Sri Lanka: Closing The Gap
It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a month since I arrived home from Sri Lanka. In some ways it seems like just yesterday I was rolling out of bed and eating curry for breakfast. In other ways, being on that beautiful island nation seems like a distant dream. Our lives go on [...]
Sri Lanka: Slide Presentation
Hopefully you’ll find this one a little more enjoyable than the kind we were shown in days gone by… (Many thanks to Matthew for compiling this)
Sri Lanka: Sarongs
Is the person pictured a man or a woman? It’s so confusing! Sarongs are a way of life in much of Sri Lanka and throughout Southeast Asia. For some weird reason nobody ever expresses concern that they’re just not able to tell men from women there.
Sri Lanka: Acknowledgments
The last ten days have been inspiring and life-altering for me but none of the things I have written about would have happened without the love and help of so many people that I felt it appropriate to list a few of them here. First of all I’d like to thank Matthew Paul Turner for [...]
Sri Lanka: Re-Entry
Maybe it’s just the jet lag and sleep deprivation but whenever I have a quiet moment I find myself trying find answers to my own internal debate over what this trip to Sri Lanka means to me. After all, It’s not my first time seeing poverty but it’s the first time I’ve seen it as [...]







