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We love the “Starbucks” of Addis–KALDIS!! The very best coffee…the kids are already becoming buna lovers!!

Today Dave and I are sitting in a beautiful place…it feels like we are outside of this country.  I don’t really like that too much, but...

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...

I love my man! Dave and I were so blessed by Dave’s parents…after I returned from North Carolina…after Mother’s Day celebration we...

Our BRAVE little Riah was nominated at Madigan to receive a Young Hero's Award! We of course agree that she is a hero and LOVED this...

Our DEAR friends, the Choi's made an amazing Bi Bim Bop meal..blessed us, prayed for us...Commissioned us. These are friends that are so...

We are going to be able to start our own little community for educating our children…and hope it will potentially be a good fit for some...

2 month countdown!! 2 months from today, we’ll stepping onto a plane to Ethiopia…entrusting more than we ever have before to the Father....

My BABY GIRL IS NINE!! 9 years ago…in deep labor pains, I read, “Weeping (pain!) may last for a night, but JOY comes in the morning!”  It...

Today was a day of opening our hands…and letting go. Dave worked his last day at the Army Hospital.  What a mix of emotions…joy and...

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom...

Evie-bear--our strong-willed, JOY-filled, instrument of patience and growth! Evie is our youngest, but no longer our littlest in size or...

I’m ready for our life to be single-focused, single-minded..single-continented 🙂 The weeks before Christmas were precious,...

My best Christmas gift this year was our best friends coming and living with us for 10 days!! Those were 10 days of truly doing life...

This sweet boy…. is turning 7 in just a few hours…And if I remember correctly, it was in the very early morning hours that Caleb entered...

“At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, ‘I praise you Father, Lord of heaven and earth because you have hidden...

For HE chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as...