Thanks for your continued prayers for our houses in the village. Here’s a picture of my house the last day I was there. However, that was now over 2 weeks ago, since I just got back from 2 weeks in Senegal for some training in curriculum development. When I called on Tuesday, I was told […]

As we take trips out to My Village, Jen and I stay with our host moms and their families since our houses aren’t finished yet. As such, my host mom takes care of me and provides what I need – warm water for bucket showers, food, water, etc. Everyone else in the village has to […]

Here’s some good news: our new teammates are here! We got a team picture a week ago and so I thought I’d share it with you. From left to right, you’ll see: Me, our new teammates, Tonnerre (Jen’s dog – though technically not part of the team, he wanted to be in the picture), and […]

Yesterday was Sunday. Normally I’d go to church. However, there was a part of a funeral for my village host dad’s big brother who had died here in town, so I decided to head there before going to church. (And since church lasts several hours, I still got to listen to a good chunk of […]

  The other day I was thinking about how my learning of My  Language is like ebony wood. No, I wasn’t thinking about it in the sense of how hard it is (ebony is the hardest wood in the world), but more about how a beautiful statue can be carved out of it. Let me […]

  I know that it’s been a while since I’ve posted about little Rachida, the one with retinoblastoma eye cancer. But if you look back in my blog over the past year, you’ll see many posts about her condition. Thank you so much for your continued prayers for her and her family! The last time […]