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So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we do actually have plans, unlike most years overseas. A dinner with two other families, and apparently smoked meat is on the menu. Nothing too exotic, unfortunately. One of the things I greatly appreciate about living outside the US is how much more chilled-out the holidays are. Seriously, do youContinue reading “The chilled-out holidays”

On arriving back in Namibia, Cami started fostering with the Cat Protection Society again. They called us up in August and said they had 2 kittens who needed temporary shelter, so we picked them up and discovered we had a 6 year old cat and a 10 month old cat! Someone was mistaken, but weContinue reading “Sadness and Despair”

Today I had to watch it again, and it never seems to feel any better. It’s leaving day at Rift Valley Academy, and groups of teenagers stood around hugging and weeping and making awkward conversation before a bunch of them lugged their suitcases to the bus and climbed up the stairs. A prayer for safety,Continue reading “The first of the goodbyes”

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”