My friends, I am so sorry that I have not been updating my blog! I could give you a million excuses – the unreliable Internet that we experienced for a while, being on the field, having work to get done, being lazy – but none of them truly excuse it. I apologize. Even though I [...]

It is hard to believe that I have been here for four weeks already! In many ways it feels like the time has gone by very, very quickly. In other ways, it feels like a lifetime ago that I was saying goodbye to my mom and brother at the airport. Regardless, I have come across [...]

This weekend I said goodbye to Kayijuka and his family (well, goodbye in terms of living with them – I still work with Kayijuka every day!) and moved in with Phil and Becca. Phil is the country director for World Relief Rwanda and both he and Becca have been wonderful in welcoming me into their [...]

Congo

I figure that it is easier to update everyone on here rather than to send out 2395872359 emails!Four summers ago (ohmygoodness, it has been that long?) I nannied for two great kids named David and Amanda. David had this CD that had a song that chanted “Nothing can go wrong-o, I’m in the Congo” (you [...]