Would you help a child to walk who has never been able to walk without a crutch, a young girl with Cerebral Palsy to smile for the first time, or if you could help a woman in pain to sleep for the first time in over two weeks, would you? Miracles happen all the [...]
We are happy to be able to donate Chiro Quick Charts software to Dr. Jay Breitlow for Journey to Solidarity (aka: Wellness International Missions, Inc.). Dr. Breitlow’s vision is to share the best and most natural form of health care with the world, while creating long lasting social ties to communities of need. [...]
The phrase ‘practice makes perfect’ is a phrase we have probably all heard at some point in our lives and at some point something most people have attempted to initiate. I remember practicing jump shots every night in high school to try and make the varsity basketball team. As we grow older though [...]
Charles Darwin was an English scientist from the mid-late 1800s who demonstrated that as time passes, life evolves. As species evolve we are left with the diversity of animals and plants that exist as we know it today and we can see this when we go to the zoo or walk through the woods. [...]
When we look at the people we are serving, it is important to understand the characteristics of Poverty. The folks at Enterprise Development International do a great job on defining poverty here where they define 6 keys: 1)Material Poverty 2) Physical Weakness 3) Isolation 4) Vulnerability 5) Powerlessness 6) Spiritual Poverty.
We probably each have [...]
This post is courtesy of Nick, our newly appointed Vice President of J2S! Congratulations Nick! More on the results of our recent meeting to follow, but for now here are Nick’s thoughts on solidifying the future and the vision.
‘To enable the development of a mission statement I first asked who the customers of [...]
All of the eye soothing photos you see placed before you are courtesy of a friend of mine who goes by the name of Donna Coen. Donna is from Kansas City but I met her this summer as she was in Davenport working for the Davenport Dioceses and finishing up a contract with Catholic [...]
As I have been helping Jay get the blog going and doing my own research on Madagscar, I’ve been blown away by the beauty of this country and its people. Imagine a place where you can see both rain forests, rice fields, and African savannas, all in a small country just slightly larger than [...]
Continue reading about Madagascar - beautiful country, beautiful people
People often ask me, because they know I am graduating what my plans are for post-Palmer.
One of the most common responses, like 90% of the time, when I tell people ‘I’m moving to Madagascar’ is… Jay, WHY Madagascar? I sometimes give a joke about ‘Well I hear it’s where a zebra that sounds like [...]
