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So much is happening!
This is the first blog post in a while. A lot of that is because we have been crazy busy. I will get to that in a bit, but the other part is that our computer power cord has gone bad twice in one month...
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This is the third time I have edited this blog due to time slipping away so quickly. The last forty days have been packed full of more trials than we have experienced in the previous eleven months. We...
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Touched Down on American Soil
We are here! It is so good to be with family. We have spent the last week in California, catching up Matt’s siblings and parents. It has been great to watch the kids play and get to know each other....
View ArticleHome Again!
It is hard to believe that our trip to the states has come and gone. Our visit was intensely blessed by time shared with those we love. We were able to spend time with friends and family and touch base...
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Joys of the Week
I wanted to share with you some of our joys the past week. Pineapple, mango, avocado, banana and passion fruit all bought from the local fruit stand, except for the passion fruit, which was picked from...
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The Heart of the Matter
There comes a point in every bloggers life where you just have to give up and say, I am not going to be able to update you on everything that has happened since I last wrote. It is like that email that...
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The 2nd Year Review
It is so hard to believe that yesterday marked the day of our arrival in Arusha, Tanzania two years ago! The time has simply flown by and we continue to be so blessed with the opportunity to continue...
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2015 Year End Slideshow
We have had a great year filled with construction and well digging and new babies. The girls have grown in all ways and are thriving. Thank you for making it possible for us to be a part of this...
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Homeschooling – The Perfect Circle
Most of you who read this blog probably know that I was home schooled from second grade until I graduated high school. Matt was also home schooled off and on as well as attending various private...
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We Are Still Here
Were you wondering if we had fallen of the edge of the earth? Or maybe taken a long hike out to Maasai land never to be seen or heard from again? Well, it is nothing that glamorous. We are just busy...
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Community
I am so excited to be posting a blog within one month of my last one! That is a definite improvement in my record. The month of April was very busy and included a wonderful and much-needed visit from...
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Culture and Yoga
Culture…unless you are an anthropologist, you just do not realize what a tangible entity culture is until you are doing the tango with it and you do not even know the steps. When you are living life in...
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The Big Move
Matt and I are no strangers to moving. This is saying a lot for a small town Texas girl who’s entire moving experience prior to becoming an adult consisted of relocating from one house to another...
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My Story – Being A Part Of The Minority
I just want to share my story, that is my experience as a white American living as a minority in Tanzania. Not for one second am I equating my short and volitional stint as a minority to a lifetime of...
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2016 – Year in Review
This year has been epic adventure of highs and lows. It has been the culmination of the past two years of hard work, prayer, fundraising and planning resulting in the move of Neema House to our new...
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March Update and an Announcment
I have had a major case of writers block!!! I have several topics swirling in my head that I would love to share on this blog, but nothing is coming out like I want it to, so I have been putting off...
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Saying Goodbye to Neema House
This will be the most vulnerable blog I have ever written. We are in a place right now where we are leaning into the uncertainty and vulnerability of our story. Brene Brown defines courage as telling...
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THE BIG REVEAL
Since the time of our last blog so much has happened. For starters, right after the blog about leaving Neema was released, our family moved across town to our new home in Kisongo, a village right...
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The Nitty Gritty
As I write this, I am sitting in a coffee shop in Salida, Colorado. We are traveling with my parents for a week before heading to California and South Dakota. Our furlough has been wonderful. We have...
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Furlough 2017
Hello there internet world. It has been a while since I have blogged. In fact, it has been a while since I have done any type of social media updating at all. My Facebook account keeps reminding me how...
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