The Holocaust-Human Ingenuity Under Horrific Circumstances
During a recent visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., an ordinary object in this museum of extraordinary horrors wormed its way into my mind. Under the artfully…
How to Keep Guatemalan Women Off the Migrant Caravan
The Modern-Day Church Lady recounts an inspiring economic solution she witnessed on a recent trip to Guatemala that helps women thrive in the countryside. The vehemently negative comments I get…
World Toilet Day, The Funny Punchline That Is Not
November 19th is World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day sounds like a funny punchline. That is, unless you have seen a beautiful 5-year-old African School Girl dressed in a crisp blue…
Precious Gift from a Wonderful African Homecoming
Returning to Sierra Leone to check on the progress of a school the Morrow Church team helped fund, the Modern-Day Church Lady received something more precious in return. The children…
Leading the Way Out of Poverty in Africa: Part Three
This is the last of a three series posts about about Mohamed Nabieu’s journey from narrowly escaping a fate as a boy soldier during Sierra Leone’s horrific civil war to…
Leading the Way Out of Poverty in Africa: Part Two
This is the second in a series of three posts about Mohamed Nabieu’s journey from narrowly escaping a fate as a boy soldier during Sierra Leone’s horrific civil war to…
Leading the Way Out of Poverty in Africa: Part One
This is the first of a three post series about Mohamed Nabieu’s journey from narrowly escaping becoming a boy soldier during Sierra Leone’s horrific civil war to leading the Child…
3 Important Lessons I Hope to Learn in Sierra Leone
I last traveled to Sierra Leone in 2016 with a group of my fellow church goers. Our church, Morrow Memorial Methodist, has had over a decade long relationship with the…
How to raise $60 Thousand for Sierra Leone and Have Fun
Our 2016 Morrow Methodist Church mission trip to Sierra Leone ended with a great challenge. After touring the schools and hospitals in Sierra Leone, we were offered the “opportunity” of…
Off to Stunning Sierra Leone: Who Knows What Happens Next?
In April 2016, an intrepid group of 5 Morrow Methodist Church members visited the stunning country of Sierra Leone and came back with an unexpected project: to fund the building…
