Category Archives: Life and Culture

Seeing God Work In Spite of Me

Well… hello there again.   My posts haven’t been, shall we say, “frequent” lately.  But, we’ve been busy even if I’ve been silent.  I’ve gotten a number of requests for more updates on the goings and comings of our work here.  First, I want to remind you about our team site, www.twentyeight19.org, where all of [...]

Prayer Requests (for Stacy)

Often we are asked what our biggest challenges are and what our prayer requests may be.  Well, my work here looks pretty different from Wes’.  So these are my requests.  We are so thankful for all of your prayers and know God’s hand is at work here. I feel very strongly that my first and [...]

Feliz Navidad from Lima

This is how our first Christmas away from home started… bright and early on Christmas morning. Jake: Daddy! Wake up… is it daytime yet? Me: Jake, yes, it’s daytime.  Today is Christmas! Jake: No it’s not. Me: Sure it is… why do you say that? Jake: There’s no snow.  Where’s all the snow? So, after [...]

Getting Ready for Christmas

I have always been a “one holiday at a time” kind of girl, so when Thanksgiving was over I hadn’t even thought about Christmas yet.  But everyone else on our team already had their Christmas trees up, so we had to kick it in high gear. Growing up with an artificial tree, it doesn’t bother [...]