Travel

At the time of writing this blog post, we are about 6 hours away from our departure time from Hyderabad, India. It’s hard to believe we have been here for two weeks already. Although we have really enjoyed our time here, we are looking forward to getting home to our children. While we were here, I…

We are halfway done our time in India, and I wish I had more time to update my blog. I’ve been quite busy helping the Digital Media students with filming and photography, as well as editing some videos, which I have been posting online (see below). Today we spent the day at a village about…

In 24 hours from the time of writing this post, Lynn and I will be aboard a Boeing 767 heading for Hyderabad with a team of Prairie students and instructors. There are two main goals of this trip: 1) minister to the Dalit people by providing personal health education, and; 2) film the experience in…

Our trip through Southeast Asia is coming to a close. In a few days we will be back in Canada, with many memories of all the people we met and stories we heard. One of the things that will stick with me is that there is no end to the responsibilities we have as Christians…

Cambodia is believed to be home to about 1 million Vietnamese people, many of which were born with no citizenship. No citizenship means no ability to find work or attend school beyond grade 5, and no human rights to protect them. Many Vietnamese people are forced to scavenge for recyclable material in order to make…

We spent the last few days in the Xieng Khouang Province of Laos. We visited a village where Batik products are made, and we also toured the Mulberries Silk farm. This video will show some of the beauty of Laos and a quick snapshot of how some of the products are made. More videos will…

A week ago, we landed in Manila, and now we are departing. The week has gone by really quickly. It was packed with emotional highs and lows as we witnessed the faithfulness of God and the great needs that exist here. It is really hard to spend a few days getting to know the people…

Day 3 in Payatas was filled with the overwhelming feeling that I need to help these people. But I also know that I can only do so much. I did what I could to help, but I pray that God will provide many more people with a burden for Payatas. There are some really amazing…

After a day like today, it is hard to know what to feel. In one minute we are celebrating with the Work of Your Hand artisans, and in the next we are visiting the most devastating place I’ve ever seen. I’m going through and editing some of the photos I took in Payatas, and I’m…

May 10 – 3:45 am in Calgary, 6:45 pm in Seoul. We left Calgary at 10:00 am on May 9, and have been traveling for a total of about 17 hours so far. The flight from Vancouver to Seoul was over 11 hours and we were flying with the movement of the sun, so while…