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In Need of a Trusty Steed.

November 12, 2017

For nearly a year, I imagined driving my family out of the capital of Guinea to where our future home would be, like an astronaut heading out into a new frontier (but with a family). As that moment came to a reality, certain details dashed my dreams. I did not have a drivers license and […]

Sicap Family

May 11, 2015

After 8 months of living in Dakar, Senegal, we have moved to a new neighborhood. We moved for a couple reasons but mainly to be closer to where our church gathers and to be closer to our host family. At first, the idea of moving didn’t sound that exciting. We had grown quite comfortable […]

Normal

May 11, 2015

What is normal? Is kissing your sister on the lips normal? How ‘bout kissing your wife on the lips?? Is it normal for some people to not be normal? A lot of people normally do things that are not normal. Normally when I brush my tongue with a toothbrush I choke a little. Is that […]

Shared FB Message

January 23, 2015

Before we left the states I told a lot of people about how I would be utilizing this blog frequently. After arriving in Senegal I said the same thing to a fellow missionary who was ahead of us in language training. His response to me was “good luck”. “Luck” has not been on my side and […]

Bakeries, Bilinguals, and Bad Missionaries

October 17, 2014

Several mornings a week, after waking up and getting a shower I walk outside and cross the street to the bakery. The bakery on the corner of our street is one of many places that I can buy baguettes (a long, narrow loaf of French bread). We eat pieces of baguette from time to time […]

32 Little Adjustments to Life in Dakar

September 19, 2014

My dad always told me to pay attention to the little things because they pile up. I don’t think it’s had the desired affect but the advise has always stuck with me. That advise came to mind when I was thinking about the stress of adjustments to life in Dakar. There are hundreds of things […]

New Surroundings.

August 30, 2014

Bonjour! Hopefully soon enough I will be able to say that word without sounding like a redneck doing an impersonation of the pink panther, but for now it will do. By the grace of God the Hundertmark family has made it through a week of living in the wild city of Dakar in the wild […]

We Can’t Feel Our Legs!

June 2, 2014

I have been running a lot lately in preparation for a half marathon that I decided to do with a few guys from church. We started in January nine miles a week, but the past couple weekends we got some twelve mile runs under our belt. Running twelve miles is something that takes time and […]

Everything is cool when your part of a team!

March 18, 2014

Remember the ole varsity football jackets. I don’t know if kids where them anymore but as a kid I just remember those jackets being a statement. First and foremost it stated that you were part of a team. There was an underlying statement though, and that was “I am cool”. If you were wearing the […]

Bill Nye has a concern for people who have never heard the Gospel

March 3, 2014

In case you missed out on the whole thing, the Creation Museum hosted a debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye a couple weeks ago. Ken Ham is a leading creation apologist and bestselling Christian author and Bill Nye is an Emmy Award-winning science educator and CEO of the Planetary Society. The event was simply […]