I didn’t immerse myself in learning Dari (or the even MORE challenging Pashto) language during my time in Afghanistan. In full disclosure, I started classes with other teachers at my school upon arrival but failed to persevere. I found it difficul...

I always smile when I see them, the green shoots of a plant pushing up through a crack in the sidewalk. In Cairo, this city of concrete and tar, we notice anything green. This city is not the natural place for plants to grow, not an inviting envir...

Another move. Another new address. Another opportunity to discover how God would meet me and use me.  

Our Tianjin homeschool outing at the hands-on Science Museum began with lighthearted laughter. My boys ran around with their preschool friends, putting their hands on literally everything. I relaxed into their freedom of fun as well,