Mouths to Feed

“Don’t try to work with village people. It will be much more difficult for you.” This warning from a business owner in Indonesia caused me to pause and carefully consider the path we were forging. Although that conversation took place over a decade ago, I have never forgotten it — though it was perhaps the […]
Empowerment

I like to work with my hands; I derive satisfaction from a finished project. And if tasked with a project of tearing something apart . . . well, I’ve loved demolition work since I was a three-year-old playing with Lincoln Logs! In fact, I was a bit jealous when I recently passed through a village […]