by Andi | Jun 17, 2010 | activist faith, engaged in culture, missions, poverty
So Austin, TX… This post has been a bit delayed now that I am situated in the Nashville, TN area, but I feel it incredibly important to recount what happened in that city. It is quite a city. While it was hard to find homeless in Phoenix, one would have to be blind to...
by Andi | Jun 12, 2010 | engaged in culture, missions
Sleepy, our friend at CASS, the homeless shelter on Madison in downtown Phoenix, conveniently had directed Viktor and I to the Phoenix Dream Center on Grand Ave. We drove up to it later that day and I decided I wanted to give that place some of the donations we had...
by Andi | Jun 11, 2010 | engaged in culture, missions
Our first stop: Phoenix, AZ. We aren’t in LA anymore. That’s for sure. The first thing Viktor and I noticed are the homeless are much more difficult to find. In Los Angeles, we have the infamous skid row along with the panhandlers on most corners and the...
by Andi | May 25, 2010 | activist faith, engaged in culture, missions, poverty
Two of my personal goals on this trip are to deeply get to know the people God puts in my path, and to share their life stories with as many people as I can so that people can put a name to a face. When I’ve talked to friends or others about helping the homeless...
by Andi | May 22, 2010 | activist faith, engaged in culture, missions, poverty
God is moving. I’ve heard so many people saying that recently, yet it’s still so easy for us to continue sitting in our pews at church and leave the moving to God. So I’d like to say instead that God isn’t just moving… God is calling His...