20 words

October 21, 2016

The other day we spent the night in a village in our people group. While there, we wanted to take the opportunity to start to learn their language and to work on using the few words we knew. You see, from previous trips into our People Group we had learned about 20 words plus some […]

Update on Rachida’s eyes

October 10, 2016

Again, thanks so much for your prayers for little Rachida. This isn’t an easy thing to go through or a cut-and-dry situation, so it takes wisdom in knowing how to walk through this time with this family. And no, this picture is not a picture of Rachida. It’s a picture of what COULD happen if […]

Living in two worlds

October 9, 2016

I think this is the epitome of what life looks like when you live somewhere between two different worlds – pizza take-out on the back of a moto! It was my first pizza take-out in my city, and it was quite fun. I think I’ll have to do it again sometime. No, the pizza isn’t […]

A year ago

October 3, 2016

Two weeks ago (or maybe three, now that it’s taken a long time to post this because of bad internet), I posted about an important thing that happened a year ago that day, and how long ago that seemed. That was the coup d’etat. Today I want to post about something exciting that happened a […]

Rooster

October 3, 2016

You know you’re in Africa when . . . . . . you go to a village and they give you a live rooster as a gift. . . . you get home and let the rooster run around your yard for a week because it’s not a woman’s job to kill it (hooray!!), and […]

Ala bena o nyanabo

September 16, 2016

The other day I was re-reading the story of Abraham and Isaac, specifically the part about when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Only this time something touched me that hadn’t before, so I wanted to share it with you. You see, this time I was reading it in Jula. And when you […]

Update on Rachida

September 16, 2016

Thanks for your continued prayers for little Rachida with eye cancer. The last news that I have heard is that she is undergoing chemotherapy in the capital. She has finished 2 rounds already, and I hear that she has 4 more rounds plans in the next few months. She has not had surgery to remover […]

Good news!

September 16, 2016

I have good news to share with you today! Earlier this week, Jen and I visited the last (that we know of) of the main villages of our People Group! We have now visited 19 different villages in the last year. Please pray with us as we are now in the decision-making process of which […]

Produce

September 9, 2016

In my last post, I said that at 5:45 I stopped for some fruits and veggies along the road. Here’s what I ended up with, all for a total of $3.50 (or less, actually, since the exchange rate is in our favor). Sometimes it’s nice to live in My Country where produce is a lot […]

You know you live in Africa when . . .

September 6, 2016

I receive breaking news e-mails from CNN and BBC. I also receive breaking news text messages from a Burkinabe news source. You know you live in Africa when this was the breaking news text message you received yesterday (direct translation from the French): “News: The research team of the police of the city of Fada […]