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Lately, it just seems all too much . . . and I’m not just talking about the news, where bloodied victims are paraded before us daily, where parents mourn the loss of their children and war atrocies become commonplace. It’s in the lives of people we know . . . .struggling with terminal disease, losingContinue reading “Do you feel discouraged?”

Although crime exists everywhere, there are places where there is just more.  Likely those are places were there are a lot of impoverished people with few opportunities and Mozambique certainly qualified.  Burglar bars, multiple locks, guard dogs and hired watchmen were all a part of our normal life. One night, though, had a weird twistContinue reading “Robber on the Roof”

One of our most beautiful, and funniest, moments, came in the last week when we were preparing to leave Mozambique after 8 years of work.  Kevin worked closely with a group of 8 men for all of that time (and we cannot say enough about their dedication which continues to this day!) as well asContinue reading “You are the boob”

Last year, I was traveling from Namibia back to Kenya and had a 10-hour layover in Johannesburg, South Africa.  A great opportunity to see a dear friend, and there is a safe train from the airport up to a mall where we could meet.  After our delightful dinner, I took the bus back to theContinue reading “Don’t try this on your first trip”

Here’s a short one for those who bore easily. One of our houses had a nice screened porch where we kept our dining table and was our all-purpose room when it was over 90 degrees, which was most of the time.  One afternoon, one of the boys shrieked “SNAKE!” and leapt up on a chair. Continue reading “Snakie Snakie”

Lest my motorcycle adventure make me appear too competent, it is worth saying that most of the time I just stumbled along.  That’s one thing that is hard about being a foreigner in a very different country; you frequently look foolish and the locals just shake their heads, amazed at how anyone could be soContinue reading “The thing you do want”

A story of our time in Mozambique. (By Cami) I was attending an oral storying conference at the nearby missionary Bible translation compound, when I remembered I needed something in town.  So at lunchtime, I popped on the motorcycle and bumped along the dirt path to the main road, which was also – you guessedContinue reading “The Motorcycle Maniac”

There is no time in my life where the phrase, “in acceptance there is peace” has more truth and depth. Recently I have been walking through some past traumas and for some reason am surprised to find relief and freedom in the voicing and acknowledging of the fact. In John 16, Jesus is laying outContinue reading “In Acceptance there is Peace”

During our years in Mozambique, we lost six dogs to death. Old age, poison, tick bite fever, etc. We had to give six dogs away, because we went on furlough twice and were away for a year each time. We lost lots of cats, some because the neighbors next to our first house were apparentlyContinue reading “The Miracle of the Pets”

Not too long ago we were traveling and came about 6 hours from someplace I lived for awhile when I was younger. Those of you who know me know that I have been a tumbling tumbleweed for much of my life and there is only one place left from my childhood where people I knowContinue reading “A Catch in the Throat”