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Since I was out in Tanzania for the PGA training, I decided to spend a week with a good friend from Houghton College and her husband – Maria and Eric. For those of you know Tanzania, they were interning at Neema Crafts. Staying with them, I was near Masumbo, where I had spent the semester […]

I’ve been in a lot of classes, but the one I had three weeks ago was very different. Most of the time in school you learn things for tests and general knowledge or to be known for some time in the future. But this was different. It was a week of intensive class to be […]

You know you’re a missionary when the following dialogue comes up in an evening conversation and you think nothing of it: Missionary 1: “Do you know of the store Wimbly?” Missionary 2: “Maybe. What country is it in?” Missionary 1: “South Africa.” Missionary 3: “Ahh, that’s right. I knew that I had seen a lot […]

“What you did was wrong and you need to apologize.” “If you hit him again you won’t get any candy later. You want candy, right?” Which of the two above responses to the misbehavior of a child sounds like good parenting to you? Likely the first one. But here, people would likely choose the second […]

As you know if you’ve been reading my blog, I moved into my own little house almost a month ago. I finally organized it enough to be willing to take pictures to show you all. My house consists of the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. Yes, there is a shower in the bathroom (no […]

It is situmu season. From the picture, can you tell what situmu are? They are caterpillars! And yes, those caterpillars were in a pot on my stove. But no, I did not try them. A friend asked if she could cook them at my house. There are lots of people here who really enjoying eating […]

Life doesn’t always happen like you planned it. That’s why last Tuesday I headed off to camp with a group of Sunday school kids! I was in the middle of my Jula class when the pastor asked if I could chaperone the camp on the other side of town. They realized they needed another chaperone […]

This last month has been a month of waiting, believing that moving day could be any week or any day. But now I have the good news to share with you – I moved! A week ago Wednesday was moving day and I’m now living in a little house on the church property. It isn’t […]

Do your clothes match? Then they must be married! Here matching clothes is optional, and if they actually match you can say that by saying they’re married. I guess we’re into weddings in the US! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any of you who are likely reading this. But here you wouldn’t […]

Jula class can make me laugh sometimes. Let me share with you the two things that made me laugh most on Friday: 1. In Jula you don’t say, “Here, kitty, kitty.” Instead you say, “Moose! Moose!” Ok, so it’s not spelled like that, but that’s what it’s pronounced like. I think my teacher didn’t quite […]