Mary Kay, Mike and Jody recently visited the north western part of Guatemala for a week to participate in a medical mission trip. While together, we were able to meet with two of our Guatemalan board members, Fabiola and Vinicio. We were also excited to visit with Jude, who is overseeing the construction of our…
Our faithful readers have noticed a space of emptiness on the Finding Freedom through Friendship blog these last two months. No updates, no organizational information, no posts at all. Communication requires energy that was absent during a dark time at the FFF office. We suffered the death of a father, the expiration of a…
Fifty years ago a first grader (L) sat very still while the photographer took her class photo. She was childishly unaware of the frayed ends of her braids and the gaps in her newly erupted teeth. She had brand new patent leather shoes on and they were wonderfully shiny and luxuriously black; the day couldn’t…
I pride myself in my photography, especially when I am in Guatemala,a country rich in visually compelling photographic moments, but this little boy’s face, photographed last week while interviewing his mother, has been left intentionally blurry. His mother can’t be indentified by the viewer, which is what I intended. I need to be able to…
On Friday July 20th, Central Kentucky was hit with a historically damaging storm that created widespread wind and water damage to hundreds of area households. Until 4:52 PM of that particular day, I had the luxury of interior climate control to regulate the unrelenting humidity of a Kentucky summer. My home had electricity, running water…
For some families in developed countries it is never enough. There are never enough closets, or items to put in them. Or garages, with enough cars parked inside. Or acres, with nothing on them but the ability to claim them as property. In a culture seeped in ownership of things, ironically, there is lacking. Lacking…
