It Took a Village

Why She Couldn’t Go

I hadn’t been in Kamponde more than 10 minutes when one of my students from long ago approached, welcomed me with back with…

The Sun Also Accelerates: Solar Power Dominates One Corner of Congo

I was among the hundreds of thousands of Northern California residents who were without…

A Life of Reconnecting

Within minutes of arriving in Kamponde, there were a handful of people I…

The Road to Kamponde

We did it. We made it to Kamponde — and it only took three years!

Chapter Excerpt: Morning Sickness

Day Four in Kinshasa. We have confirmation of our Congo Airways flight to Kananga on Friday. That is…

Hurry Up and Happily Wait

Day Two in Kinshasa and though we’re stuck here until Friday — we got bumped from the flight to Kananga in central…

Origami Microscopes

One of the handful of side projects I’ll be working on when we get to Congo this weekend is showing up at schools and…