he said not to write about my personal life but rather life and the experiences in it.  i’m not sure i can master that right now — i just woke up and i’m far too selfish to not write about me.  i was just handed a computer and told to write my “award winning blog… Continue reading not hemingway. not yet.

have i not been posting regularly? pardon my laziness on this issue, but i have no excuse other than being somewhat busy, not spending as much time online and not really having anything particular to write about. i could tell you that after spending too many minutes scrubbing my face and body raw i decided… Continue reading i could tell

i have a little boy, covered by a blanket, snuggled up against my arm. this will be my last day of pretending that this is my life. no more little boy waking me up bright and early. no more playing little people and being told to play joel’s part. no more lunches and teaching them… Continue reading babies, boating, and everything else

i remember when she was first pregnant and i was so excited about being an aunt. i thought about how much i would love that baby and how awful it would be that this child would be nine hours away from us. i remember when we got the call from my mom, just minutes after… Continue reading the wonderful thing

so i’m home.  well, i’m actually at her house and i have two babies for the weekend.  my little lady is very warm with a fever and my little boy is very itchy to go outside and play with his new “futball” from spain.   we’ll see how i’ll juggle this one. it’s sticky here.  you… Continue reading home for now

two not so great photos of either of us, but it shows jamie’s new technique.  the “shake it while you take it” technique. remember muslim women?  there were some that came to one of the outreaches this past weekend and the pastor was able to talk to them for awhile.  they watched our dramas and listened… Continue reading last

is it possible that our three weeks are almost up?  i simply cannot believe how quickly these days have gone by while at the same time how long ago it seems that we left the states. we left algeciras thursday and came to estepona.  we were told that there were english speaking people in the church, but… Continue reading seventh update

a weekend without the internet left this girl not so happy.  okay, so i was actually fine, but i did miss it a bit.  everyone here secures their wireless connections.  silly people.  don´t they know that their making the rest of us miserable?  i guess that´s what we get for staying in the nice part… Continue reading sixth update

a lovely morning. up at 8:30. showered and downstairs by 8:45. quiet time from then to 9:15. up on the roof folding laundry until 9:30. here writing… i love meeting the people here. i love the kisses on the cheek and the kind words spoken. i love to see people loving Jesus in this hard… Continue reading fifth update

i´m sure some of you are thinking, “what kind of missions trip is this where she can post so often?”  the kind where people take naps every afternoon (except for us) and the kind where you have a brother who brings a laptop with him.  and besides, today and tomorrow are our days off.  from… Continue reading fourth update