Getting Schooled - An Update from Picture Hope

Jen and I are here in Arusha, Tanzania on our second Picture Hope assignment this week. We've so enjoyed sharing time with Mama Lucy, founder of Shepherds Jr. School; kind teachers; and more than 350 children ages 3-12 thanks to our friends at non-profit Epic Change. As in Rwanda, I'm finding that relationships hold great value.  It seems that connections between people are stronger here in Africa, or perhaps these connections are just more visible when you strip away unnecessary physical possessions – when you cut away the clutter and focus on the person seated before you or beside you.

Africa is flattening me. She's taking me back to the basics. Asking me in a gentle and honest whisper to question long-standing assumptions about my life. She makes me cry. She brings me great joy. She makes me want to rebuild a better me. I'm eager to let the images speak to you over the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for sharing this journey with us.

Comments

[Irene]

thank YOU for sharing your journey with us.
following you and Jen is bringing me so much joy and changes in my life, I am so grateful for you both.

[kristin]

oh sounds like africa is a path straight to your heart. i love how they value school. they crave it. oh how i wish we had that value here more.

best wishes and safe travels.