We hired our gardener Beleke* because of his story.(Well, we needed one too.)Tropical weeds grow fast. Everywhere. Last year, just as Beleke was beginning his seminary studies,his sending church was attacked in a far away village by the LRA.I do not know the extent of the evil inflicted there.I’m not sure Read more…
For more than three years we have lived in this fascinating place. And so many times a camera just doesn’t capture it all. I will often treasure significant moments in my heart, but not have a way to ‘keep’ them outside of memory itself. So I hope to ‘keep’ them Read more…
Rodentia.Okay, according to wikipedia bats aren’t rodents. But rats and bats sure seem to be in the same family to me. We’ll climb the family tree and call them all mammals. Bats live in our attic, correction, bats live in almost every attic here. They scamper about the midnight skies Read more…
Click here if the youtube window doesn’t load. {DISCLAIMER: This video does involve graphic content not suitable for young children.} Much of this footage is from our hometown here – if you want a peek. Our group is involved in translating, checking, publishing and training local church leaders with tools Read more…
It was going to be a lazy Friday afternoon of leisurely sewing and listening to the boys play outside with their favorite friend. Until the extra jog. I had just finished a 3-mile workout with our wonderful homeschool helper Katie, we did our 3-miles and were cooling down for the Read more…
I have begun this post several times, and no words feel sufficient enough to convey the wonder of the privilege I’ve had the past 3 months to be in our local church choir. To put things into words feels like it will minimize a wondrous reality. I fear giving you Read more…
I meant to title this ‘random-ness’ but mistyped ‘randomess’, and our life is messy, so I’m keeping it. Life in the raw and real with all the messy parts is life ready for redemption. The kids have just finished their homeschool assignments for today and are making quick work of Read more…
It’s a French word, you know: source. We borrowed it. Here it can mean the ‘well’ or ‘spring’ that drinking water is drawn from. Even if local folks have city water pipes (they provide brown water about 50-60% of the time), they often continue to haul water for drinking/cooking from Read more…
The fun ‘feet’ blog picture we’ve been using as a header has bothered me for a few reasons. Don’t get me wrong – it’s cute and fun, but it was taken during a lovely vacation at the beach in Kenya. And while, I like to look at it and remember Read more…
I didn’t take this time of holding the ebenezer, remembering the year as He laid it before us, last year – we were savoring a visit with family in the US… Sad that the last backward glance at a year of living and loving was here in 2010. Two years Read more…