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Impressions of Africa - Reflections on our first year in Africa 9 Aug 2013 | 01:42 pm
A local market. There are several overarching impressions from life in Africa. One is that life here is raw. In America, we teach our kids that the meat in cellophane packages comes from animals, l...
Things I Have Seen - Reflections on our first year in Africa 9 Aug 2013 | 11:55 am
I have seen children dancing with laughter and I have seen children with the lethargy of hunger. I have see lush forests teeming with life and I have seen the smoke rising from charcoal burners illeg...
Some things stay the same – our 20th wedding anniversary 25 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
“Wait! I bet I have those pictures with me,” I was saying. CrayzMom and I were on a two-night getaway to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary and as we were reminiscing about anniversaries gone by...
The Kijabe Mudslide 7 Jun 2013 | 12:45 am
Part of the mountain above our home that gave way. Prior to April 27th, 2013, if I heard the word mudslide I would have first thought of a hillside at a church camp covered with hoses and a bunch of ...
A Bad Jembe 31 May 2013 | 04:07 pm
My bad jembe that can't dig a proper hole. “It is OK,” said Pastor John trying to make me feel better about the fact that I had just dug a hole for a tree that did not meet his standards. “It must b...
Why I Don’t Have Dry Pants 29 May 2013 | 10:12 pm
“Argh!” A helpless feeling washes over you when you hear the rain on the roof and realize that the laundry is still on the line. What makes it worse is that you know that it could be days before the...
The Blessing of a Car 27 May 2013 | 10:16 pm
“Will you give these guys a ride?” Martha was saying as she was getting out of the car. My new friend Martha had flagged me down a few kilometers back as I was driving down the mountain on my first d...
Momentarily Forgotten 24 Apr 2013 | 11:36 pm
“So, tell me about how you guys came to adopt,” a student asked me as I sat in the baby room of an orphanage (Amani Baby Cottage) in Jinja, Uganda. I was on a student trip with 20 Rift Valley Academy...
Bats, Rats, and a Bed 21 Apr 2013 | 07:51 pm
This boat carried over 25 people and their gear! My room, the storeroom, and the kitchen. “All of you will be sleeping here in this building, except for the teacher. He will be sleeping in a room n...
It is STEEP here! 26 Feb 2013 | 09:05 pm
When Grandpa D and Grandma D were here over Christmas, I asked them what seemed different than what I have been portraying on the blog. The first thing they said was that they were surprised by how st...
