Congo + Culture
Université Shalom de Bunia Jubilee
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.
Asperger's
Meltdown
Two steps forward, one step back. I can feel the progress, but it’s harder to appreciate it on the ‘one-step-back’ days. Like today. The bedtime chapter book we’ve been reading is lost. Somehow this is a magnanimous disaster for my routine-loving boy. Routines are safety. And dealing with changes at Read more…
Congo + Culture
The Light(ning) Side
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…
Asperger's
Pole Pole
Pronounced ‘POE-lay POE-lay’. This is a very useful Swahili phrase meaning ‘step by step’ or ‘slowly slowly’, ‘little by little’, ‘one foot in front of the other’, ‘baby steps’, ‘bit by bit’, ‘inch by inch’ – I think you get the picture. I don’t think it is coincidence that ‘pole’ Read more…
Asperger's
Entering Autismland*
Years of searching for help and answers, in regards to the difficulties of our son, culminated in April in a diagnosis: Asperger’s Sydrome. Those of you on our newsletter list have read some about this just this week. We have left the unchartered waters of encopresis or Reactive Attachment Disorder, Read more…
Personal
Quiet but not gone
I just realized I haven’t blogged in over a month. Ack! Things have been super busy since we finished school. There are a few picture finally uploaded to a facebook album if you’d like a peek at the kids and how well Joel’s birthday went. We’ve also just finished a Read more…
Family
Saturday Tid Bits
Thanks for bearing with the non-photo phase of this blog. I now have photos and will share them soon – for sure! I want to tell you so many things, but do not have time to write them all down right now, so today you get ‘tid bits’. Bits of Read more…
Personal
The Shouldas
Shoulda Woulda Coulda It’s easy for me to feel bound by what other people think. It just hit me this morning that over my lifetime, many people in authority over me have had plans. They feel it necessary to tell me of these plans. You should. You could. Hey, you Read more…
Congo + Culture
flower
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…
Congo + Culture
Where the Wild Things Are
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…