Do you remember? I sure do. It was exactly one year ago. Our possessions were narrowed down to our allotted pieces of luggage and we boarded that one-way plane with a two-year-old, a one-year-old, a six-month-old, and hearts ready to change the world. And of course Papa O, who would eventually win the award for… Read More Remember that time we moved to Africa?
Monday is right around the corner. If you would have asked me three months ago why I was already dreading June 5th, I would have said I couldn’t bear the thought of saying goodbye to my dad. Today, however, my angst is for a very different parting that awaits us. We are headed back to… Read More Serendipity
Here are a few quick stories. I’m sorry this blog has not at all been what I expected, but I still want to keep you up to date better than I have been. Tylee and Ember have been introduced to bunk beds since we’ve been in Africa. Ember is still way too clumsy to get… Read More Yaymen
Y’all, we are exhausted. The past three weeks have felt like three months and we’ve said more goodbyes than we ever anticipated so soon. To make a really long story short, we had irreconcilable differences with the management at Neema and the President of the Board of Directors told us, “I really feel like we… Read More So now what?
Yesterday we said goodbye. How do you look into the eyes of a boy who has already been abandoned once and tell him you’re leaving before you’ve ever gotten to be his mom? A boy who has asked you almost every day since you’ve met, “When I am come to Ucare house with you?” how… Read More It’s Over
We have had an exceptionally bad week. Well, week and a half, really. If you’ve wondered why we’ve been so quiet lately, here’s the scoop… We moved to Tanzania to team up with the Erdman family and share the Gospel of Jesus with the children and staff at Neema Village. But last Sunday afternoon, the… Read More A Place of Forgiveness and Hope
Alas! An update is long overdue. I wrote an update last week but never published it because I had promised pictures in my previous post and I hadn’t uploaded any pictures from my camera to my computer. Also, it wasn’t perfect, and I didn’t feel like I had anything exciting to share. Looking back now,… Read More Settling in
After many days of hard goodbyes, we found ourselves at the airport Tuesday morning saying one last goodbye. My aunt and uncle drove us to and dropped us off in Houston about five hours before we were supposed to fly (asante sana Papa Joe and Ollie!). In a way, arriving five hours early seemed a little overkill,… Read More We’re here!
Here is my first attempt to update this blog from my phone. Right now we are on the road to the airport. This has been the craziest whirlwind with the Lord. Just under ten months ago, we learned of Neema and here we are about to board a plane! In many ways this journey has… Read More It is time
Hey there! It’s been a while. So much to catch you up on, so here’s the scoop! At the end of July Jonathan went on a Survey Trip to Arusha, Tanzania (read about how that came about here). It went really well! He met a lot of people, got a good feel for the local needs… Read More It Will Be Worth It
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