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Barely Breathing – Seeking a Writer’s Assistant
My deepest apologies, loyal readers, for leaving you hanging the past few months. I returned from Africa exhausted physically and mentally, but full of ideas for sharing the stories of my journey. Somehow I let life get in the way. My "real jobs" have required a...
Part 3: A Day in Their Life
Note to Reader: The following narrative is based on information I learned through informal interviews and witnessed with my own eyes while visiting several villages in Uganda in June 2011. It does not describe a particular woman or family, rather it is my attempt to...
Part 2: When Two Worlds Collide
Imagine that you wake up one day in a place very different from all that is familiar to you. Everywhere you look there is something new to see and experience. You stare in awe at the unfamiliar sights and sounds, trying to take it all in, but sensing that you can...
Part 1: Leaving On a Jet Plane
Planning is fun. Leaving is hard. Over the past few months I have managed to compartmentalize this trip into a neat box sitting on the shelf. Every day I knew it was getting one step closer, but still it remained an adventure yet to be fully realized. About a week...
Heart of Dependence (Week 9)
It was early afternoon, four years ago, when I slid to the kitchen floor sobbing hysterically with an infant in my arms as my 2-year-old stubbornly refused me, yet again. I look back and know that I was at the end of my rope. Yet I never let anyone know, not...
Heeding the Whispers: My Journey to Africa (Week 8)
This is a story of how whispers become action. How God works in, around, and through us to open our hearts to things we never could have imagined. This is the story of how last week I was looking forward to a relaxing summer, and this week I am looking forward to a...