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You’ve heard of reading between the lines. But how about living between the lines? It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I read a missions article recently, and one of the sentences read something like this: “In a few short years he learned the difficult language and planted a church.” What?!? It’s something […]

Ah, I love the weather in December here! It’s true that there is dust everywhere, but the temperatures are beautiful. It’s the first time I’ve seen temperatures as low as the 70s since I was in the US this summer. At night it can even get down into the 60s. So wonderful. Today I even […]

For those of you who read my last post, you may remember that I was working on a huge Country-Wide Assessment for the country of Guinea as part of my People Group Assessment work. It’s done! I was able to “turn it in” the week after Thanksgiving, and now it’s in the hands of NTM’s […]

Happy Thanksgiving! Since today is Thanksgiving, I wanted this update to take the form of a few of the many things I’ve been thankful for lately. Here you go – 1. I am thankful that there is peace here in My Country. There has been unrest in parts of West Africa lately, so I’m grateful […]

Tonight one of my friends was sick and she said that she was going home to head to bed early to get some rest. But before she left, she said that she weighed herself and realized that she had lost 10 pounds. She still looked the same weight to me, and didn’t look unhealthily skinny. […]

There is a famous ballet called “Swan Lake.” In this ballet, there are two main female leads – Odile and Odette. One is good and one is bad. I often forget which is which, though. Here in French choir at my church, one of the girls’ names is Odile. But whenever I heard it, my […]

I went “downtown” today for the first time since this political turmoil started last week. And I came back thinking about how much I love and appreciate this country. You see . . . – The country isn’t stable yet. There are talks going on today between the interim president and the leader of the […]

I’ve never used a spray-on tan before, but Wednesday, after our crazy road trip, it felt like I had. I arrived home well-tanned, but after scrubbing and scrubbing in the shower a lot of it came off, as you can see in these before and after pictures. The back of my neck was still a […]

On Wednesday, as part of the research I was doing with another missionary couple, 4 of us took a major road trip. We were gone for 13 ½ hours, of which I was on the back of a moto for at least 6. I don’t understand those people who do cross-country motorcycle trips – by […]

It’s the little things in life that make so much difference. Coming back to My Country from the US this time, I brought several “little things” that I have greatly appreciated and enjoyed. Here are just a few: – This soap dish with a suction cup on it so it sticks to my wall. I […]