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Kisongo Life
Our first month back in Tanzanian has flown by. It has been a process of figuring out what it means to actually start a new program. The progress is slow, punctuated with bursts of forward movement as...
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Good News
What a difference a few weeks make in the direction of our program. We are so excited to tell you about what has happened, and how God has answered prayers since I wrote last. I had previously...
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How a Puppy Opened My Eyes – A Year In Review
Today is our four-year anniversary of arriving in Arusha, Tanzania. Every year I have written a year-end update filled with accomplishments of the last year and goals for the coming year. This year, my...
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The Grand Opening
The days of 2018 have grown wings and flown by! Since I last blogged, we have watched our dream of a sustainable, affordable daycare become a reality! I have felt like the mother of Frankenstein,...
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The Big Announcement Video
We have been completely flabbergasted by the massive response we have received on Facebook from our ‘Likes’ drive and The Big Announcement video posted last Friday. At the time of this writing, our...
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Market Center Update
Have you been wondering what happened to us after we made our big announcement about the Market Center? We have been steadily working on getting everything in place for the opening of the Market...
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The Elephant in the Room
It is time to address the elephant in the room. Remember back in March when we made a huge Facebook push and released our video announcing the opening of our Market Center? If you missed it, you can...
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Mother’s Day Video Series
During the week leading up to Mother’s Day, we ran a special series on the Walk In Love Tanzania Facebook page honoring some of the mothers who participate in our Kisongo Center. With this, we also...
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The Day the Government Came to Visit
I am sitting in the newly finished playroom/office at the Market Center. It is the first time I have worked in our new office. The kids are sleeping. I smell onions and garlic cooking for the noon...
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Two Easy Ways You Can Help
This is the letter every missionary dreads writing. I was talking to my sister-in-law a few days ago, and she said something that really made me take a hard look at how I communicate. Our conversation...
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All the Fun Things
For the first time in our five years of homeschooling, we have taken a legit ‘summer’ break. I say ‘summer’, because technically it is winter in the southern hemisphere, but whatever. In years past we...
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An Unsolvable Problem
This past month has held some unusual and difficult ministry challenges. Not so much with the daycare, as that program is running like a well-oiled machine. About six weeks ago we were contacted by a...
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Time in America
It has been quiet on this blog! If you have wondered what is up with the radio silence, let me tell you a bit about the craziness that has been our life for the last month. First of all, we are in the...
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Happy December 13th!!! (I realize it is the 14th, you would have been reading this on the 13th had our internet not been haywire!) This day may not be significant to you, but for our family, it marks...
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Mwaka Mpya
Happy New Year!! Welcome to our beautiful ‘new’ blog! After five and a half years, I decided it was time for an updated look. We spent our New Years Day at the pool soaking up the summer sun. I will...
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Happy Birthday to Us
On Tuesday we celebrated the first anniversary of the Kisongo Center by throwing a party! The Kisongo Center opened on January 15, 2018. We started with 9 kids and have grown steadily every month....
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Food as Medicine
I wanted to share something very personal today. I am sharing because I rely on this blog to communicate prayer requests. I also like the cathartic value of transparency. For the past few months I...
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An Update on Everything
It has been a while since I wrote an update on all of the happenings of our work with Walk In Love. So, I thought I would take a moment to fill you in on how our efforts are going here in Arusha. The...
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Feature Presentation
This. Is. Huge! Walk In Love is honored to be featured on the Archibald Project. The Archibald Project is using storytelling to spark and expand a movement of people to care for orphaned and...
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Announcement
Are you ready for an announcement? Here goes! We are moving to Kampala, Uganda in August. I bet you did not see that coming! This has all come about unexpectedly, as we fully planned to stay in...
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