Category: Wanderlust Blog
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Two Bits
So many of us have grown up listening to sermons, petitions and pleas to help good causes. We have heard how it is biblical to tithe and to still give offerings on top of it all. The people telling us this give us examples of how The Lord has blessed them as they have given…and…
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20 Questions
This last week we have done some extra driving…and the car game is 20 Questions. One person comes up with an idea, a person, place or thing, and the others have 20 questions to ask and to guess what it is. It can be a lot of fun. Sometimes it takes 40 questions, but it…
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Politics, Politics
We have had so much fodder for the late night talk shows lately. Politicians have become the butt of jokes and ridicule, all over the world. If we judge politicians according to what we see in the media, it feels like there is no hope for mankind. The lying, arrogance, and corruption just seems to…
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Faces
I have noticed that I am a different person with different people. It is subtle, but noticeable to me now that I am trying to be more aware of my motives and thought processes. With my parents I behave more like a child. With my children I have more of a parent face, and they…
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The Measure of Life
Right now we have 2 boys trying to decide what it is that they want to study. Life choices. Large ones, in some ways. These adult choices are the ones that will define the years of their adult life. Or do they really? As a 17 year old, there were very few classes in high…
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Love and Truth
The other day I was given the gift of music. (These things make us so happy here in the bush!) I chose an album that my son recommended and there were a few songs on there that touched me to the core. One of the songs was, “Loving You With the Truth.” It talks about…
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
We are working on our garden here in Tanzania. There are bananas, papayas, watermelon, spinach, peppers…etc…the list goes on for a bit. Some of our attempts result in something that we can eat, and some result in bug infested failures. And there are also those which don’t even start to grow. It all takes time,…
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Under His Wings
Living in a small village in Africa has its wealth of different experiences. Last night we experienced the second “mini-riot” within a one year period. Listening to the yelling and chanting, knowing that we are only a few feet from it all, makes one fear for ones safety. Seeing the police pull out their guns…
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Rainy Season
When it’s rainy season, I start to shiver and shake. The damp and cold go right through the bones. The roads are muddy, and often impassable. The house leaks and we have to be ready to mop, depending on what direction the rains come from, because here…the storms come from all directions. Never know. Just…