Tag: New Tribes Mission

    There is a man, who I see nearly every day, usually when I’m walking from the language center to my bus stop. The area is constantly clogged with traffic, an intersection between two extremely busy roads. People are hurrying here and there, taxis honking, vendors making a hissing sound to catch anyone’s attention and […]

  He sits near our apartment every day, sometimes with a friend to talk to, sometimes on his own. Our apartment guardian is a young man, probably early twenties. I was a bit nervous around him at first, not really sure what he thought of us being here. He always responded when I said hi […]

The kids head home in a taxi with Michael, and I release a deep breath. Usually the morning has been a busy combination of laundry, breaking up arguments, working on math with Kelsey and Dylan, writing with Riley, kissing owwies, snuggling, hurrying the youngest to the potty, reading together, and getting everyone ready, out the […]

Mornings are not my favorite. They always seem to come too soon. Michael is usually out the door to his French session by the time I make myself get out of bed, having mercifully made a smoothie or started oatmeal for the rest of us to have breakfast. The kids clamor around the table with […]

There is a sweet, young, woman, who comes in to cook and clean for us a few times a week. This is a huge help as, between our French study, homeschooling and just fitting in some normal family goodness, at times we struggle to keep up! Also, it’s great for us to eat meals that […]

When talking to Stacy’s family via skype last week  it was mentioned that there was 3 inches of new snow in Wisconsin. Jokingly I responded “There are 3 inches of new sand on our floor every day.” Now that may be an exaggeration… but the sand, dust, and the dirt have reminded me of Jesus […]

There is a moment, when you realize that the newness is beginning to fade away, and reality is setting in. The reality is that you don’t fit here yet, and it’s getting more and more evident that you won’t be fitting for a while. There is no jumping in the car and heading out to […]

In a few days, we will have been in Senegal for three weeks. It’s still hard to believe that this is a reality! Before the newness wears off completely, I wanted to share a few of the ways Senegal surprised us when we first got here. The food is excellent. I don’t know what I […]

We have now been in Senegal for two weeks, and God is teaching us so much on many different fronts. Many of these things are hard to verbalize, and there are others that I am sure we aren’t even aware of yet. Our French classes began this morning, but I thought I would share with […]

  Last week, somewhere between Monday night and Tuesday morning it became very real to me that I was on a plane bound for Western Africa with no return ticket. For years we have prayed and planned to move overseas to share the hope that we have in Jesus. Yet there I was, before even […]