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  September 22, 2010   Another long silence and it’s September again.  Shirtsleeves get longer, the world is selling out of pencil sharpeners and The Great Gatsby, and evening porch sitting is reaching its prime.  I’m writing this in the…

Friends,   It’s been a long time since I’ve written here, but tonight I’m compelled to write some of these things out, not as a monologue or any kind of indulgence in self-pity or self-deprecation – just as a prayer…

Dear Friends,   A short and sweet update on things: Our team van was due for a checkup last Saturday.  I dropped the van off, and to pass the time waiting for the van to get fixed I bought some…

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed.  Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. -henry.david.thoreau The…

The Introduction For the past sixteen months, God hasn’t let me move too far away from the idea and truth that he is my father.  I am constantly surprised by how good of a father he is, and the idea…

I live in a hungry valley, an open mouth turned up towards heaven.  It swallows the rain and most days its humid like the back of your throat.  Somedays clouds roll in and let the valley catch its breath.  Cool…

Greetings everyone, Just a quick check-in- a longer blog detailing the last month is in the works. I am safely in Swaziland, after a long drive from Cape Town, South Africa to Manzini, Swaziland totaling around 30 hours.  We arrived…

    In the midst of all of this ‘missionary’ business there are times when life starts to seem rather complicated.  I’ve never believed that life was complicated.  Two people in this world have the antithesis, ‘life.is.simple,’ tattooed on their…

We’re nearing the two month mark over here.  In many ways it feels like we’ve been here a lot longer.  In fact I can’t even write that first sentence without feeling like I’m doing bad math… The students are all…