Stories

Go Where It Hurts

Go Where It Hurts ​​“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be […]

The Current Status of Mental Healthcare in Bolivia

There are very limited mental health resources in developing countries. There is a major imbalance in the amount of available mental health resources in proportion to the ever-increasing number of clients requiring treatment. A key reason for this underestimation, according to WHO, is the rising gap in health service capacity in different countries. WHO estimates […]

Dispatch: Bolivia

Walking through the streets of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is a journey through a cacophony of car horns, blaring inside an endless cloud of dust. The sizzle of barbecue and saltinas (something like a chicken soup empanada) beckons from sidewalks, and roaming dogs of all shapes and sizes offer a surprisingly warm welcome to this incredibly […]

The Trip of a Lifetime

We are preparing to leave Monday, July 12 for Bolivia to visit NOVO Communities rehabilitation center. Watch this video to learn more about our South American partner and the work they are doing. We are so excited to spend a month with NOVO leadership and clients, staying at La Quinta, the NOVO center. We will […]

The Salvation of Community: Talking Trauma, Addiction and Healing with Warren McCaig

Written by James Galt, Nations Media May 15, 2021 I almost flew off the back of Warren’s juggernaut of a BMW motorcycle when he cranked the throttle and sent the front tire careening into the air.  Afterwards, while my heart rate lowered, I considered how that was the most suitable way to describe Warren. He […]

Journey To Bolivia: An Interview with Warren McCaig

How did you get connected to Nations Media and Roadworks Collective? I have a good friend in Orange County who owns a couple crossfit gyms, and he came down with a group of volunteers to drill a water well, back when I was doing water wells. Him and a couple of other guys connected really […]

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT: A PHILOSOPHY OF WELLNESS

Meet our Resource Team: Jackson Hale and 360 WELLNESS Jackson Hale is all about connections. He started making them during his physical therapy studies at Azusa Pacific University. To connect his lessons with real life experience, he went on Instagram to offer nutrition counseling or physical therapy sessions to dormmates and friends. Soon, he offered […]

Going Upstream

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” – Desmond Tutu Warren McCaig grew up in Bentley, a town with fewer than 1,000 residents in Alberta, Canada. The youngest of three children, he was reared […]

He Was Lost, Now He’s Found

“This brother of yours was dead, and he’s alive! He was lost, and he’s found!’” Luke 15:32 MSG Ulises Pulling himself over the bridge railing, Ulises gasps hard for air. For days or weeks – he’s not sure just how long – Ulises has been living under this bridge in shabby tents pitched along the […]

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