Healthier Rhythms And A New Heart (2019 Recap: Part 1)
2019:
- Dads Heart Surgery
- Sierra Leone
- Romania
- Kenya
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Edited 10+ video projects
- Interviewed on a Podcast & a documentary.
- January 2020: Australia and Papua New Guinea for 3 months.
Healthier Rhythms
After travelling for many years to 40+ nations I’d felt it was time to come back to England and create more of a home for myself there. Amazing as it was moving from place to place for so long, it was beginning to take its toll. On good advice I felt it was wisdom to develop healthier sustainable rhythms where I could go out from England and return; instead of moving constantly from country to country as I’d done for the last 8 years!
Dad received a new heart
Not long after moving back my Dad took seriously ill at his job as a School Headmaster (Principal) in the Philippines. He had to leave and move back to England for extensive heart surgery. Strangely despite the severity of the situation I felt and still believe this was Gods timing; in the sense that for years I had been away and now I would be back at the same time as my Dad. It had to have been for a reason. His surgery went well and I was there to help him get back on his feet over 6 months.
Not long after moving back my Dad took seriously ill at his job as a School Headmaster (Principal) in the Philippines. He had to leave and move back to England for extensive heart surgery. Strangely despite the severity of the situation I felt and still believe this was Gods timing; in the sense that for years I had been away and now I would be back at the same time as my Dad. It had to have been for a reason. His surgery went well and I was there to help him get back on his feet over 6 months.
A Journey to the Kingdom in the Sky: Lesotho
I didn’t know the land-locked country of Lesotho existed, let alone about anything happening there. Like many other travelers, the last few years were tough for me. Before the pandemic, I had been to almost 40 nations
Strengthening Families To Prevent Trafficking
I will never forget the bars on those windows. In the winter of 2013, I was traveling through Eastern Europe while filming the documentary Lost Kites. My team and I were trying to understand the vulnerabilities of street-connected children, children in orphanages,
Romania – A Family Changing The Nation
With just days after returning from Sierra Leone I was on the road again with yet another amazing opportunity for friendship and to celebrate/share what was happening in Romania with Romania Without Orphans (aka A.R.F.O). Sharing the warmth of the Ilie family home I