So that’s it.
I’ve accepted the offer from Indonesia and starting in August I will be the Vice President of Sustainability and Stakeholder Relationships for my friend’s Indonesian company. We will be there for at least two years.
I can’t mention too much more about the organization until they finish the IPO process (I described it a [...]

As you may have read in my latest blog post (http://mattelsberry.com/its-time-to-part-ways-with-crown/), I am no longer with Crown Financial Ministries. And while my time there has been most memorable, it’s time to move on to what’s next.
I have been talking with a good friend of mine who owns a oil palm plantation in Indonesia. He has [...]

I was recently told that my position at Crown Financial Ministries was going to be eliminated and I would have the option of staying with the ministry and taking on the Caribbean. While this was an incredibly attractive offer (especially during this unusually long and cold winter), it would also require taking my fund-raising efforts [...]

So I have a dear cousin who lives in Sudan. She’s actually my mom’s cousin’s daughter.
And she’s freaking awesome.
Just last week she posted about how she helped this victim of sex-trafficking escape Sudan and make it back to her home country. The young girl’s story is unbelievable. It’s definitely worth a look, a prayer, a [...]


I had lunch with a good friend from Dubai yesterday. We had only met in person once before briefly, but have shared countless emails and Skype conversations.
Though we wouldn’t end up meeting for another year, we were in the same room (along 600 other people) in Mumbai, India in 2004 for Crown’s Business by the [...]