Fasting and Praying – Last week the ladies of my church approached me saying that they were fasting and praying with the ladies of the other church in our town.  It sounded like a good idea to me, but then they told me that they were doing 72 straight hours.  My first thought was, “Are […]

I now have 6 numbers in my phone for Joel depending on which country he is in at the moment We are slowly getting mentally ready to dive into Wolof again Cecil started selling fruit just around the corner, which means I only have to walk around the corner to get fruit and I can […]

Unity In the Body Of Christ This is one area that God has really spoken to us over the past few years, as we have reached out to integrate into the Church here.  There is nothing magical about it, the church here has problems just like any other church, but God didn’t call us to […]

This week we bought tickets to return to the states this summer!   We will arrive in Portland August 1st.  We couldn’t be more excited and yet… A few days after purchasing the tickets Ethan was on skype with his Grandma and he said that he didn’t know whether to be excited to be in […]