by Martin | Jan 28, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
Sitting in the airport in Cape Town awaiting a long flight to Addis Ababa and then another to Toronto, the feeling is surreal. I sit gazing at the beautiful mountain range that surrounds one of the most beautiful vistas in the world, in the midst of a glorious summer...
by Kelly Dowman | Jan 24, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
This year’s International Youth Ambassadors are all amazing lights! Left to right, pictured above, Claire Fowler, Faith Thalacker and Griffin Peck joined us this year on our trip to South Africa. With our adults, Martin, Kelly, Robin and Richard, we were a...
by Martin | Jan 17, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
Echoes of the Ancestors When I sit quietly in RSE at the foot of the beautiful mountain range, in which we are told the Khoi San Bushmen trained their Shamans, I am humbled. Could you or I survive barefoot, walking in those wild hills even without the big animals that...
by Kelly Dowman | Jan 15, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
This is my white stone for 2019. If you’re not familiar with the tradition, it involves taking some time at the beginning of the year and meditating on the coming year ahead. Allow a word or phrase to come to you, something that sparks joy, or thought, or...
by Martin | Jan 11, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
Coming Alive in Africa “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” This quote from Harold Whitman jumped off the page as I sat in my...
by Kelly Dowman | Jan 11, 2019 | 2018-19 trip
All my bags are packed I’m ready to go I’m standin’ here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breakin’ It’s early morn… Waking up in the pre-dawn hours after about three hours of sleep, because true...
