We thank God for the gift of Ethan!  We have enjoyed watching him grow and change and marvel at how much progress he made.  As we held a party for his birthday it was fun to see our whole family now interacting together in French since most of his friends speak French more than English. […]

Last weekend I packed up some things and took off into a car with Cecil for a weekend wedding out at her home village.  There are thousands of things I could share with you from my weekend, but I will try to keep the recount as simple as possible. FRIDAY We arrived Friday evening while […]

Even with all the adventures we have had, I still get nervous when we face the next.  Not nervous about whether we will make it through, but what it will require to make it to the other side.  Butterflies still mount as I prepare to leave.  A night in the village with our host family, […]

It is about time I shared with you some of Joel’s pictures from his trip to Burkina Faso.  These are long overdue, but life threw us a few curve balls with sickness.  So they might be late, but better late than never.

We enter you with a back log of exhaustion Your cool air is refreshing It would be nice if you returned us all to health You are a puzzle whose pieces don’t seem to all fit together Just past you lies a month which looks delightfully empty First, however, we must make it through the […]