2 Days and Counting – Balance

September 17, 2014 Joey Cope 2

So, our heads are filled with visions of what we will see and tones of what we will hear. In 2 days we will wait for our boarding groups to be called and we’ll make our way down the jet bridge to our plane and find our seats. As we [read more]

3 Days and Counting – Less

September 16, 2014 Joey Cope 0

With just 3 days left before our peace mission team leaves for Africa and as we are thinking about more and more we have to do, simple acts like “practice-packing” inspire us to think in terms of less. I’ve been putting off my practice-packing. I haven’t polled the rest of the [read more]

4 Days and Counting – More

September 15, 2014 Joey Cope 0

During every waking moment, each of our Africa team members is bombarded with thoughts and reminders of things that must be done and items that should be packed. No matter what we accomplish, there is always a little bit more to do, more calls to make, more errands to run. [read more]

16 Days and Counting – Opportunities

September 3, 2014 Joey Cope 0

Our team has been richly blessed by the generosity of family, friends, and strangers who have given unselfishly in an effort to share a little love and hope with the children, women, and men we will meet in just 16 days. These opportunities are incredible. Yet, there are so many [read more]

18 Days and Counting – Nairobi

September 1, 2014 Joey Cope 2

Our first leg of our journey will take us into Rwanda in just 18 days. Then, one week later, we will board a Rwandair jet for Nairobi and our work with the Made in the Streets Ministry. Although our original plans only included Rwanda, we were excited to have the [read more]