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Bigger Hands
Ah, New Year, a time of reflection and reminiscing; a time to look ahead. It’s also a time when I really enjoy reviewing old journal entries. Sometimes I go way back as I did this morning and I had the surprise of coming across a poem I wrote in 1991....
Pancake Explosion!
Original journal entry date: Saturday April 1, 2017 Preface: When I started this blog, I agreed to the terms the Lord was setting before me: that I would be transparent about our life. I’ve read many, many missionary biographies over the years, most of them several times, and the ones...
Good Wine
Preface: One morning I was sitting on our veranda looking out over the beautiful Kangari Hills, drinking in the very incredibleness of being in Sierra Leone, the unlikeness. Our ages alone would suggest otherwise. After 28 years of marriage, we started our West African adventure when Stephen was 56 and...
So Run
Date of original journal entry: June 25, 2018 “And this I do for the gospel’s sake . . . know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain.” II Conrinthians 9:23-24 My...
Oranges
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Psalm 45:8 Making purchases in Freetown with the aid of our friend Mary. Date of original journal entry: December 2009 Thick...
Flashback
Date of original journal entry: November 23, 2016 Our West African way-off-the-grid homestead! Green beans are a new vegetable in our adopted home I’m walking casually across the yard, my long, full skirt is blowing softly in the afternoon breeze. I’m talking...
A Little Humility
I am the type of person who thrives on order and routine; in other words, change doesn’t come easily to me. Every evening, after washing the the day’s worth of dishes, I spread an extra large white linen towel on which to place the rinsed dishes so they can air...
First Love
Date of original journal entry: March 3, 2018 > beep - beep - beeeeeep < I hear it as a far away annoyance and slowly realize it’s Stephen’s phone. Someone is calling from Sierra Leone on WhatsApp. I cautiously open one eye and see it’s still dark; I pull the...
Revealed by Fire
…when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isaiah 43:2b) February 3, 2017 The Trial: And now … it’s quiet. How I hate the sound of the bush fires. The 20 foot elephant grass stocks, all the life’s water sucked...
Kept
Prologue: Upon returning from Mile 91 during the dry season evangelism circuit, Stephen had a unique gift from the pastor of that church. In gratitude for all that GTF Bible Mission had done and provided for the church Brother Suaray gave Stephen the gift of several books which were languishing...
