Tag: Ethnos360

This year we have been wondering what to do for schooling for our boys next year.  The school the boys go to changes systems after elementary school and we weren’t sure if it would be a good fit for Ethan.  Plus we know at some point we will need to switch them from French back […]

Before we left for Senegal we were told over and over not to worry our kids would just adapt and would easily learn language.   However, one only has to arrive to a foreign country and look around at foreign kids who have been there for years to realize how much it is not a given.  […]

Our first two terms taught us the importance to taking times of rest.  Our ministry has us separated as a family a lot and so we have learned to schedule in time together between our seasons of travel especially during one the kids school breaks.  This past week was on of those.  We got away […]

That moment when When you get told to come back a week later with all the same documents that you already have because getting it done in one day would be “too easy” When you go to the tailor to pick up your clothes don’t realize until you get home that the snaps were sewn […]

One of the things that working with people from many different cultures has taught me is that compliments, criticism, critique, encouragement, insults and so much more are all culturally bound.  There are so many times I hear words and have them strike me wrong.  Then I am then left with the choice of what I […]

This is the last post about our recent trips.  We have a slight break from traveling for a few weeks so we will are enjoying getting caught up in other areas of our life and ministry.  Joel preaches this Sunday and then Easter is just around the corner, so it will be good to be […]

Over the past 8 week we have been on the road more than we  have been at home.  We have traveled to 5 different countries, visited 10 different teams, taken 5 different forms of transportation, and attempted greetings in 8 different languages. So why have we done all of this?  Why do we travel?  These […]

Our last trip took us to Burkina Faso and and Ivory Coast.  This meant that we spent 3 full days on the road to get to our destination before Joel then continued on his own to Ivory Coast.  We drove over 3300 miles in 2 weeks.  It was quite the trip.  Here is small picture […]

Challenges Before leaving for the US on my last trip to Burkina Faso, one of my wallets went missing while I was in the airport.  While the loss of the money was a bummer what was most upsetting was the documents I had in the wallet, my Senegalese driver’s license in particular.  After all the […]

Three weeks after arriving, it was time for our travel to begin.  Our first trip was one that just I (Andi) was taking.  It was a trip to Guinea to help with 2 teams there who have begun language and culture study.  I was bringing some of others with me to visit the village, but […]