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Pleasure or Treasure?
Date of original journal entry: July 21, 2017 Proverb 21:17(a) He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man I have just looked at a photo of 15 or so faces - young eager faces. Some of the youth from our church are on a mission trip to Trinidad and...
Pot of Gold
I had been quite unwell for a long stretch, months really. I’d make some small progress only to face another set-back. To be sure I was getting frustrated because I knew what was coming if I didn’t dramatically improve; Stephen was sending me home. The day he came home and...
One Banana
Prologue: It is so good to be writing again! It’s been nearly a year since my last post and I’m happy to be back online and writing to you, my friends. After my last entry we lost our access to internet. Then, as most of you likely know, I returned...
Sermon in the Sunrise
I’m sure I’ve said it before but will risk the repetition; being this close to the equator (7 degrees north latitude) the sunrises and sunsets are over just about as soon as they start. Even the most beautiful effects don’t linger so if you miss it, well, you just miss...
Trouble Shooting
The next time you make the casual statement, “I’m going to run the dishwasher,” please think of me. I too have a dishwasher but she won’t run. Oh sure, she might slug or poke or plod but she emphatically will not run! Because of this irksome behavior, I’m constantly struggling...
Beginnings
Date of original journal entry: June 22, 2016 I’m not even beyond the first verse of the first chapter in my reading and I find myself marveling in a lesson as broad as the world and as deep as the Savior’s love for that world. Mark 1:1 The beginning of...
“Distractions”
While I was back in the States, a very common question was, “What is a typical day for you in Sierra Leone?” I would just smile and my answer was always the same: “There is no ‘typical’ but the one thing we can count on is that nothing will go...
Home Again
Date of original journal entry: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Yesterday afternoon, home again in Sierra Leone, I sat on my very own veranda, resting from the work of organizing and cleaning the house and unpacking my five 50-pound bags. A stream of visitors had been drifting in and out delightfully...
See You Again
Anyone who knows me can tell you that I’m a bit of a word nerd. I enjoy learning the history and etymology of words and just for fun will read a dictionary or thesaurus; it can be very enlightening to understand how word usages have changed over the centuries. Often...
Not In Vain
Date of original journal entry: Wednesday March 8, 2016 Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. Isaiah 49:4 has deeply struck the chord...
The Mango Tree
Prologue: As I prepare to return to Sierra Leone from my 20 month separation from Stephen and our beloved field of service, my heart was directed to share this journal entry from nearly six years ago. At the time of the original writing, I was struggling with cultural adjustments and...
