A Nanny We were all very excited to welcome Katie (a friend from our home church) to Africa this week.  Although it was a rough first couple of days for her battling jet lag, Katie has already been a tremendous help.  It is great having some extra help around the house and she is eager […]

One Year Ago Today…. We said goodbye to everything familiar, walked on to a plane and entered a whole new world.  I remember how I felt walking off that plane hit by the heat and humidity.  Tyler was begging to get back on the plane and in all honesty part of me was right there […]

Katie’s Coming! This month has been exhausting.  It is HOT, we have been battling sickness all month and we have been incredibly busy.  I feel like we were brought to the edge of a cliff and at times I was fearful we would fall off.  God definitely brought us to the edge, but then just in time […]

Stepping Out of My comfort Zone This past weekend I went to the woman’s retreat/camp at our church.  I knew that going was what God wanted me to do, but I also knew how much I would be stepping out of my comfort zone (God seems to ask me to do this a lot).  My […]

One of my favorite things to do is look around at the blessings that surround us. The screens are finally up and our bug population is drastically decreasing. A smile on Ethan’s face after his first day of school. A new cabinet in our kitchen to keep my Tupperware safe from the dust. A chance […]