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I've written about the village weavers before. They're bright yellow birds who weave nests that hang from tree limbs like Christmas ornaments. But like the Christmas season, they fly south for the summer. But they're back, flashing brilliant yellow as they weave their sturdy nests, filling the selected trees with music. It feels different this year. Last year, I watched with wonder as they wove their domestic hopes out of rushes and grass. This year, there's a twinge of sadne

The air is soft and cool this morning. Black Ibis birds are the only creatures disturbing the quiet morning. The sky is clear blue...

Just as the scriptures contain funny accounts or veiled humor, there is plenty to make us smile here in our Rwanda Mission. First, many...

We have noticed a distinct trend while on our mission. Not that it's new, but it seems compressed in frequency. It goes like this....

We got new mission leaders! President Koranteng and his wife are energetic, eager to move the mission and Church forward and share their...

The drivers continue to be crazy but we have not yet had an accident! If you saw some of the intersections we regularly traverse, you'd...

As a child, my mother tried very hard to see to it that each of her children had refining skills and virtues. Good manners, musical...

We humans shouldn't complain about pregnancy. Though senior missionaries have very relaxed rules compared to younger missionaries, the...

WIth the advent of the rainy season at the beginning of April, not only are the residential and outlying areas muddy and more washed out...

Scroll down a little on this website homepage and you'll see that I've added a new book! It may seem strange that I would publish a book...

First, I was recently asked what I missed from home. One thing I've noticed lately is MAIL! We take that daily trip to the mailbox for...

You may have noticed that I don't speak too much about the ins and outs of daily missionary work. We spend a lot of our time trying to...

We were looking forward to the trek to the Golden Monkeys but it turned out to be little more than a stroll: less than one kilometer....

We have recently moved to a different apartment. Unfortunately, the new furniture for the old apartment arrived just two weeks before we...

After 5 months as a missionary in Rwanda, we didn't expect to get to go to Bujumbura, Burundi. Burundi is a tiny country that borders...

It's been a strange, sweet, troubling season. My birthday came and went last month, We had roasted goat for Thanksgiving, and then...

Several weeks ago, we went with the other senior couples to visit a furniture factory at the request of President Ignatius, one of the...

We were invited to a wedding of a young man whom we know slightly. All the senior missionaries were invited, as is customary. We...

Thanksgiving is a time to be with family, to heal hurts and to revel in the bounties God has given to us. We will be missing our families...

When we first got here, we purchased our produce and eggs in a "supermarket." The quality was nice and the prices were UNBELIEVABLE! But...