For those of you who have been reading my blogs and posts throughout 2024, I know you would agree that it’s been a very hard year. Losing a friend, losing a child, losing two dogs and a cat have all taken their tolls on my emotional health. But then there…
The past few months have been a roller coaster of emotions. First, our dear friend and long-term volunteer, Ross MacPherson, died suddenly in Eswatini. We were all in shock while trying to process why the Lord would move he and his wife to Eswatini, permanently, only to take him home…
What brought me to Project Canaan Heart for Africa (Canada) and Project Canaan have become very prominent elements of my life ever since my girlfriend, Jocie Breton, became the Marketing Coordinator of Heart for Africa (Canada) in September of 2023. Jocie and I became great friends with both Chloe Maxwell…
So many people reading this blog have known our family for a long, long time, and some of you might just be hearing about us for the first time. Our nuclear family is made up of Ian and me, our firstborn, Spencer, and his younger sister, Chloe. Spencer is married…
I never imagined that sitting on a park bench in Toronto, chatting with my best friend, would one day lead me to the heart of Eswatini. Yet here I am, less than a month away from marrying Chloe Maxwell—the love of my life and my closest friend since our university…
She was 16-years-old. Her mother re-married and moved away to live with her new husband. She was left to live with her mother’s father, or maternal grandfather. He thought she was pretty and started having sex with her, but threatened to kill her if she told anyone. She found herself…
Thursday, September 5th, marked 1 year of me working at Heart for Africa (Canada). I woke up that morning thinking it was going to be a regular workday with perhaps a touch of celebration at the end of it. However, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t processing a…
My heart is already longing for my return back to this place. I’ve spent the last couple of months on Project Canaan. I could write for the next few hours about so many different things but as I have been praying about what to share I want to take a…
My dad has worked at Heart for Africa for almost 10 years so I already felt a connection to Project Canaan. I thought I knew what to expect when I would arrive but I didn’t. The overwhelming presence of joy, peace, excitement, and the spirit of the Lord when you…
We have been on a school break for the past couple of weeks and have another week to go. The pool isn’t open yet, but it should be by Monday. We are heading into spring, and the crazy temperatures are here. On Wednesday it was 60F/15C in the morning and…
