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Years ago, my decisions about who my friends were or were not were more simply made. I simply avoided you if you said or did things that I found disturbing. You would think that the same principle would be involved in social media. I fully understand that it can be. [read more]

Day 10 – Creation

October 30, 2014 Joey Cope 0

I realize that when most of us talk about creation, we are limiting our comments to those things immediately before us or those things fixed in our memories. Sensational sunrises. Majestic mountains. Verdant valleys. Babbling brooks. Kind and caring people. Yet, pieces of creation await discovery by all of us. Our day in Kenya [read more]

Day 4.2 – Alone

October 4, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Following the training on Tuesday afternoon, we loaded our duffel bags of donations for the refugee camp on a large bus, grabbed a few things for overnight, and began our first trek into the Rwandan countryside. Our destination for the night was the Seeds of Peace Conference Center on Lake [read more]

Day 4.1 – Serious

September 26, 2014 Joey Cope 0

As indicated in the previous post, the training of the district security forces, along with a number of other leaders in law enforcement and government agencies, was a tremendous success on Monday and only got better on Tuesday. One thing for certain, the men and women gathered for the training [read more]

Day 2.2 – Genocide

September 22, 2014 Joey Cope 2

After attending church and sharing a relaxed lunch back at the ALARM Training Center, our team loaded up and headed to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. From the time Dr. Betty Gilmore envisioned this trip for us, this was the moment that we had the most questions about. How do we come [read more]