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Waiting.
As many of you know, December 15th was the start of more than a month…
Christmas in Kampala + Month in Review.
I took a bit of a blogging hiatus this month, and I needed it. There…
Reflecting on Our First 3 Months in Nasir.
I would be lying if I told you that every day in Nasir was idyllic,…
Nuer Rosetta Stone.
We have put a lot of time and energy into learning Thuok Nuera these last…
God’s Timing.
We are in Kampala, Uganda for our first Kampala Assignment (formerly called R&R). It has…
Who Has Two Thumbs and Loves MSF?
Yesterday started out as a normal day. I got up, had breakfast and coffee, and…
When a Chicken is More than a Chicken.
When we first arrived in Nasir, I honestly had no idea how I would ever…
Adjusting to Our New Normal.
A couple of weeks ago we hosted our very first short-term mission team from the…
Language Purgatory.
We’ve been diligently working on learning the Nuer language for close to two months now,…
Nuer Names.
As we become increasingly involved in the community here in Nasir, make more friends, and…
My First LäwE.
Yesterday I took another giant leap toward looking a little more like a Nuer woman:…
The Ginter Cottage | Update One.
We have a short-term mission team here right now and someone dubbed our house the…
Meet Bruce.
We quickly discovered upon arriving in Nasir last month that there’s a wee bit of…
The Skies over Nasir.
Before I ever came to Africa I had heard that the sky is so magnificent…
Amath Amath.
Living here in Nasir tends to reveal much about a person. Coming here was a…
Our First Visitors.
When you live thousands upon thousands of miles away from most everyone you know and…
Day in the Life.
We’ve had several people ask what daily life looks like here, and we wanted to…
TE Lä Gat.
We are into the swing of full-time language learning now–Thuōk Nuera–and it includes spending a…