Returned today from Northern Sweden with my parents where we took what I’m now dubbing our “Arctic Road Trip”. Activities enjoyed included jumping at the Arctic circle, taking a moose farm detour, visiting the summer stuga (cottage), riding in a dinghy, eating surströmming, hiking, checking out Storforsen, trying all forms of lax (salmon), floating (yes!) in a Falu red cottage in the middle of a pristine lake, and lots more.

After sorting through 1,400+ photographs, I’ve finally picked just 145 shots to showcase online…

I stumble upon what appears to be security once I cross into the domestic travel side of the airport…

My Portuguese seatmate, a small framed man with sunken cheeks and blond highlights streaked through thinning black hair asks me a question 15 minutes before touchdown…

While in the village of Ibeju-Lekki (Nigeria) doing some outreach work, I stumbled upon the scene below of two little boys scuffling in a school yard…

Currently typing aboard a classic wooden sailboat called La Vela anchored within open waters in the Red Sea.

I’ve uploaded a couple more photographs (under Set II) for you to check out.

I felt uncomfortable watching her writhe in pain, wailing. Other village women tried consoling her, but her screams were deafening. From what I could gather, she’d lost a loved one and her wails were a mixture of grief and regret. Regret that she’d failed them in so many ways. My heart was breaking…

Lagos, Nigeria – One of the vivacious women that sell fish in Lekki village along the lagoon shows off her newly caught Nile monitor lizard

Now begins the most important week for Christians…