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“Do you know a man named David? Tall, white, bald man named David?” A boutique owner asked me when I ducked in to buy a coke on our recent trip to another country for a conference. “Yes, I know [...]

We recently attended a conference in a neighboring country. The drive was long but the view was beautiful once we finally arrived. We were grateful for the opportunity to meet other Westerners [...]

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4  

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to smell French style Guinea bread without thinking of Mariama. Mariama was an outcast.  Her dilapidated hut sat beside a peanut field on the edge of [...]

I ordered a vegetarian pizza at a new roadside dive last night for dinner. I never know what will top a vegetarian pizza when I order one here. The dill pickle was excellent. I wasn’t so [...]

If you didn’t receive our Christmas card with this and other highlights from our year please send us your postal address and we’ll add you to our mailing list. May God bless you for [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. I have found the words of this historic, first Thanksgiving proclamation to be both timely and God-honoring:   Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 [...]

You know you’re behind with garden work when your compost pile needs weeding. We give away almost all of our garden produce as a way to open doors for sharing the Good News. The current [...]

The birds are chirping this morning and all is calm, but when we awoke to the smell of smoke in the night such a fierce storm was raging that I knew it was the making of a hurricane for those on [...]

I slid the window open, baby on hip wanting to go outside. The oppressive 110 degree heat wafted in, dirt catching in my throat. “What’s going on?” I asked David. I really didn’t have to ask. I [...]