Yesterday at church we heard a fascinating take on the Fall. There were several points that stuck in my head – maybe you will also find them thought-provoking: – All in the Family: From an African perspective, family relationships define most everything and the terms, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc. Read more…
Congo is in the news this week! Help is being sent for problems ongoing and seemingly unnoticed by the world at large for a decade. I’m infused with hope. This land I call my home frequently goes unnoticed.I’ve heard it called lots of different names this week: ruggedisolated‘Wild West’troubledpoverty-strickenbackwoods forgotten Read more…
This didn’t work for some reason, so I’ve posted it here.For a more in-depth, if somewhat jaded, report on one aspect of the Jubilee, go here.
In Kenya we were told that the ‘long rains’ come in Sept/Oct, which was easy for me to remember as it should be ‘fall’. Only not really. In Congo, things are similar in the sense of dry – then wet – then dry – then wet. [Cultural tangent: We have Read more…
I feel like I have had precious little to put into our yard, but God has been gracious. In the back there is a stand of banana trees that, in addition to producing far too many bananas (once they do), produce the most wonderful flowers. Anyway, here is a taste. Read more…
Well, a HUGE thank you goes out to all who prayed us through a very long, but very smooth trip across the globe. Many people helped us pack up, Grandma and Grandpa put in lots of last minute babysitting, etc. Even the ticket agent checking our mountain of luggage was Read more…
Our kids have close friends in Congo. They are used to playing with them every spare minute in a mixture of basic English and Swahili. Over time customs seep in unnoticed. In a good way. When we arrived here one of James’ first comments was, “I hope I find a Read more…
There are too many experiences to list them all for you. Everyday my children experience another piece of this thing called their ‘passport culture’, and we hope that one day when they must return to fly solo the pieces of the puzzle with come together and be less overwhelming. So, Read more…
our first glimpse of Lake Albert The road down the escarpment was steep… …and the flatlands near the lake were pretty muddy! Waiting for our paperwork to get processed, many people gathered around to see the ‘white kids’. One mother even passed her baby in the window to sit a Read more…
Our trip across Lake Albert was very enjoyable.It’s a fascinating place!Sorry – no hippos in sight… Here’s the play-by-play:The first leg of the trip was in a car with a cousin of a friend who is also the head of a local NGO. He was wonderful to talk to! He Read more…