LAFIA, Nasarawa, Nigeria – The time was 6 a.m. on a very beautiful, balmy morning. I hauled myself...
Category - Perspective
Losing Madiba: South Africa Grieves
VANDERBIJLPARK, Gauteng Province, South Africa – Late last night, South Africa’s President Jacob...
Sorrow Lingers At The Dallas Site Where An Assassin Killed JFK
DALLAS, Texas, U.S.A. – Looking out the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository...
Typhoon Haiyan Loses Power In Hanoi
HANOI, VIETNAM – There have een floods and mild droughts in my native city of Hanoi, but...
Heavy Rains In Hanoi As Haiyan Approaches
HANOI, Vietnam – It’s pouring hard outside of my window. Part of me is relieved schools are...
Typhoon Hits Philippines With Wind, Rain
Typhoon Haiyan in a satellite photo Saturday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
To Nairobi Student, The Westgate Mall Attack In Kenya Is...
NAIROBI, Kenya – It’s hard to explain what it feels like, what goes through your head, when a...
Spending Precious Time With A National Hero, Archbishop Desmond...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The MV Explorer, home to more than 600 students on the Spring 2013 voyage...