Team Tri-State: Refreshing joy
It’s 3:30 am. We are lugging our bags outside getting ready to pack the van. When out of nowhere drops a two liter Pepsi 2. Out it flies then explodes, soaking us all head to toe. Can we use carbonation to capture Kony? Because it sure worked on us. We didn’t even try to dodge […]
Team Great Lakes: Riding the roller coaster
Katie: “Want to have your mind blown? Today is April.” We are officially starting the second half of our tour, and we are realizing just how funny life can seem when you spend most of your time in a van. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been on the road for over a month, but […]
Team Texas is stopping at nothing
The theme of “stop at nothing” has carried through with the Texas team. Whether Andrew is performing the dance we learned before hitting the road (“I Can’t Stop”) at a high school or not being able to stop eating the famous cupcakes from one of our host homes in Baton Rouge. We have been enjoying […]
Mountain West team update
It would be impossible for us to tell our story in one stream of consciousness. So far, tour has been a collection of incredible moments that, on our own, feel somehow suspended or out of place- but in conversations together, we remember the heart of this journey. We are halfway through our 10-week stint, and […]
Austin Street Team keeps Austin weird
One month down, eight more to go. The first four weeks in Austin have absolutely flown by. For two former roadies, the 20 hour drive from San Diego to ATX has been the only familiar territory thus far, the rest of our time here has been a learning experience of the best kind. Just as […]
Team Pacific Northwest checks in
You know that feeling you get on a rollercoaster ride when your stomach and your heart become one, and you scream with your hands in the air like that may help with the dizziness? That barely begins to describe the past few weeks on the road. We have experienced unconditional love from host homes, been […]
“If” by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being […]
To the Invisible Children Family
“Thank you to everyone concerned with Jason and his health. Jason has dedicated his adult life to this cause, leading up to KONY 2012. We thought a few thousand people would see the film, but in less than a week, millions of people around the world saw it. While that attention was great for raising […]
The Best Way to Start a Monday
Sean Stephenson, a world-renowned speaker and educator came by our office today to motivate and encourage us in the work we are doing here. He is an inspirational giant who refuses to let ‘buts’ take away the life and joy that we are meant to experience. Through tidbits of his experiences, he taught us today […]