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Fintech founder - seeking to create financial inclusion in sub-Sahara Africa.

Arlington, VA
Joined March 2012
Georgetown ball - good fight but Hoyas just didn’t have it.
Powerful words by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji at the @anafricanfuture Unlock Prosperity conference speaking on capital investment in Africa: not about getting more capital but about using the capital we already have.
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And then the rain came... – at Washington, DC
Awesome night to watch the Nats.
.@thekalafleming Talking about startup in Nairobi after working for IBM...and hacking for change w/ dreamers in Kenya. Made the leap in startup mode...and hasn’t looked back. Inspiring.
Learning about how tech is giving hope to the Caribbean. Female entrepreneurs providing their perspective. Great to hear how change is possible. @caribbeansinte
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Interesting insights...how AI may free us to do the work we want...no more copy & paste of data! #dcvetcohort2020
Awesome worship w/ @shaneandshane today at @mcleanbible. Praising God through the psalms!
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Celebrating culture - happy Chinese New Year from DC!
Powerful preaching by @plattdavid today on the dual emotions of lament & joy. Message focused on Psalm 13 & a how we often ask God..."How long?"...the same words MLK used at the end of march from Selma. Still so much brokenness, daily...& yet we have hope in Christ. @mcleanbible
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This is what church looks like...gathering for prayer in the quiet hours of the night (pic here from 2:30 a.m.!) to pray for biblical tenets of the church be fulfilled in the coming year. Praying for Pastor @plattdavid & all the leaders of @mcleanbible.
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Join us in bringing a smile this Christmas: jtjourney.org/project-bright…
.@OpportunityIntl Genzo Yamamoto presenting on shalom & their Holistic Community Assessment - part of development work being rooted in knowing the community first. #CEDSummit2019
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Gospel as “leaven” bread- interesting analogy that we look at partnership. We cannot look at partnership through specific lens but recognize how churches and communities bring different things to the table. Via Joseph Bataille, @WorldRelief
.@Fikkert at the CED Summit - we often see people as stratified beings (mind, affections, will - separate from body). But...we are a highly integrated relational being (body + soul). Wholeness comes from reconciliation & restored relationships with God, self, creation, others.
.@ScottArbeiter: we (as development agencies) will come and go - but the church will endure & continue to serve in a specific community.
.@WorldRelief’s @ScottArbeiter speaking on the importance of the church in fueling empowerment to the vulnerable: Christ has made church bride of Christ & we as development organization are the bridesmaid. Make the church the agency for change in a community.
Kicking off CED Summit - Devotion by JoAnn Flett w/ @PartnersWW - Matthew 25:31-46 - asking for reflection on who are we ignoring in our neighborhood & nation to ultimately love others as selves. Big take away...welcome the stranger.