Question: How Do You Write a Book When Lives are Literally on the Line?

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Question: How Do You Write a Book When Lives are Literally on the Line?

If you’re alive and have access to the internet (which I think we can safely assume since you are reading these words), then you have no doubt been exposed to some terrible medical messaging over the past year and a half. This is tragic during a global health crisis, as lives often depend on the careful, concise delivery of accurate medical information…

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The Guy Who Fades into the Background

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The Guy Who Fades into the Background

Asked what he sees as his role at SIL LEAD, our Communications Consultant Josh Barkey responds, “I just see my role in SIL LEAD as more The Guy Who Fades Into the Background.” But while Josh never gets in the way of telling SIL LEAD’s story, we felt it important to pull him out of the background for just a moment, so you can catch a glimpse of the man behind the curtain.

“I grew up barefoot in the Amazon jungle, catching and eating piranhas before they could catch and eat me,” says Josh Barkey on his Facebook mini-bio.

Josh is an artist who consults for SIL LEAD. We consider ourselves privileged to have him on our team, not only as the communications professional who maintains our website and does our copywriting, but also as a friend.

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“A Desire to Give Back”

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“A Desire to Give Back”

If you were to ask Rebecca Chandler Leege where she was born, she might just answer, “The United States.” This non-specificity is not because she doesn’t know the city or town of her birth, but because she has lived in so many countries and considers herself a citizen of the world, more than of any one country—so regional specifics feel a little less important. While this could be understood as the natural result of her highly mobile early life in a missionary family, it doesn’t diminish the value that such a perspective brings to her current role as the newest member of the SIL LEAD Board of Directors…

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