Our current May/June issue of Worldwide Challenge features a blurb from writer Katie Croft about her trip to Cameroon (Outlook section, pg. 10). But there’s still quite a few untold stories from her trip, including details and photos about the 45 hour journey from America to Cameroon. Since you’re our loyal online blog-friends, and because we like you so much, we want to share them with you.
Follow the link to read her trip entries and view photos that you didn’t see in Worldwide Challenge.
It’s a busy time of year in the Worldwide Challenge office. Here are a few updates on what we’re up to, who is headed where, and other office miscellany:
That’s all for now, see you back soon!
-Justin-
An article in the September/October issue will feature the story of Indy and Dawn Little and their participation in Lake Hart Stint 2008-09.
The Lake Hart Stint is a 10-month, one-time program made available to all staff members of Campus Crusade for Christ. Participants come to World Headquarters in Orlando and fulfill a position of need in exchange for a season of heightened personal input, development and greater opportunity for an intimate, heart-connect with the Lord.
My wife, Linda, and I were members of Indy and Dawn Little’s small group during our 10 months on Lake Hart STINT.
We have been married 17 years, but we have seen through them how a zest for adventure can help to sustain a relationship.
Exercising some intentional creativity, the couple has acted with purpose in choosing to do something memorable and creative on their wedding anniversaries.
Year 1: It is a rare man who takes his wife to a Monster Truck Jam on a first anniversary and, in so doing, avoids the doghouse.
“I said, ‘No way, that is so cool,” recounts Dawn. “We were with 10,000 8-year olds. But we got to kiss on the JumboTron.”
Year 2: The couple went dog-sledding in Ely, Minnesota.
“It was magical—a crisp, gorgeous 19-20 degree winter day. We had lots of fun and laughs,” says Indy. “I once fell off. Dawn was still in the basket and I am trying to catch the sled, but the dogs are going faster than I could run. I had to pull an Indiana Jones—one of those moments beyond belief.”
Year 3: Private lessons at the St. Paul curling club.
Year 4: A swim with the manatees in the Florida sun.
Year 5: “We aren’t quite sure yet,” says Dawn. “I would love to watch a game of jai alai. But we will have to decide.”
Greg Stoughton
or as i like to say, “biz cas fri!”
no memo was passed out, but here’s us three embracing the sunshine state color. (NOT. it’s been thunderstorming every afternoon for the last week.)
-Erik, Jess, Christy-
photo credit:Hayley
Recently, one of the photographers Tom Mills and I traveled for a story about a student ministry. While preparing to book our hotel rooms online, pop-up notifications insisted on telling us there were no rooms left that week–anywhere in the town. Confused, we finally called one of the hotels.
“Oh,” said the hotel receptionist, shocked that we, unlike the rest of the country, hadn’t heard the news. “Didn’t you know? The Wisconsin Cheesemakers’ Industry Convention is in town.”
-jess fong!-
Worldwide Challenge was honored with four awards from the Evangelical Press Association last week–two for writing, one for photography, and one for design. The awards were:
Editor in Chief of Worldwide Challenge, Mark Winz was also elected as an advisor to EPA’s board at the event.
To find out more about EPA, head over to their Web site.
And to see any of these award-winning articles and photos, check out our Web site.
You may have noticed that our May/June issue of Worldwide Challenge had some new layouts, including our “On the Edge” story (pages 28-35). We’d love to hear what you thought about it, so head on over to http://worldwidechallenge.org/survey/ and take our brief survey to let your voice be heard.
-Worldwide Challenge Team-
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