“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” -- Mark Twain Work has provided the opportunity to see places, but I want to experience them. If a lifelong friend or two is made in the process, even better. Let's sit down, have a drink. Tell me your stories, and I'll share mine.

I got to know an incredible family from Rusinga Island, Kenya who help the children in their village access food, clothing, and education. The world is harsh at times, but there are people like them who make it more beautiful. I was lucky to see it firsthand.