Heading back to Ohio on I-75, we met Joe and Carole Ellis, who were heading home to Louisville, Kentucky from Oaxaca, Mexico. Each winter they go down to this extremely poor area of Mexico in their small XPlorer motor home, … Continue reading →
Picked up a copy of the Valdosta (GA) University “The Spectator” student newspaper. Part of the masthead reads: “Less than the cost of Ramen Noodles… but you can’t eat it.” Obviously written by a “poor college student” whose regular fare … Continue reading →
Participated in a Discipleship class at St. Edwards Church in Valdosta, Georgia. Deacon David Lasseter facilitated the group and said: “Justice is for those who can’t speak up for themselves. ” He also said he was considering starting a chapter … Continue reading →
Was interviewed by Jasmine Rangel of the Lake City (FL) Reporter. I said the night before I talked to a youth group in her city about worldwide hunger, including that 24,000 people starve to death every day in the world. … Continue reading →
Gave a talk to Clare Teixeira’s youth group at Epiphany Catholic Church in Lake City, Florida. I said when people are on the verge of starving to death, they get distended stomachs because without protein in their systems, the body … Continue reading →
Met with Teresa Walsh in San Antonia, Florida. For ten years, their family put up her mother and father in an ‘grandparents suite’ in their ranch style home. (The grandparents lived in a converted basement, with a kitchen and so … Continue reading →
Today is my 50th birthday. My wife Liz, 38, with her characteristic sensitivity and aplomb, said: “Wow, I didn’t realize how old this was going to make me feel.
Continue reading →Toured Morning Star Fisherman, a non-denominational project in the outskirts of Dade City, Florida. Morning Star has developed an excellent teaching “fish farm.” They raise Tilapia here, which reportedly has the highest protein content of any fish in the world. … Continue reading →
The Terri Schiavo case down here continues to get a good deal of national press. (She is a severely brain-damaged woman at Woodside Hospital in Florida whose life hangs in the balance because her former husband is fighting to take … Continue reading →
Traveled south to Dade City, Florida where I interviewed Fr. Edwin Palka at St. Rita’s Church. A good percentage of the church is Hispanic, and a good percentage of those are illegal. When I asked, on average, how much these … Continue reading →