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My week began with a jolt:  a tumble down an embankment toward’s Leah’s baptism early Sunday morning left me with scrapes, one of which became infected.  […]

Last month we received the 111 boxes containing 4,600 books we imported to stock our bookshop and reading clubs for the next twelve months.  Before opening the boxes to put […]

This week was a festive one in our home!  Monday was a national holiday, Women’s Day.  Following tradition, Boniface gifted all the ladies in our household […]

With hundreds of competitors in a nationwide Scripture memory contest, how do you ensure uniform implementation of the rules at all district matches which feed participants into […]

Afraid of light?  No, that’s not what photophobia means.  It’s simply the medical term for light sensitivity, which I’ve experienced since 2022.  When Dr. Frederick in 2023 prescribed […]

My popcorn party for my church is an annual tradition to celebrate my January 13 arrival in Africa.  Conflicts in January of this year necessitated its postponement, so […]

You probably know them as hurricanes, but in our part of the world they’re called cyclones.  The one that visited us last week was called Jude.  […]

Which type of roof is more durable:  thatch or metal sheeting?  Fifteen couples responded in unison to our speaker:  metal, of course.  But what if that […]

A year ago, I told you about my impromptu midwifery debut, in which I cut the cord and delivered the placenta for our neighbor Sonia who didn’t […]

What’s your Sunday morning like?  Here in Africa, I leave home at 8:00 am in my red pickup truck.  At the roadside, two neighbor families clamber […]