I’ve entitled this post, Sovereign Surprises. By the end, you’ll understand why. Well, as the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers…or do they? In Kenya, it would probably be more accurate to say that May showers bring June flowers.…
Some think that because I live in Africa, I am out ‘in the bush,’ speaking Swahili, and hanging out with the tribal people every day. Hardly 🙂 The life of a dorm mom is a wonderful and rewarding job, but…
I’ve never been much of a Baker. I like to cook, I like to NOT follow recipes, I like to mix and match interesting ingredients (dating back to my high-school days when my friend Becca and I came up with…
For the past two weeks, I have had the privilege of traveling with a friend to North Africa and sojourning around various parts of Morocco. The capital of Casablanca, the city of Fes, and the coast of Bouznika. It was…
.For a hurting friend. Lacking love, She flees to Him. For never does He deny, Those whose food, are The tears they cry. Waning vision, To lift up her heart. Weighted down, here on earth, By the seeming shame, Of…
Well, I have finally made perhaps the greatest hospitality/cooking faux-pas of this year, and possibly, my life! Here’s the story 🙂 As many of you know, here is a basic, mason canning jar. During the course of this year, I…
This past Monday, I had the privilege of leaving my “mini American bubble†at RVA with two fellow staff – Dave and Cassie – and taking a half-day trip to the Mathare Valley Slum in Nairobi. Mathare is one of…
Meet my bookshelf. I have a secret to tell. I speed-date books. There is not just “one†book that I dedicate myself to until it is finished. Rather, they sit all around my home – by my couch, on my…
Being among ‘the minority’ in Kenya has its quirks and perks. I was thinking today about some of the ways I have grown accustomed to this, and how odd it will be to go back home, and suddenly just blend…
I spontaneously decided to look back through my journal this past Sunday. I don’t do this often, but every once in a while, it’s always encouraging to see how much God has done and how He has answered my prayers…
