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Have you ever been to a blacksmith shop? I’ve only seen the ones in Old World Wisconsin, a place where you can see what life was like a long time ago in Wisconsin. But this is what a real blacksmith shop looks like today in My Country. The little boy is working the bellows. Those […]

A few of you have already said that you wanted to see the back of my “new do,” so here you go. It’s not the best picture, but you asked for it. . . . 🙂

A week and a half ago I got a new hairdo. Even though I’m in the process of undoing it right now, I thought you may want to see some pictures from the adventure. A friend from church who is a hair stylist did it. It took her about 3 hours, but by the time […]

I’ve been to (at least part of) two wedding celebrations here in My Country so far. I’d love to share lots about each of them with you, but that would take way too much typing for me and way too much reading for you. So let me just share briefly. Wedding 1 – Christian wedding […]

I bought this necklace while I was in another West African country and wore it for the first time a week ago. But I was surprised to find out that here it wasn’t seen as a necklace. I had two different people question me about it, thinking that it was something else. This “something else” […]

On Saturday I bought a bike! Now I am able to get around more easily on my own. It’s exciting to have my own set of wheels after 3 ½ months of relying on other people, walking, and taking taxis. 🙂 My first Jula teacher and another guy from his church were very gracious and […]

When I was in high school I often played the school harp in the hallway after school. People regularly stopped to talk to me. I remember that one day someone stopped to talk to me and asked about if it was difficult to transport a harp. I told him that yes, it was hard. But […]

(This was supposed to be posted on 3/17.) Many of you have heard of Compassion International, an organization in which sponsors in the US (and probably other countries) can sponsor kids around the world who are living in poverty. But since most of you don’t get a chance to actually visit those kids, I figured […]

(This was written on Saturday, 3/30. But I figured out what was wrong with my posting, so hopefully I’ll actually be able to post what I think I’ve posted now!) Ok, so I know that tomorrow is Easter. But on Monday it was Christmas at my church. The Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes arrived and got […]

(This was supposed to be posted on March 24th, but it didn’t get posted for some reason. So it’s late, but I hope you still enjoy it.) Tô is a staple food here in My Country. It is made with flour and water, so is like ugali (for those of you who know that food […]