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Today I had a new first, and something that I don’t think would happen in many places around the world. On my way home from buying vegetables at the market, I stopped to look at some plates. There was a girl working at the little shop selling them, and she said that her mom was […]

On Friday, I sent out an e-mail update, and one of the prayer requests was for rain so that it would cool down around here. (If you’d like to receive my updates by e-mail and don’t yet, let me know and I’ll sign you up.) You must have prayed, since on Saturday morning a good […]

Sometimes it’s nice to have a boss. Or a director, like we have here. And sometimes it’s nice to actually see them in person, even if it takes a long, hot, and tiring 14 hours to get to their house. Yes, I know what some of you are thinking – you’d love to be that […]

Recently I was in a village in my people group, and they were giving me some words and expressions in their language. One of them was “What is your name?” In their language it’s something like [vujisinindele]. But when we asked how you’d respond, they said that you could respond with the phrase, “My name […]

I stood in my living room, pouring the water out of the plastic “tea pot” to allow him to wash his hands before we shared a meal together.  I had met him a while ago, but it was only recently that I actually started to get to know him, his family, and his people.  As […]

The weather here has been beautiful lately. The only problem is the dust. Welcome to dusty season . . . Dusty season is when you have to wash your feet before going to bed because they are filthy since it has been an hour or two since you scrubbed them in the shower, (during which […]

I just came across some statistics from a talk I heard a year or two ago by a local missionary about one of the countries here in West Africa: * In this country, only 20% of the people are Christian of any denomination. * This country is in the 10/40 window. * There are 84 […]