Unexpected America Trip

“Never once did we ever walk alone. Never once did you leave us on our own. You are faithful God you are faithful.” These words of praise fill up my mind and heart as I begin to write about the events that have taken place over the last 3 months. We plan to make our […]

Lord, you Have Been Our Dwelling Place: Year 3

Psalm 90 “ (v. 1) Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations (v.3) You turn man back into dust and say, “Return, O children of men.” (v.8) You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence. (v.12) So teach us to number our days, that […]

“Thank You For Your Work”

We’ve lived here for nearly 3 years and I have learned to appreciate many things about the culture we have been able to live in. But perhaps one of my favorite aspects of Sierra Leonian culture has to do with how the locals view and treat mothers. Maybe the difference is so stark because I […]

What we ate this week

Obviously, there are many differences to our lives here compared with what our lives were in the U.S. But one thing that is not different is that we still get to enjoy a wide variety of foods during the week. Some of that is a result of bringing items back from the U.S. to cook […]

Current study opportunities

As many of you who spend time teaching and investing in others probably know, there are always cycles and seasons of busyness and various types of opportunities. That has certainly been the case here. We’ve only been here for three years but I can scarcely think of a period longer than 3 months where my […]

Our House

Since moving to Sierra Leone, the idea of home has always seemed more related to people than ever a place. Some of this has to do with our hearts being so divided between the people we love here and the people we love in places all over the U.S. Some of this also has to […]

Family of Five

God has blessed us with another precious soul to join our family. Decisions like having more children always seem to be more complicated since we’ve moved overseas, until I remember that we are just as dependent on the Lord here as we were when we lived in the U.S. Maybe we have more awareness of […]

Sierra leone family

There’s no better reason to return to blogging than to talk and share about the people who make Sierra Leone feel like home. Over the past year, I’ve experienced the strengthening ties of family between us and the brethren in Sierra Leone more deeply. Some of that has to do with our increasing dependence upon […]

The Amazing and Infinite Uses for the Lapa

The first time I came to Sierra Leone, Dan and I travelled with some good friends of ours that we met in Boston. A man and his wife. It was a super fun time learning the ins and outs of Sierra Leone with another woman. But one of the funnest moments was going to the […]

One Year Ago Today

I keep logging into Social media accounts or online photo albums and seeing the “memories” tab. “1 year ago today”, they all have a few photos to fit the category. And over the past few weeks, the photos have produced so many emotions. This photo was taken about 2 weeks before we moved and 2 […]