ARRIVED IN RWANDA!

Renuka and I made it safely to Kigali after 26-hours of travel. VERY tired right now and off to bed. We will be in the field on Monday meeting some of the sponsored children with World Vision Canada.

Pictures and video to come soon!

For the record, we are 8-hours ahead of Calgary time (MTN).

SportsChek Got Balls!

Thanks to Chris and the guys at SportsChek in SE Calgary for purchasing 5 soccer balls and donating them for our trip to Rwanda with World Vision Canada.

We really appreciate your support and will be sure to get pictures & video of the boys in Rwanda kickin' it!

Thanks to Staples in Calgary

Thanks to Amanda Lee, Sales Manager with Staples at 130th Ave SE in Calgary, for donating coloured pencils for all the sponsored children that we will be meeting on our trip to Rwanda in August. We really appreciate the kind gesture. The kids will love them!

RED TV will be traveling to Rwanda with World Vision Canada in support of child-sponsorship.

Learn more at www.redtv.ca/rwanda

Hidden Faces of AIDS - World Vision

Wow! This is simply unreal. As a human being sharing this planet, I cannot sit by and watch this unfold. I refuse to measure my life by the size of my RRSP. C'mon Canada! Let's all play a small role in creating awareness and living with compassion for those that really need our help with AIDS.

Canada is the greatest country in the world. We won the birth lottery by living here. Please help share your blessings with just one other human being.

Thanks to World Vision Canada for doing great work.

Click here to watch video: http://tinyurl.com/lkdash

World Vision Sponsorship

I'm never surprised when musicians step up and want to help the world around us. Thank-you to the band Vagabond Blonde in Calgary who have decided to sponsor a child in Rwanda through World Vision Canada. The cool thing is that we will meet their sponsored child this month as RED TV travels to Rwanda!

There are many folks out there that like to bash celebrity musicians, such as Bono, for the great philanthropic work that they do when it comes to global issues such as extreme poverty. Thankfully, most musicians don't listen to the nay-sayers, anyway. I've yet to see a statue erected for a critic! 

And so the message of love and compassion is sent to Rwanda via a group of musicians in Calgary who may not be as famous as U2 but have chosen to speak with their actions and not with the cynicism of critics. I am so grateful to know the difference between talkers and doers. Artists truly are the lightning rods of action and change. Happy to be a fellow musician!

Doing What You Can

I received an inspiring email today from a distant cousin in Ontario. After hearing that we were soon traveling to Rwanda with World Vision Canada, my cousin sent an email saying that she and her husband wanted to help in their own way by offering a donation so that we may purchase local staple items for one of the families we will be visiting. 

This is what our Journey to Rwanda is all about: moving people to action. Whether it's sponsoring a child, donating resources, or simply creating awareness, we can all help someone today. Thank-you to Susan & Sheldon Sweeney for making the conscious effort to get involved. 

For everyone, making a difference is your decision; not your destiny.

Working On A Rwanda Dream

With our upcoming trip to Rwanda, I can't help but think about the number one question that I seem to be asking myself: Why? Life is such a journey; no fixed plan; no map of stone. Why do we do what we do? I'm really not sure. But I can say that being focused on helping other people seems to be a path to meaning and peace of mind.

As a big fan of the Boss, I plan to start using this song as an inspiration to remind myself that what I'm looking for is not "out there" but right here in me. So, when you ask me, "What are you working on?", you already know the answer! Working on a dream.