There was a time when there were four dinner plates. They came in a set with four salad plates and four bowls, all lime green and white. We…
I’ve been wrestling with a feeling that comes from knowing something that no one else does and the complete inability to explain it effectively. I suppose I…
A photo from the window of my house in Spain I can see it in a thousand little ways, how living among a foreign people has changed me.…
A few days ago, my purse was stolen. Having your purse stolen is an incredibly big deal whenever your parents, and your best friends, and your cousins, and…
Time moves differently when it’s always measured in small quantities. Something is always ending and beginning. Two months home flew by faster than I could grab hold of…
Dear Ellyn, Oh, my dear. The first year will be hard. The first year will be confusing. The first year will come with the tough lessons. Don’t give…
1. You have been fussed at for not dressing warm enough more times than you can count, even when it’s 80 degrees outside. 2. You have been fussed…
Having a baby in a foreign country comes with all kinds of attention. Especially if your baby is especially white and you live in the capital of Peru!…
I think that missionary is an interchangeable word with adventurer. Embarking on a crazy journey to a new country is always an adventure. If you’ve kept up with…
I’ve been having a kind of quarter life crisis lately.Don’t laugh. I really told Chris that I was having a mid-life crisis and he reminded me that I was…
I remember the very first time that God spoke this to me. Freedom for the captives. It was about myself. The very first time I was in Peru…