Archives for January 2012

The Sights of Our Daily Life

January 31, 2012

The View Around Our Neighborhood Here are some of the normal things we saw this week. Some I caught in Pictures, others I can only describe with words. – The street infront of our house flooded with sewage. There is only one way to get across it. – A baby crawling around in a snowsuit […]

The Wind Begins to Blow

January 24, 2012

Wind and Elections This past week the wind began pick up strength. It is crazy how strong the winds get here and the way it changes some aspects of life. We are adapting the the howling of the wind through the cracks in our window shutters and the rustling it causes on our neighbors tin […]

Our Africa Team

January 21, 2012

This week I have been so blessed by the team we work with. I am so grateful to part of the family of God and have marveled at how powerful it is when God’s people work in unity. This week I was overwhelmed by God’s goodness displayed through the team he has put together for […]

A Double Birthday

January 15, 2012

Ethan Turns 5 Ethan has been my superstar. I was the most worried about him with the move to Africa and although it has been difficult he is doing amazingly well. I know God’s hand has been with him in this time of transition. He really misses our family, friends and churches back home. Yet […]

Dinner at 14:00

January 9, 2012

This week we decided to experiment with our schedule and see if there was a way to more efficiently use our time. So we made the switch to eating dinner at 2 pm (or more appropriately 14:00). We love it! The most difficult thing about it is the fact that we are in class until […]

Looking forward…

January 2, 2012

These past few weeks have been filled with so many great memories, especially for our boys. We all got a nice reprieve from the challenges we face here. Even Tyler became attached to someone (other than mom) for the first time. All the memories make me smile. I am looking forward to day when there will be […]