You don’t realize how much you miss home until you return after a long time away.
It’s hard to believe that I’ve already been back from Africa for two weeks. Continue reading
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“Home” again, and back
Tracy reports on her recent trip to Zambia.
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| Tags: Africa, Christian, faith, God, missionary work, orphanage, Senegal, short-term missions, Zambia |
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“Dad! You’re goofy!”
“Yes. Yes, I am.”
So goes a frequent exchange between a joyful Billy and me. He doesn’t want me to reply in any other way, and he doesn’t want me to stop being goofy. Karen often wants me to improvise songs about broccoli from Tennessee or to tell her stories about bacon.
As if to prove the point, she just walked into the office, hunched over, knees slapping her hands, saying, “Daddy! Help me! My hands keep high-fiving my legs!” Continue reading →
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| Tags: Cape Town, Christ, faith, God, goofy, Jesus, joy, King David, man after God's own heart, missionary work, parenting, South Africa |
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Getting the Word out
God is so faithful and good. We have been blessed with an interview about our life and work in today’s Finger Lakes Times, the newspaper for which I used to work.
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| Tags: Cape Town, faith, Finger Lakes Times, God, missions, news, orphanage, writing, Zambia |
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Courage, optimism, and bacon
I really loved my students.
I loved teaching high school English – diving into stories and dictionaries, dissecting words and meaning, helping students understand messages and create their own – but what I loved more was building relationships with students and helping them grow and learn.
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| Tags: bacon, courage, cynicism, faith, graduation, high school, hope, leaving, love, mentoring, optimism, students, teaching |
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