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This morning a friend told someone else from church, “Pour cold water on your heart.” Why? What was the meaning? What was she supposed to do? Also, just now someone told me that I was a “person” and that I “acted like a person.” Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Did I […]

No one commented on my last post, but let me share with you the answers to the two riddles below. The younger girl’s clothes were quite wrinkly and may have even been dirty (which is easy given all the dust around here). Hence they were like they had come out of the mouth of a […]

The other day I was at the pastor’s house, where I am often since my house is basically in their front yard. One of the younger girls had just gotten dressed after taking a shower, and her older brother asked her if she got her clothes out of the mouth of a donkey. Can you […]

I’ve had two birthday celebrations lately. Yesterday was the pastor’s birthday, and since I basically live in the pastor’s front yard (my house is in their courtyard), I get to be part of lots of family things. So yesterday the kids of the pastor and I made a cake (which is so much easier with […]

Sometimes I feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place. Well, it’s more like between dust and heat. You see, I’m north of the equator, so December/January is the “cold” time here. That meant that it felt great to leave my windows open a lot. Most days it was in the 80s, getting […]

I know that some of you would like more pictures from my life here, so let me try to help you out a little bit. Here are just a few from when my parents were here. If I get the chance I’ll add some more another day, but at least this should get you started […]

Guess what?!? I made it! It’s now just over a year since I first stepped off the airplane in the heat of My Country, not knowing anything of what to expect, what was to come, who I’d meet, what this country and these people were like, and what God had in store for me. This […]

Yesterday when I was in town I noticed some Christmas lights lit up and all felt right with the world. But then I started laughing because I remembered I was on the back of a moto without even a sweatshirt and I had sandals on my feet. Yup, I’m not in Kansas (or Wisconsin) anymore. […]

I am now the new owner of motorized transportation for the first time in my life! Here is my “moto,” which is the word here to refer to any kind of motorcycle, scooter, moped, etc. Mine happens to be a blue one. For you guys, it’s a Yamaha Crypton 07C. For you local people, it’s […]