Our 3 yr old “sister” going into her bush house with a bag on her head. When you think about it… why not? It was the kind of Saturday morning where I could almost forget that I’m not living in the States. If it weren’t for the sweltering heat already baking the house and the […]
“Oh crap.” Not very eloquent, but it’s the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the twenty or thirty men standing by the road a hundred yards ahead of my vehicle. The sun was dipping close to the jagged mountains on my right and bouncing off the sea to my left. It was the […]
As we all piled into the truck Friday, I enjoyed the feel of my hair being wet and clean at the same time. It wouldn’t be long before the wet became sweat and being clean would be those precious seconds between the completion of a creek bath and the start of a sweaty, muddy walk […]
Many people in the church have a misconception about missionaries. They believe we’re the infallible, the upper echelon, the holy-and-set-apart warriors of God. Or something like that. A little known fact is that we prepare ourselves before going to our home country to deal with the inescapable pedestal that we’re put on. For me it’s […]
We’ve been in country for just over a week and already you’re adjusting. The heat is irritating, but your tiny body just sweats it out. The humidity is oppressive, but it’s given your hair a bouncy curl that has turned you into a little girl overnight. The night noises are new and loud, but you […]
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