Heart Sounds International’s mission statement includes helping ignite worship in places where Christ-followers are “restricted, persecuted or unknown.” Because of our focus in these places, many stories are hard to share online. But I’d like to share what I can from this past year over a series of blog posts. Here’s a story from Southeast…Read more …
Written by Emily Dickey and Erica Logan We were a team of almost 20 people (Filipino and American), representing multiple organisations and a variety of art disciplines: music, dance, visual art, photography, audio recording, drama, storytelling, jewelry-making, 3D paper crafts and even quilling. Heart Sounds International’s trips are typically limited to music and recording. This…Read more …
This morning, while running past the budding trees and blossoming flowers in my neighborhood, I thought about how I was running in the Midwestern US today and would be on a bus to Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy, tomorrow. It never ceases to amaze me that you can be in a completely different country across the ocean in…Read more …
I wish I could’ve taken all of my friends with me on my recent trip to Europe, but since that wasn’t practical, one of the best ways I can think of to give you a taste of the trip and the cultures is to take you on a food journey. I’ve already written about some of…Read more …
I enjoy flying. At least, I enjoy airports. After flying from Akron to Chicago to Frankfurt, I had time to kill and two meals to eat during a five hour layover at the Frankfurt Airport. I was very tired, but I also wanted to explore. It’s a large, modern, German airport with plenty of restaurants and…Read more …
The Piedmont region of Italy is nestled in the Cottian Alps, which divide France and Northwestern Italy. The capital of Piedmont is Turin (Torino), home of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. About 39 miles Southwest of Turin is Bobbio Pellice, the home of OM Italy’s conference center, Forterocca, and the host of OM Arts’ school of mission, Incarnate. The…Read more …
Hard to believe that in one month I’ll be returning to the US of A. I’m anxious to come back, and in a while I’ll post some things I’m excited for. But before that, I wanted to post things that I will miss about the UK. I’m sure some of this I won’t even realize…Read more …
