Author: Michael and Stacy Creech

I remember thinking about missions before we had arrived overseas. I imagined it out, excited, and also scared at times. I knew some of what to expect, from growing up overseas, but being an mk is not the same as being the grown up missionary.  Details were fuzzy in my imagination of the future, but […]

He walked up to us as we were talking and greeted us. He held my hand after we shook hands, just long enough for me to begin to be uncomfortable with it.  As he sat down, engaged my friend in conversation and started talking to me, I found myself wondering why he was speaking the […]

I once read a story in which limpets featured as an example. These tenacious sea creatures are extremely difficult to pry off of rocks because they latch onto them with such force.  Late last night, or early this morning, it occurred to me that I would very much like to be like a limpet.  Life […]

The water is cut. It’s early in the morning and it’s out again. We have a bucket, so we should be fine for a while.  Eventually the bucket runs out and I go to the reservoir, only to realize that we have forgotten to fill it up. It’s almost empty and suddenly the water shortage […]

“Are they all yours?!”  I hear this phrase a lot whether in the US, or in Senegal. Any time I am out with all 5 of my kids, people tend to comment. I love the pleasure that I hear in peoples’ voices when they comment here though.  I recently took a trip up to the […]

The market is loud and bustling with people, although not quite as crowded as some days. My friend and I duck under an umbrella and step into one of the alleyways that wind back from the open road. Everything is covered here, although you can catch glimpses of the sky between buildings and the tarps […]

She usually comes once every couple of weeks, sometimes once a week. The morning sun hasn’t yet developed into the hottest part of the day, so she puts her platter of mint on her head and makes her way around the neighborhood to see if anyone is interested in buying.  I don’t know how far […]

“Are you coming tonight?”  I looked at my friend, not sure what was happening tonight. The wedding was the next day. She must have seen my confusion, because she asked again, “Are you coming tonight? To work?”  I wanted to jump up and down.  “Yes! Yes I’ll come.”  “To work?”  “You show me what you […]

When learning a language you spend a lot of time listening. With the program we use, when we first start out, we are spending pretty much all of our language session time listening and pointing. Even now, though we have progressed further, we spend the majority of our time listening. Listening during sessions, listening to […]

In between. If I had to describe how I have felt lately it would be best expressed by those words.  We celebrated Thanksgiving a few weeks ago, and invited the ladies who work for us over to share the dinner. The smoked chicken, mashed potatoes, rolls dripping with butter, roasted veggies and creamed corn were […]