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A few things happened today that don’t seem out of place here, but growing up in Wisconsin I don’t think that I would ever have imagined them happening. Welcome to the missionary life. You know you’re a missionary when . . . . . . you have three Bibles stacked on your coffee table that […]

I made it! For those of you following my Facebook posts, you’ll know that contrary to my plans, I didn’t make it home to My Country when I was planning. The Air France strike caused my flights to get canceled twice, so I ended up leaving Chicago O’Hare last Thursday, which was the day before […]

Wow, it has been a good but busy summer back in the US! Here are a few of the many things I’ve done the last two months: – Get together with lots of people to share more about what God’s doing in West Africa – Help other missionaries with linguistics – Go to the zoo, […]

I’ve enjoyed getting to catch up with lots of people while I’ve been back here in Wisconsin. It’s amazing how much can happen in a year and a half, both on this side of the ocean and the other. One time someone asked about my finances and my budget, and since I didn’t think that […]

Allo? That’s how you answer the phone if you’re in My Country, or if you’re in the US and someone from My Country calls you! And on Monday, by 8:30am I had received two phone calls from there, one in Jula and one in French. I was getting ready to go to a meeting, but […]

Yes, I made it! I had my first Jula language evaluation on Thursday and found out that I officially have a high level of Jula (capable high, for those of you familiar with NTM terminology), high enough to be doing Bible teaching, etc., in Jula. So exciting! I also made it back to the US […]

On Sunday afternoons I have been having an English class/conversation time with whoever wants to come. Lately it’s been separated into the beginner and the advanced class. Yesterday, the advanced class was reading a children’s book about missionaries. On one of the pages, it says, “Every month a pilot flew in the food and supplies […]

Today was a big day for those who finished the equivalent of what would be 9th grade here. You see, there is a diploma you get after 5th grade, one after 9th grade, and then one after 12th grade (if you continue on that far). But in order to get the diploma and advance to […]

I think I’ve posted pictures on here of my hair being done in African braids before. For the wedding festivities a few weeks ago I decided to have my hair done again, but this time to do it the simple way, without tight braids. The stylist pulled it back into a tight ponytail, braided it […]

As I said in my last post, I’ve been to a lot of wedding festivities lately. At one of them, it was one of my good friends who was in charge of cooking for everyone. The festivities were on three different days, and on Sunday they cooked rice for everyone, which is a common food […]