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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...

One day in seven we take a day off. Not to say that we're on task every moment of every other day, but Mondays are our day to relax,...

A couple of weeks ago, we decided to vary our morning exercise and walk to the Nyanbugogo market. It's about a five mile round trip, but...

These two cute Sister Missionaries are Sister Edet from Nigeria, (Left), and Sister Mei, Sierra Leon, (Right) One of the duties we have...

One of the things that has surprised us here in Rwanda is that the majority of people speak only Kinyarwanda. Returned missionaries and...

For starters, the children here in Rwanda are melt-your-heart beautiful. (I guess I've said that already in previous posts.) Not that the...

I met a young boy, probably age ten or twelve; people here tend to look much younger than they are. I was on my way into the compound at...

The grass in the foreground is being hoed into the clay and blended in. It reminded me of the children of Israel being punished by...

This is a rewrite of an earlier article. I took out all the parts that I now have reason to doubt were true. But I didn't want to scrub...

It's a woman's prerogative to change my mind. I promised to write about the inspiring efforts the people of this district are making to...

This was a week of extreme contrasts. We've seen transcendent love and the depths of human depravity. From the Genocide Memorial on...

After encountering 9 roadblocks, off-roading on dirt roads, driving over a rice paddy, seeing a rural market in full swing and thousands...

This is called Agatogo. It's a stew made with plantains , other vegetables and some meat. The concept is great, but I'm guessing that the...

After 24 hours of travel, the jet landed smoothly. At 8:00 p.m. it's fully dark. The steps rolled up to the front and back doors and we...