Mobilizing “Borrowed Talent” On The Bridge
Rwandans call them “borrowed talent” The media calls them “social entrepreneurs” People of faith call them “a new generation of missionaries” You can call them “an investment in a better world” What is “borrowed talent”? It is Rwanda’s innovative way of drawing smart, humble, and committed individuals from around the world to assist in the development of their country. B2R’s “borrowed talent” are experienced professionals who have answered the call to work along side Rwandan leaders in special assignments focused on education and economic development. Rwanda’s leaders and our Bridge2Rwanda staff share bold dreams for Rwanda and are passionately engaged in the work needed to accomplish the country’s ambitious goals for the future. If you would like to support one of these individuals, donate below.
Tom Allen
Bridge2Rwanda Country Director
| Current city: | Kigali, Rwanda |
| Hometown: | Palos Verdes Estates / Hermosa Beach, California |
| Mission: | To be wherever He wants me to be, doing whatever He wants me to do, with whatever He provides to do it. |
| Favorite quote: | “Faith never knows where it is being led, but it knows and loves the One who is leading.” -Oswald Chambers |
| Blog: | http://tomallen3.blogspot.com/ |
Bob Browder
Civil and Environmental Engineer
| Current city: | Cordova, TN |
| Hometown: | Selmer, TN |
| Destination city: | Musanze, Rwanda |
| Mission: | Improve Christian education in the church and beyond. |
| Favorite quote: | “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” - William Carey |
Mark Darrough
Project Coordinator
| Current city: | Kigali and Musanze Rwanda |
| Hometown: | Fort Collins, CO |
| Favorite quote: | “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt |
| Blog: | http://www.markdarrough.blogspot.com |
Dale Dawson
Bridge2Rwanda CEO
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Snyder, TX / Houston, TX |
| Mission: | Build a bridge from here to Rwanda and transform lives at both ends. |
| Favorite quote: | “Love one another.” -Jesus |
Teresa Devine
CEO & Internet Marketing Specialist, Upside Living
| Current city: | Atlanta, GA |
| Hometown: | Wabash, IN |
| Mission: | To serve and love God by giving my time and talent to help break the cycle of poverty for Rwandans.
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| Favorite quote: | "We should never let the past control our future." ~ Manzi Remmy Kevis, Sonrise School-Rwanda
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| Blog: | http://teresadevine.wordpress.com |
Kevin Geoghegan
Bridge2Rwanda Project Supervisor
| Current city: | Clemson, South Carolina |
| Hometown: | Chapin, South Carolina |
| Destination city: | Musanze, Rwanda |
| Interests: | Theology/philosophy, art, people, figuring out how things work,
traveling, good books, coffee and coffee shops, deep conversations,
being outside. |
| Favorite quote: | Everybody has to live for something. Whatever that something is
becomes “Lord of your life,” whether you think of it that way or not.
Jesus is the only Lord who, if you receive him, will fulfill you
completely, and, if you fail him, will forgive you eternally. -Tim Keller |
Peyton Greenwald
Bridge2Rwanda IT Specialist
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Little Rock, AR |
| Destination city: | Musanze, Rwanda |
| Favorite quote: | “If, in your life, you wait for everything to be perfect, you’ll never do anything.” – Bear Grylls |
| Blog: | http://peytongreenwald.com/ |
Clay Parker
Project Coordinator
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Conway, AR |
| Interests: |
Social entrepreneurship, cultural experiences, art, travel, and family |
| Favorite quote: |
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. -Apostle Paul |
Anna Reed
ESL Consultant and Teacher
| Current city: | Musanze, Rwanda |
| Hometown: | Little Rock, AR |
| Interests: | Seeing the world, reading, and loving my family, friends, and my kids at Sonrise! |
| Favorite quote: | “The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” - William James |
| Blog: | http://annanafrica.blogspot.com/ |
Blayne Sharpe
Business Manager
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Charleston, AR |
| Interests: | Going to Lake Ouachita, waterskiing/wakeboarding, current events, jogging, going to visit family |
| Favorite quote: | “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” -Sir Winston Churchill |
Kelly Simpson
Educational Consultant/Sonrise Teacher
| Hometown: | Simpsonville, SC |
| Destination city: | Musanze, Rwanda |
| Interests: | Cookies, reading, contra dancing, English, traveling, Clemson sports, teaching, live music
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| Favorite quote: | "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -Dr. Seuss
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Larry Stone
CEO & Executive Creative Director, Stone Ward
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Three Creeks, AR |
| Interests: | Photography, painting, golf, travel, recreational flying |
| Favorite quote: | “Never settle for the ordinary when the extraordinary lies within you” -Ashley Floyd |
Millie Ward
President, Stone Ward
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Wynne, AR |
| Interests: | Women's issues and opportunities, Bridge2Rwanda, Downtown Little Rock |
| Favorite quote: | “Never confuse effort with results.”, “Always be a student.”, “A good idea doesn't care who has it.” -Stone Ward 20 principles |
Kat Watson
Project Coordinator
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | |
| Destination city: | Kigali, Rwanda |
| Interests: | Being outdoors, learning new things, good food and good coffee |
| Favorite quote: | “There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere. Of course, I had always known He was, but this time I felt it, I realized it, the way a person realizes they are hungry or thirsty. The knowledge of God seeped out of my brain and into my heart.” Donald Miller
"One person can make a difference, and everyone should try." JFK
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Glen Woodruff
Muhabura University, CEO / President
| Current city: | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Hometown: | Little Rock, AR |
| Mission: | Educate tomorrow's leaders |
| Favorite quote: | “The first and greatest command is to love the Lord your God with
all your heart, soul and mind and the second is like it, love your
neighbor as yourself.” -Jesus |
Melissa Yates
Bridge2Rwanda Director of Development
| Current city: | Little Rock, AR |
| Hometown: | Little Rock, AR |
| Mission: | My mission is two fold:
- To spread the gospel: “Go and make disciples of all nations...” (Matthew 28:19)
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use my God-given abilities to do the Lord's work: “For we are God's
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10)
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| Favorite quote: | “Wherever you are, be ALL THERE. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God” -Jim Elliott |
