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just have to share an “Africa day” with all of you. Tsega is getting married on Saturday and we’ve been joining in on some of the...

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!!...

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

Can I learn this? Can I learn to SEE Him in this woman crouched beneath a ragged blanket, who can’t look me in the eyes?  Can I learn to...

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...

How can it already be July?!?  I sit and watch the rain come down, sideways…the clouds rumble. I love this, the washing. Washing away the...

Our morning walk to school has become our time for SEEING JESUS…for LOVING HIM, in those distressing disguises…the blind, the widows,...

I stink at resting…some how through poor discipline, fatigue or whatever else I’ve managed to spend a lot of my life embracing in the...

25 june 2012~monday During the night, I felt Dave violently shaking.  He was so cold.  I heard the bath water running.  He couldn’t...

We did it!! Dave jokingly said, “One week down, 23 to go!”  But we really loved our first week of Amharic lessons.  It is amazing how a...

Friday, 22 June 2012 Today we woke up to nightmares. It’s Dave’s 35th birthday. We pray and celebrate. I went to school for 4 hours to...

I am sitting outside…the air is cool and a bit fresher from our afternoon rain.  The children are yelling and playing nearby…the birds...

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...

18 June 2012 The morning dawns…the sky is filled with haze, sounds of chanting prayers rising against a city still sleeping. The birds...

The past 10 days have been full…full of learning, observing, hurting, delighting, thanking.  Dad left just 2 days ago…it left a bigger...

D-Day is HERE!! We are moving to Ethiopia TODAY!! I woke with a whisper in my ear this morning…but Dave was still asleep!! Was Jesus...

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...

I was driving home late last night…after a long day of doctor’s appointments and saying goodbye to one of my dearest friends.  I was...