Reflecting on the year

May 24, 2013
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Hi, readers! I’m 13! I can’t believe I’ve been blogging ever since I was eleven. So much has happened to me since then. I’ve lived in a third world country for 6 months, survived 6th grade, (phew!!) and now, I am almost done with 7th grade. It is really hard for me to wrap...

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Moving Forward, Heading Home

March 14, 2013
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Since we started the J-FASTER juvenile justice project early last year, the Uganda Christian Lawyer’s Fraternity (UCLF) has provided legal representation for the children imprisoned in the remand home in Kampala.  Just before I left Uganda last June, Shane Michael (Nootbaar Fellow) and I prepared and submitted a funding proposal to the Danish government...

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Game Day

March 12, 2013
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Game Day

The day I have been praying about and preparing for over the course of three years finally arrived. This morning I awoke at 2:00 a.m. to the kind of thunderstorms I have only experienced in Africa.  They are Biblical in proportions.  In addition to the bunker-busting thunder strikes, I could hear the showers ricocheting...

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