Shaun Groves
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Missing Jenny
Archive Category: My Trip To The Philippines
Travel with Compassion Bloggers to see the ministry of Compassion International in Philippines.
Epilogue
They’re the hardest words for me to read. And often the best. When the bloggers get home and begin to process in words what it’s like to live here now that they’ve walked there. To ask new questions. When they struggle – each one in a unique way – to… Read More
The Other Side Of The Fence
We gathered around a dinner table tonight to reflect, laugh, cry – before boarding a plane bound for America in the morning. And Patricia asked the bloggers what their high and low points have been this week in the Philippines. And mine were easy to recall. They both happened nine… Read More
Filipino For Kitchen
Ready For That Plane Now
My favorite Filipino is Michelle Tolentino. I want my little girls to grow into the kind of woman she is. The story she tells around the world, of how she was released from poverty, inspires me again and again. I hate to admit it but there are days I just… Read More
Meeting The Neighbors Next Door
Emily and Kat take us on a trip today. On a boat made of styrofoam. Then on foot through polluted waters. To a home built on stilts. Poverty is not merely a physical malady. It isn’t only measured in square feet and dollars. It is an ailment that plagues the… Read More