Recent Posts Tagged With 'life in africa'

• Joshua’s fufu

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 14:18 in family, Culture, videos, joshua, togo, life in africa

  As I’ve mentioned a couple times before, Joshua has fit right in with the Togolese people and culture.  He seems to handle change and new experiences very well.  One of those new experiences is fufu.  He tried it for the first time just a co...

• Back from Lomé…at last!

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 05:24 in travel, Culture, humor, Personal, photos, stories, life in africa

  What do you get when you combine a broken bridge, 200 semi trucks, angry taxi drivers, and four tired missionaries?  A big adventure! After a few days in Lomé, Jim and I started heading back for Kara around 11 am, which normally means arriving home...

• Leaving for Lomé

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 05:30 in travel, prayer, prayer requests, Uncategorized, life in africa

  I’d like to ask you to pray for my trip to Lomé today.  I’m taking the Huffs down so they can pick up their vehicle from the port, while Jim and I will do some shopping and other errands.  Please pray for our safety there and back on T...

• Shanks vs. Malaria: Round 1

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 16:36 in Personal, jesse, life in africa

  In one corner, the unsuspecting missionary.  In the other corner, the heavyweight champion of African sicknesses.   In the first of many bouts to come, Malaria threw the first punch and knocked me flat on my back for 48 hours, but thankfully due to...

• Container problems

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 15:09 in family, prayer requests, reliance on christ, life in africa

  I know that it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted anything on our blog other than the monthly updates.  Yes, we are still alive, and I do plan on writing more often once we have an internet connection of our own.  For now, though,...

• Harmattan

  Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 11:49 in family, togo, life in africa

  One of the biggest adjustments to living here in Togo is the weather.  We come from the beautiful, but cold and rainy Northwest.  Coming here was quite a shock to our quickly thawing bodies!  Right now we are entering the hot and dry season.  The...