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  • To The Beach

    Pella, Iowa, USA: Outside my front door, the rain drips off the weed that’s grown to Jack-in-the-Beanstalk proportions during the months I’ve been gone.  It’s drizzly and dreary and the reality of going back to work is on the horizon.I… Continue reading

  • Oceans

    You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery In oceans deep My faith will stand Eighteen months ago my friend was called to the other side… Continue reading

  • Still Processing

    One month. It’s taken almost four weeks to be able to tell about my last visit at the Children’s Home and the words still evade me. I’ve been scared to ‘report’ about the final visit: there were no miracles, no earth-shattering… Continue reading

  • Sleep in a Yurt

    Wendy blogs well and I was giddy she had me along for the ride: Sleep in a Yurt I’ve never been on a vacation like this one.It started out badly. Like we got lost before we got outta town and… Continue reading

  • By His Cool Waters

    Kyrgyzstan is 95% mountains, but I’m staying in a valley that’s so hot and dry my clothes are staticky.   There was an astounding storm that ripped off chunks of the roof, flooded the garden, and cooled us off, but the… Continue reading

  • Language Lesson

    Prequel Excuses: My eyes hurt.  It’s dry and there’s so much to see. Some of my glasses give me a headache and I gave my ‘readers’ to Babu. It’s hot and I may have had low blood sugar. They were… Continue reading

  • A Large Work–Starting Small

    The morning at the Children’s Home was HOT, and as it approached the heat of noon, it seemed like torture to ask them, “Do you want water? Yes or No — Look at the ‘yes’ hand if you want water.” … Continue reading

  • Special Delivery

    It was an off-handed conversation with a fellow teacher about my summer plans plan to help at the Children’s Home.  Without hesitation, Melissa offered up foot braces her daughter had outgrown; she wasn’t sure what to do with them.  I… Continue reading

  • ‘Typical’ Summer Day

    Wendy, my friend and hostess extraordinaire, is also a blogger, and excellent at her craft,  so I have to share {and I’m on vacation, so it’s easier to have someone blog for me}:  Spilling the Sky – Try This With Your Teenagers… Continue reading