Our Ezra was born in October of 2022 in the same Maternity ward that I have worked for the past 2 years at Tenwek Hospital… Kevin asked me to recall the event here on the blog to showcase the Tenwek Maternity process. I am writing this in the only way I know how to write these days, through dictation software.
Read MoreHelp! We are over 1.5 years into living in Kenya and my kids still don’t speak Swahili. How can this be? My kids attended a Kenyan school.
Part 2 of a 2 part series.
Read MoreHelp! My family has been in Kenya for almost two years and my children know less than I thought they would about what life is like for our local neighbors.
Part 1 of a 2 part series.
Read MoreThis is post #2 of a series of posts that are intended to help readers be able to parse through the differences and similarities of the Kenyan and US hospitals. This one is all about the patient experience.
Read MoreThis is the first of a series of posts that are intended to help readers be able to parse through the differences and similarities of the Kenyan and US hospitals and how that affects our daily lives. Here goes!
Read MoreMany Americans can identify with a particular experience in their foreign language classes in middle and high school. We spent most of those days in class groaning like an Israelite in the wilderness.
Read MoreWe made it to the end of 2020. Pretty amazing to look back and see what God has done. Check out our video of the last 4 months of 2020, including our transition out of the US and into Kenya. Exciting stuff!
Read MoreWell, I got tired of posting and checking Facebook all the time, so I stopped posting individual slices for a while. Here are the leftover slices that never got posted.
Read MoreWe spent our first month and a half in Kenya (relatively) off of social media, making an effort to focus on our family’s transition. That was a very fruitful time for us
Read MoreWe have heard folks from WGM quoting Proverbs 16:9 again and again, “We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.”
Read More6 am is not my favorite hour of the day. However, it is the personal favorite hour of our eldest. He likes to share his favorite things with others, so we have seen the hour of 6 am a lot recently.
Read MoreCO trip is in the books. It was very good for our souls. Here are some images from the final 2 weeks.
Read MoreImages from the first 2 out of 4 weeks spent in CO at Mission Training International.
Read MoreI have never seen a game create such a thick atmosphere of mystery and intrigue with so few requirements: a few friends and a plate of chopped cucumber.
Read MoreFrom the Psalms:
Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!
