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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 […]

Do you know what this fruit is? I had never noticed it before yesterday when my host mom gave me two of them. I got home and Sophie, one of my good friends, showed me how to eat it. You cut off the top, then there are three holes in it, out of which you […]

That’s right, I finally had my official harp debut among my Burkinabé friends and neighbors! Two friends and I sang “You are My All in All” at church on Sunday (in English), accompanied by the harp. It was a big hit. It was a little nerve-wracking for me, though, to have to sing with a […]

On Sunday, November 3rd, there was a solar eclipse! Most of you in the US probably didn’t get to see it, but I thoroughly enjoyed my first solar eclipse. Many people here were afraid, though, and some even decided to lock themselves in the house for the day. On the TV it had said that […]