My favourite visit was the HOPE school in India. It was nearly an hour away from where we were staying. (Everything was at least an hour away from where we were staying. My entire visit is summed up in the words: “We drove.”). The reason I loved it most is not because there was a greater need in the school… Read More
Hi friends. We’re back from India as of Sunday night and not fully adjusted. There’s the cold – it was much warmer when we left (and obviously much hotter where we were) – the jet lag, and the inevitable flu/colds/stomach upset that we’re all experiencing to some degree. I think the overwhelming family feeling is gratitude to have had the experience and… Read More
This will be my last post for 2016. It’s been a hard year for us – a Job kind of year – with the deaths of loved ones, serious illnesses, an unfinished construction project that greatly reduces the quality of our home life, and then a number of more minor annoyances that manage to be majorly annoying all the same…. Read More
I don’t know why these words keep coming back to me today. Faithful in the small things. These words, bouncing around in my head, were enough to make me want to reach out and write to you during my month-long hiatus, even if I have nothing overly profound to say. I woke up yesterday and absorbed the shock of Donald Trump… Read More
I have a busy day planned, so I’m just popping in to give you some news. First – book & writing news (with a book excerpt at the end). I’ve been in this state of awe and joy that my memoir has managed to remain in the top 100 bestsellers for Christian Inspiration for a whole month – (this is the Kindle version of Amazon)…. Read More
We spoke about our upcoming trip to India with our kids on Sunday, and on hearing about all the delights in store for us, Gabriel said, “Je n’ai jamais assister à une aventure.” (I’ve never attended an adventure before). We had just gotten done having lunch with our friend, Hisill, who was in Paris for work – and with whom… Read More
