Gaining Insight. Experiencing God. Growing in Understanding.
We are celebrating Shelvis’ birthday today as well as celebrating the things we are learning and experiencing in East Africa by God’s grace. I just returned from Sudan this week after spending two weeks in Yei and two in Boma. The story below is about my arrival in Sudan, and there is story about the [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Nancy
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I looked out the window just in time to see the yellow-vested man give two thumbs up to the pilot, the plane’s rubber stops at his feet. “I am really going to Sudan,” I thought to myself.
We soared past small collections of round and rectangular rooves. Green trees dotted fields of long tan grass. Shortly [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Nancy
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Nairobi Skyline
Tumefika! We have arrived! We spent the past few days settling into our apartment in the bustling metropolis of Nairobi, Kenya. We are enjoying reconnecting with friends and with our Nairobi church family. In order to give you an idea of where we are living, I am including a video on cities in Africa with [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Nancy
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Reunited and it feels so good….How great to reconnect with friends and family! When we first arrived home this summer, every conversation involved catching up on an entire year of activities. We were grateful for each opportunity to learn of mountain tops and valleys, of new births and burials, of jobs lost and graduations celebrated…of [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Nancy
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Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by Nancy
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Welcome, Laughter, Patience, Friendship, Honesty, Courage, Love of Christ, Bargaining advice in the market, Car rides, Yummy Tea, Delicious plates of goat meat, Music, Sharing your cultures, Beauty, Kiswahili lessons, Prayers for our family, and Love.
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Shelvis
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Saying “Good-bye” to our friends, colleagues and church family in Nairobi and rafting the Nile River each classify as experiences beyond my imagination. They were both overwhelming and left me wondering, “Is this really happening?”
Rafting is a favorite Mather bonding activity. Because of my previous family rafting excursions, I quickly realized that the [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Nancy
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“Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil,” she answered.
Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few… Pour oil into all the jars… sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.” [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Nancy
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I have spent the majority of the last five months writing, editing and revising a book that will be published this summer. The book is a Contextual Bible Study Manual created to foster discussion about the issues causing conflict in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa. The text offers the perspectives of ten theologians [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Shelvis
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Nancy and I decided where to go for “Date Night,” closed our apartment, and began walking along the Kenyan road. Every once in a while we paused to greet those in our community, to share a word and a smile.
The distant sounds of roosters were obscured by the immediate laughter of children swaying to and [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Shelvis
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