If you follow this blog, you may have noticed that I have not shared any people stories yet. Not that there aren't any to tell it's just that in my opinion it was better to wait and take great care in sharing my first people story. After all, there just might be someone out there who has no clue what goes on in a Reserve except for when I share. Something that always bothers me when foreign volunteers/missionaries/aid workers come to Africa is that when some of them share their 'people stories' they never take the time to ask: 'if I was in these people's shoes would I be OK with what outsiders write about me, my culture and my troubles?' Often times in their stories, Africans come out looking like people who have no initiative whose only salvation is from foreign intervention. So it is with great care I begin my series called 'Hope Notes.' Every time you see this title you will know I am sharing the Hope I have found while living on this Reserve.more...See more text
