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Update on Rachida

September 16, 2016

Thanks for your continued prayers for little Rachida with eye cancer. The last news that I have heard is that she is undergoing chemotherapy in the capital. She has finished 2 rounds already, and I hear that she has 4 more rounds plans in the next few months. She has not had surgery to remover […]

Good news!

September 16, 2016

I have good news to share with you today! Earlier this week, Jen and I visited the last (that we know of) of the main villages of our People Group! We have now visited 19 different villages in the last year. Please pray with us as we are now in the decision-making process of which […]

Produce

September 9, 2016

In my last post, I said that at 5:45 I stopped for some fruits and veggies along the road. Here’s what I ended up with, all for a total of $3.50 (or less, actually, since the exchange rate is in our favor). Sometimes it’s nice to live in My Country where produce is a lot […]

A Day in My Life

September 9, 2016

Lots of people have asked me over the past few years what a typical day looks like for me here in My Country. I haven’t been able to answer because every day is so different. But let me give you a glimpse into what this Monday looked like, since it shows some of the joys […]

You know you live in Africa when . . .

September 6, 2016

I receive breaking news e-mails from CNN and BBC. I also receive breaking news text messages from a Burkinabe news source. You know you live in Africa when this was the breaking news text message you received yesterday (direct translation from the French): “News: The research team of the police of the city of Fada […]

Video Games

September 6, 2016

How many of you used to (or still do) play racing video games? For us, it was “Cruisin’ World” and “Mario Kart.” For others, I know there are more off-road type of games and the list is probably endless of different games available. But how many of you have actually driven on a race track […]

Scatterbrained

August 25, 2016

Do you ever feel scatterbrained? That’s how I’ve felt a lot lately, and I feel like this blog post is rather scatterbrained, too. But hopefully it will help give you an idea of what I’ve been up to lately. Looking to the future with My People As I said in a recent post, it’s hard […]

Dear Mr. Polevaulter, Part 3

August 24, 2016

Look at what I did! This was a new first here in My Country, and I was very proud of myself. Can you guess what’s in my bag? My harp! No, it’s not my big American harp, but it’s still a 4-foot tall harp. I brought it across town to play for an English worship […]

Update on Rachida

August 22, 2016

You know something? It’s really hard to let you know about any prayer requests in advance. To say that such-and-such SHOULD be happening soon, even if it’s just a day or two away. And you know why? Because this is My Country, and things rarely go as planned. For example, I want to buy mozzarella […]

How to be neighborly

August 12, 2016

The streets here in town can be scary and even dangerous (though not all the time). But there are ways that you can be neighborly when you’re on the road. Here are a few of them: 1. If you are going somewhere with a large group of people, and you’re the only one on your […]