As we take trips out to My Village, Jen and I stay with our host moms and their families since our houses aren’t finished yet. As such, my host mom takes care of me and provides what I need – warm water for bucket showers, food, water, etc. Everyone else in the village has to […]
Here’s some good news: our new teammates, the Pryors, are here! We got a team picture a week ago and so I thought I’d share it with you. From left to right, you’ll see: Me, Katy, Cameron, Gracia and Calvin (their kids), Tonnerre (Jen’s dog – though technically not part of the team, he wanted […]
Yesterday was Sunday. Normally I’d go to church. However, there was a part of a funeral for my Vigué host dad’s big brother who had died here in town, so I decided to head there before going to church. (And since church lasts several hours, I still got to listen to a good chunk of […]
The other day I was thinking about how my learning of the Viemo language is like ebony wood. No, I wasn’t thinking about it in the sense of how hard it is (ebony is the hardest wood in the world), but more about how a beautiful statue can be carved out of it. Let […]
I know that it’s been a while since I’ve posted about little Rachida, the one with retinoblastoma eye cancer. But if you look back in my blog over the past year, you’ll see many posts about her condition. Thank you so much for your continued prayers for her and her family! The last time […]
Living overseas as a missionary, you’d think that I’d get used to change, since things are always changing. But honestly, I still don’t like it. However, there are quite a few good changes that have happened lately or are in the works to happen soon. Here are just a few: The Vigué people have a […]
I’m currently in Tanzania, where I’ll be in some training the next two weeks. This isn’t my first time here, though. In 2008 I was here for a study-abroad semester, and in 2013 I was here for some PGA training. Before coming in 2008 I had a semester class to learn some Swahili, the main […]
The sun in Burkina Faso is notoriously hot. In fact, the Jula expression used to talk about how hot it is, especially at this time of the year, is that the sun is “fari,” which is a word that the dictionary says means “brutal, cruel, hard, mean, severe.” And yes, it’s true. Unlike in the […]
These days I’m feeling very old, since last month I had my big 3-0 birthday. It feels like I have to be an adult now and maybe even be grown up? Crazy! But even though I’m old, it doesn’t mean that I’m done learning. In fact, I’m currently in Tanzania, where next week I’ll start […]
Last week I was in My Village from Wednesday to Saturday. I saw that they had made progress on my house, but the masons weren’t there working at all during the time I was there. It sounds like the progress has really slowed down. Yesterday the guy who’s like our middle […]