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About Me

Born and raised in Zimbabwe - 5 years of college in Texas. I am now all over Africa running a developmental campaign called Operation Impact - community projects in villages, orphanages and schools across Africa.Operation Impact brings groups of international volunteers to Africa, trains them and places them on projects in and around some of the poorest people on the continent. The volunteers work and play with children, build classrooms and hospitals, farm and teach.Self funding volunteers allow the projects to get valuable assistance and manpower without becoming a financial drain on already struggling organizations. "You give but little when you give of your possessions. You only truly give when you give of yourself." - Khalil Gibran As part of God's call in my life to engage, inspire and impact Africa I am also involved as public relations coordinator for the African Year of the Family - building families as a defense against HIV/AIDS in Africa. If everyone in Africa lived according to God's plan for family life and relationships AIDS would dissappear in a few years. Me working on something like this is some serious irony for those who knew me when I was a student... seems God has a sense of humour and transformed my life through a near death accident that saw me leave the states and return to Africa to fight for the lives of my countrymen.My dream is to see every person discover his or her place in the larger story and play their part well... become who you were born to be. embed allowScriptAccess="never" enableJSURL="false" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/photoslider.swf?u=666533 27" enableJavascript="false" allowScriptAccess="never" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="300"

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ, Adolf Hitler, Nelson Mandela, Osama Bin Laden.

My Blog

Motorcycle accident 24 July 2003

24 July 2008Today I lay down the leaf I have hidden behind for five years. The cross I have carried is no longer mine to carry. For the last five years I have used pictures and stories of a savage exp...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:27:00 GMT

Search for True Life

Every human being lives, and wrestles with the desire to do, and be, and lead a life of purpose, of impact, of fullness, of liberty, of life. I tasted it here & I glimpsed it on the ridge last night, ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Rural-Urban Impact

The new mission field has fast become the sordid townships surrounding African cities. Take for example Kibera Slum on the outskirts of Nairobi; 1.7 million people living in plastic shacks and mudded...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:20:00 GMT

A New Paradigm in World Missions

The Narrative Paradigm is a communication theory that holds that human beings are basically story tellers - that people are more moved by a good story than a set of principles. The power of logos (lo...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:16:00 GMT

Overland across Africa

Thoughts about an OI overland trip across Southern Africa.The majesty of creation and the whisper of eternity beneath African skies continue to haunt me and awaken my soul's deepest longings for Life....
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:39:00 GMT

River Dance

Glistening droplets ran off my paddle like ripples of hope searching for the ends of their longing, and the beginning of the shore. Gliding smoothly over the miry depths of the ..:namespace prefix = s...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:32:00 GMT

Show me Africa

I want to live. I want to walk with the king of the beasts, swim where the elephants swim, ride through the tawny expanse. I want to come fully alive. Tingle without the boundaries of humanity. I want...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:29:00 GMT

4 years ago today I died

Four years ago today I didn't wake up. I had been the best man at a friend's wedding the night before and climbed drunkenly onto the back of a crotch rocket (street motorcycle) during the after party ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:36:00 GMT

operation impact - Across Africa

[email protected] operation impact is a multilateral partnership between African Impact (AI), Family Impact (FI) and African Christian Tours and Safaris (ACTS). www.africanimpact...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:49:00 GMT