Welcome to Peace, Paix, Shalom, Salaam, my blog site as I work with Mennonite Central Committee in N’Djamena, Tchad. Here you’ll find stories and reflections on my experiences and thoughts during my time in central Africa. Specifically, I am serving as Peace & Justice Assistant with the Department of Ethics, Peace & Justice Department (EPJ) of the Alliance of Evangelical Churches & Missions in Chad (EEMET).
I am a graduate of the Worship Arts BA program at Columbia Bible College, in Abbotsford BC. My love of music is reflected in the naming of most of my posts. I try to use the name of a song or album, or a particular lyric that relates to the subject matter. If its a little arbitrary I might try to explain to you. Hopefully this is a good resource too for you to expand your music experiences!
Recent Posts:
Archives:
- A New Chapter
- Orientation: Building Excitement, Meeting New Friends
- Nous sommes arrives (We have arrived)!
- A Few Tchadian Experiences: Part 1 – Airport
- A Few Tchadian Experiences: Part 2 – Critters
- A Few Tchadian Experiences: Part 3 – Le Grand Marche
- You Can Go Your Own Way
- Mama and Papa Tchad: The Austins
- A New Family, A New Home
- Bon Appetite!
- Round Round Get Around, I Get Around
- We Are Family
- Hit the Road, Jack!
- Money!… it’s a drag…
- Money for Nothing
- Gunman
- With A Little Help from My Friends
- Midnight Rambler
- September
- A Little Less Conversation
- Waiting on the World to Change
- Born This Way
- Goats in Trees
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Smells Like Funk
- War on War
- Roads Untraveled (Part I)
- Stayin’ Alive (Part II)
- Are You Experienced? (Part III)
- Running on Faith
- All You Need is Love
- Higher Ground
- A Gentle Nonconformity
- Dilemmas and Discomforts on Remembrance Day
- Factory of Faith
- Technologic
- Exploited by Empire to Misunderstand Sacrifice
- Beautiful Day
- The A Team
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand
- We Can Work It Out
- Christmas Time is Here
- One Minute to Midnight
- Food for Thought
- Do You Remember?
- Bad News
- Goodbye, Apathy
- Mountain Spring
- Naked In the City Again
- I Think I Found the Culprit
- Sacred Silence
- Sunburn
- Fifty-something? A Quick Update
- Preacher
- Prayer of the Refugee
- Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year
- Don’t You Give Up On Me
- First Time
- Don’t Wanna Fight
- Water
- Asharatun
- Djimaikara
- Marta
- Bokoye
- Missan
- Dappe
- Whole Lotta Love
- Seeds of Peace in the Desert
- Flood Waters
- Church Pew or Bar Stool
- Around the World
- Shine A Little Love
- The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
- Picture of My Life
- Hard to Explain
- Picture
- Animal Bar
- One Man Army
- While You Were Sleeping
- Marie’s Wedding
- Big Jet Plane
- Sweater Weather
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