Poverty of the Soul

People are going through the torture of being unwanted, rejected… and I think that is the greatest suffering and the greatest poverty today. Mother Teresa Today we visited Motherhouse where Mother Teresa lived the majority of her life in Calcutta.  We visited her tomb as well as saw the room where she spent the majority […]

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Trying to Smile Too

We made it! After 32 hours of traveling with just pockets of sleep here and there, we arrived in Kolkata this morning. We checked into the hotel, got a quick (cold) shower and our first taste of India cuisine before heading off to the slum where we’ll be spending the next few days. As tired […]

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True Scarcity

Examples of scarcity in my life: 1) Standing in line for FIVE hours to get the new iPhone 2) Shopping at every store in town trying to find a Wii for my dad for Father’s Day with no luck.  He ended up getting a tip that the Best Buy near his house was getting a […]

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