document.write('<ol class="tumblr_posts">\x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdmk7lJlX1qa62rpo1_400.jpg" alt="The Center of the Universe is in Grand Rapids, MI. How ironic?! I didn&amp;#8217;t know it was so close!" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>The Center of the Universe is in Grand Rapids, MI. How ironic?! I didn&#8217;t know it was so close!</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2ect2Fwo1qa62rpo1_400.jpg" alt="come on, you gotta chuckle at a town named &amp;#8220;effingham&amp;#8221;. albeit chuckling like an 8th grader" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>come on, you gotta chuckle at a town named &#8220;effingham&#8221;. albeit chuckling like an 8th grader</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_quote">\x0a                    <span class="tumblr_open_quote">&#147;</span>God knows i&#8217;ve been naive, but i think it makes Him proud.<span class="tumblr_close_quote">&#148;</span>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_source">\x0a                        sleeping at last\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_quote">\x0a                    <span class="tumblr_open_quote">&#147;</span>How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. <span class="tumblr_close_quote">&#148;</span>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_source">\x0a                        Henry David Thoreau\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_title">Sometimes Living Your Dream Is Scary</div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>&#8220;Faith begins when we take that first step towards something that feels terrifying and leaves us without feeling control&#8221; - Paul Hewson (AKA Bono)</p>\x0a<p><br/>This definitely would describe my life at the moment. Tomorrow I head out for a 2 week tour for Ten Thousand Homes. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Texas and then a very long drive back to CT. I&#8217;ll be honest, I&#8217;m tired. I&#8217;m coming off 2 weeks of traveling, events, and speaking in CA, CO, and FL. Also just wondering if my car has the capacity to make a 6000 mile trek</p>\x0a<p>So I&#8217;m either crazy or resilient. The two intermingle most of the time for me. Looking at what lies ahead it creates a hope in me that this tour is as much of a pilgrimage as it is a mission. I love when people get a glimpse of God&#8217;s love for the orphaned and vulnerable. Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve seen blank stares turn into hopeful gazes. There is a new chapter being written for Africa. It is no longer simple &#8220;that place&#8221; with &#8220;those problems&#8221;, but rather one of the fastest growing churches in the world. Even more, it is a place filled with children who are more than simply orphans - they are future heads of states, those who will find cures for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, they are entrepreneurs, artists, fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters. Do we dare hope larger than the evidence before us? Perhaps we are either crazy or hopeful, and probably a mixture of the two.</p>\x0a<p>This is something to risk for: A Movement to end the orphan crisis. A Movement that will outlast our simple organization.</p>\x0a<p>This is my dream job: Creating a Movement! But my dream job is also one of the riskiest things I can imagine.</p>\x0a<p>What&#8217;s your dream?</p>\x0a\x0a<p>WIth Hope,</p>\x0a<p>David</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr1bxybsd1qa62rpo1_400.jpg" alt="My Brother and I in SoCal 10 days ago. Before the beard make its exit and before the CO and FL." class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>My Brother and I in SoCal 10 days ago. Before the beard make its exit and before the CO and FL.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_quote">\x0a                    <span class="tumblr_open_quote">&#147;</span>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.<span class="tumblr_close_quote">&#148;</span>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_source">\x0a                        Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7j9xr7cn1qa62rpo1_400.jpg" alt="An icon of music. So glad to see the Hollywood Bowl&amp;#8230;Thanks Susan!" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>An icon of music. So glad to see the Hollywood Bowl&#8230;Thanks Susan!</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krzw83dcDM1qa62rpo1_400.jpg" alt="cruising the freeways of southern california w/ my brother Dan" class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>cruising the freeways of southern california w/ my brother Dan</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.tenthousandhomes.blogspot.com" class="tumblr_link"  target="_blank" >ten thousand homes blog!</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>stories: they create connection and spur movement.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a</ol>');