The Sacred Through the sound of the rain drops on our metal roof, I heard a soft mewing sound from my front porch.   Dave’s voice came...

I sat around my big wooden table today. I watched his family receive life-altering, devestating, “God, how can this be??” diagnosis from...

THIS WEEK: GRATITUDE… I am in awe of God’s perfect provision and gifts…my house helper said this morning (translating loosely from...

This week marks the beginning of our first week of our first FULL YEAR of school in Ethiopia.  As far as I know…I am not moving three...

“Mommy, I have such happy tears right now!” “We’re all going to heaven together!” She walked around our table, whispering a blessing into...

Sometimes Life is Life, no matter where you are. The past three weeks have been full of battling bugs here in Addis. I think we have...

Maija’s PRAYER…She is SEEING. She’s getting it. “Jesus please bless all of us in this room tonight. Thank you for our warm house and...

ALL the kids with my awesome teacher, Abebe…He told his friend last week he would miss his own wedding day to be with our Tribe!! WOW!!...

Today is Evie’s 3rd BIRTHDAY! Oh, we love our delightful, STRONG-willed Evie-bear! She has been an amazing trooper in all the transitions...

The official signing...the house is SOLD!! Sell Everything… Well, here we are at the end of two huge weeks…I can barely believe that God...

This week is passing quickly…the boxes are stacking higher…I’ve sorted, packed, thrown, reminisced over so much.  There is joy in this...

Well, I think I’m due for my annual blog post so thought I’d offer a few of the random thoughts that have been bouncing around this...

I walked with my 5 this morning…tromping through the woods felt freeing.  It was life-giving.  We were thanking the Giver of Life as we...

His Grace amazed me today.  For 2 days, sweet sisters in Christ came and scrubbed and laughed and weeded and shared their lives with...