Fashion wasn't my friend when I first came to this country.  I wore these long neon green shorts that got a lot of looks from other fourth graders.  My backpack had a strong camouflage pattern that screamed "outsider!" instead of the single tone Jansport backpacks everyone else had.  The students all called me "Rambo".  It wasn't meant to be affectionate.

I'll be speaking at a religious freedom workshop in Macedonia in September.  Excited to learn about a new country and their efforts to expand the freedom to practice!

I was recently honored to be featured in Security Debrief.  Here's an excerpt from the article:

Absolute security is unobtainable. Disasters will strike, violent extremists will attack, and our systems, infrastructure and planning will not always stop every threat. The challenge for the United States is to create resilient systems and communities, so when a bad day arrives, the damage is limited and the recovery is rapid.