Today’s Baking: Carbs! High-protein multi-grain bread. Breadsticks. Popcorn. Baked beans. Can anyone ever get enough carbs? 🙂 Tonight is our Dorm Party for First Term. I decided to make Breadsticks for the girls. One is Garlic and Salt, and the…
…the KUE girls… Last night’s Dorm Meeting: – surprised the girls, made them climb down my back deck stairs in the freezing cold (blankets in tow) and stand outside to look up at the stars and the bright, clear, African…
Remember high-school try outs? The dreaded days where you feel like there is a bright spotlight upon you, and everyone is watching, and time stands still? My girls are all going through various Try-outs this week. Four, for Varsity Basketball.…
Hello, all! The 2009-2010 RVA year has essentially begun! Classes start tomorrow, and my girls have all arrived safely at RVA and are getting settled into their dorm rooms… I would think that after getting through high-school, graduating from high-school,…
I finally figured out that my Flash Uploader was the problem 🙂 I think uploading pictures will be a bit easier from now on 🙂 This was the evening sunset from my front walk way…I was on my way over…
Do you ever remember memorizing, or hearing Luke 2 as a child around Christmastime? I still remember when Mom had all of us kids learn it…”In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of…
Hi all! It has been 1 week since I left for Kenya, and I am still alive! Today was a nice day. After three days of Orientation meetings, today was the first day I was able to wake up and…
Dear family and friends, Well, I have finally found a quiet moment on a cold evening in the mountains of the Great Rift Valley to write to you all. I know it has already been 5 days since I left,…
“To me remains nor place, nor time, My country is in every clime, I can be calm and free from care, On any shore, since God is there. While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness…
A wise lady* once told me that life is mostly made up of ordinary days. there are certainly extraordinary days that accompany a lifetime: births, deaths, weddings, graduations, amazing vacations, memories made with family and friends that just stand out…
Is it really time to start my goodbyes? I feel like it was just yesterday that I decided to move to Kenya…and here I am, ten days away from actually leaving. Goodbyes are hard. Â Not because you won’t see that…
What do you do when you are so sick of packing and eliminating and sorting and bubble-wrapping and duct-taping? Voila! Â Have Aunt Carolyn come up from Rolly! Carolyn, who attended RVA back in the day, and served alongside her husband,…
