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So what do you do with your time, Susie? Here are a few highlights from the last few months!

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” (Psalm 136:1) This season, I feel like I have lots to be grateful for and wanted to share just a few of the big and small ones with you (in no particular order): The list could go on, but I’ll stop here so you have […]

As I was thinking about our upcoming Thanksgiving meal, I thought about this 4-ingredient recipe that our family often makes and decided to try it. It’s usually pretty simple, except for knowing when it has become “thick and clear.” But here it turned out to be a bit more complicated… First of all, none of […]

I was expecting some kind of trials as I was finishing up the last step to complete before I could start on translation, but I wasn’t expecting it to look quite like it did last week. Here in West Africa, being part of big life celebrations is of huge importance.  And somehow, they all seemed […]

How many of you have a baking shelf or baking drawer in your kitchen, where most of your baking supplies live?  Here my kitchen is 6’ x 8’ and is set up to be convenient for cooking local food, not baking American sweet treats, so when I want to bake something I have to round […]

I recently arrived back home in West Africa after some time in my country of origin, and I realize again how funny it is that these two worlds I live in are so very different.  The following two stories are two of my recent experiences.  Can you guess which one is from my country of origin […]

Lots of people ask me what a typical day here looks like, and I laugh since every day is so different.  But let me introduce you to a day a few weeks ago.  It is far from typical, but I think that it can help you see my life a bit. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I wake up, […]

This is the time of year when I (along with most of my neighbors and friends probably, too) wished we lived somewhere else. It’s hot season, and it came with a vengeance this year. It’s the time of year when you can’t really think since the main thought in your head is, “It’s hot.” And […]

Thanks for your prayers for our literacy class!  It was an intense 6 weeks, but for the first ever literacy class in My Language, it went pretty well if I do say so myself.  🙂  We had 10 students, guys and girls, ranging in age from teenagers to our oldest student who is in her […]

Life here is many things, but “dull” is not usually one of them. Sometimes I hear interesting things, which would be funny if they were coming from the lips of kids who didn’t know what they were talking about. Sadly, though, they’ve all come from adults, and show the real thoughts and fears of their […]