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Just a week after we took over leadership, we participated in the 3-day debrief of a departing AIM team, which was intense and exhausting.  From there, all of us drove 4 hours north to Grootfontein, the town we lived in 20 years ago, then 3 1/2 hours due east to “Bushmanland”.  There, we spent twoContinue reading “Trekking North”

Some of you remember that we sold our grey Toyota Hilux in Mozambique, and here is a photo of our new truck in Namibia – again, a Toyota Hilux.  This one is a few years newer but was still cheaper than the one in Moz.  Vehicles are expensive there.  It has a metal cap onContinue reading “Some New Stuff”

Our Toby is attending classes at the boarding school.  The school is top-notch academically and in every other way and it is a great privilege for him to attend there.  The Algebra teacher actually helped him to LIKE Algebra, which is a feat for which she deserves a medal.  We have been so impressed withContinue reading “Meanwhile Somewhere in Kenya”

This is what we do a lot of – as in sitting at a computer working, not goofing around with silly grins.  A great deal of our new job as Namibia Unit Leaders is emailing, correspondence, bill paying, reports and other exciting things like that.  The first week in the office (and this is notContinue reading “This is What We Do a Lot Of”

  Looks pretty dry, doesn’t it?  It is.  Our new home is dry, dry, dry.  The first few weeks, we had to slather on lotion twice a day to keep from feeling itchy all the time.  There were some bloody noses, and we had to adjust to the over 5,000 foot altitude of Windhoek.  OurContinue reading “Flying into Namibia”

Someone told me recently that the missionary’s idea of heaven is no baggage.  Wow can we agree.  Travel we don’t mind so much, but the hauling around of belongings and worry over whether it will be accepted by the airline as well as wondering if it will arrive intact really wears you down.  When TobyContinue reading “Packing again”

Well, the time we were dreading at the end of the time we were dreading finally arrived – after saying goodbye to our friends in Mozambique, to our dogs and to our house and possessions, and then to Mozambique itself, we said goodbye to Toby.   There are many who don’t understand our decision toContinue reading “Goodbye to Toby”

Ok, this could easily deteriorate into a really negative post about Mozambique.  There are a lot of things about living there that are difficult, and as we arrived back into Nampula I often commented in my mind “well, I won’t miss THAT.”  The bumpy roads, the fleas and the mosquitoes that carry malaria, the pushyContinue reading “Stuff I Won’t Miss”

A houseful of stuff – it’s all gotta go!  When we left Moz last August, almost all of our belongings were packed up into the shipping container that sits right in front of the house.  When we returned in mid-July, every item had to be gone through and a decision made.  Sell?  Give away?  ThrowContinue reading “The Big Sort”

When we arrived in Nampula, our first job was to set up the house temporarily so we could live in it for six weeks.  After that, the next task was to start contacting people to say our goodbyes.  We knew that with only this short period of time, we had to schedule people immediately orContinue reading “Saying Hello to Say Goodbye”