All the Best of Me

When together, it made sense. That thing you’d do. That thing I’d do. Caring for another person, going out of your way to do accomodate the strength or weakness of your friend. Your best friend. Let’s do what you want. I’ll hold that for you. I can wait. I can walk. I won’t run. It’s [...]

Posted at 10:47 pm on January 7, 2012 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

Work One

This is sparse, but I want to get it down quickly, as there are many other big things happening right now. People were kind today. I know they’ll really miss me, and they showed that well to me. Endings are powerful because they reveal who we really are. Our reserved kindness comes out. We hug [...]

Posted at 11:40 pm on December 29, 2011 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

About

Chiafrica / Beautiful Elephant is my little web journal that I started for my trip to Sierra Leone. I spent 4 months with Word Made Flesh in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

I’m continuing to write about life as I search for truth and beauty. Thanks for stopping by. If you want to go back in time, check out: the ichef academy is dead.

::[ Benjamin "Chia" Chan ]::

“It is too easy simply to talk or concern ourselves with the poor who are far away. It is much harder and, perhaps, more challenging to turn our attention and concern toward the poor who live right next door to us.” Mother Teresa


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