In 2016 we gave our hearts and lives to help Serbian Roma kids get an education. Not just to learn stuff, but to help them start their own cycles of generational success.
Our hearts are still in this, as too are our lives, but we need some help.
Wow! It was 12 years ago this month we left home for the UK. On 15 July 2009 we stepped off a plane in Birmingham UK to start our 3-year long stint with Next Level International. Little did we know!
We could cover all the ups and downs of the past 12 years, but there is something much more important to celebrate Continue reading
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, we proudly announce The H.I.K.E. 2021 is alive and well and on the calendar for September!!!!
Yippppppppppppeeeeeeee!!!!! We’re back!!! And we are ready!!!!
– The team is in training (I hope).
– The route has been mapped out. (The Great Glen Way, Scotland)
– Distance: 120 KM
– Dates:12-17 September 2021 (tentative)
– Loch Ness Monster sightings (possible)
This is the 4th Annual The H.I.K.E. event. Continue reading
Without rehashing a litany of pandemic perils and plaints…this last year was interesting. But, despite lockdowns, curfews, travel restrictions, and limited social interaction, we still see great things happening.
It is like watching one of the nature films showing how life returns to a forest after a devastating fire…little buds of plants and flowers start growing up through the quiet hush beneath the ashes. Life goes on….
Can we share some beautiful success stories with you? Continue reading
What if….oh….what if there were a way to double the number of kids in Propel’s Sponsorship Program?
Wouldn’t that be great?!?! Having every kid who has signed up be fully sponsored and able to be kitted out for school! Wow!!!!
But…how?
How do we find 40+ more amazing people willing to make this dream a reality?
We had a few not-so-good ideas to achieve this goal: Continue reading
It all started as what had become a fairly routine morning in our lives- get up early, hop the train to Manchester Int’l Airport, and board a Lufthansa flight bound for Serbia.
How many times had we done this over the past few years…a dozen times or so? We knew the drill. Manchester to Frankfurt, or Munich, or Vienna, and then on to Belgrade. But this time was very, very different.
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Greetings all!
It would be soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easy to winge, and cry, and complain about the terrible hand 2020 has dealt to us and most everyone we know…but, that would belie how we really feel. Continue reading
For the past five years Propel has been hosting Education Camps for the kids in the villages where we serve. These Camps are the highlight of the kids’ summer break. How do we know? Easy. Starting in February the kids start asking….not IF there will be a Camp, but WHEN?
Usually, these Camps are put together in partnership with our supporting churches. They send a team to host the camp, and they help cover the expenses. But, with COVID-19…no teams this year! Does this mean no Camp? Continue reading
Greetings from Serbia!
Yep…we are bucking the trend. Going against the flow. Looking beyond the facts…like these:
– Serbia is under a State of Emergency
– We are under a curfew from 5 PM until 5 AM
– Those 65 or older are only allowed outside on Sunday mornings when they can go to the grocery stores (Funny side note: Continue reading
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