It's that time of year again!

Red and green ornaments. Christmas trees. Apple cider and hot cocoa. Sugar cookies. Cold weather, mittens and snow....oh wait...I mean dust, yes dust.Yes it's still the holidays all the way over here at least in the white people's homes and we are trying our best to make it festive and bright. Enjoying the cold evenings and mornings when I can drink a cup of hot coffee and not starting sweating in...

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Hold the mayo

I'm not much of a breakfast eater. I guess I was in the States when I had easy access to cereal and good milk, but other than cereal I usually don't take the time to make eggs or pancakes or anything else that requires some work for the morning meal. That being said, most people here eat a simple breakfast of bread and mayonnaise. Yes you read that correctly. Bread slathered with mayo. Slathered....as in a lot. Honestly it kinda grosses me out and it's probably one of a few culture customs...

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Joy in the midst of chaos

It's amazing to me how many times I have to get all the way through the lesson before I realize that G's been teaching me all along. Actually it's kinda of sad really, but still amazing that He is faithful in the midst of my humanness. Maybe one of these days I'll actually get it right away....here's hoping!So anyway, B and I took our househelper and my African mama, Neene, to a city about 3 hours away this weekend. She wanted to see her family and begged us to take her and since we had...

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Hiatus

I know it's been like 5 months since my last post, but I swear I have a good reason.....well maybe not a good reason, but I do have reasons for my lack of posting.1. In the Spring we had lots of volunteer teams which was GREAT!!! And then we went to Prague for some classes to finish our degrees and then we had homework and....2. Our team has been in a constant state of flux since we arrived and found out that we had a temporary team leader and that next team leader would be picked out...

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{My Body Doesn’t Bend That Way}

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Ticket Days

"Have you had a ticket day yet?" we were asked by some colleagues who came to visit us this week. Unfortunately I then felt completely stupid because I had to ask what on earth he was talking about!A ticket day just means that if you had a ticket back to the States you'd use it because it's so aggravating here or you're just plain tired of being a missionary, of visiting people, of having a constantly dirty (think layers of dirt, not dust) house and you just want to leave.I had to stop...

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Here and gone again

Well the cold weather came and unfortunately has already gone. We had about a month of cooler temperatures. So much cooler in fact that we had to pull out the down comforter we brought with us....yes we did bring a down comforter with us because it's one of my most favorite things in the whole world and I just couldn't leave it behind. And see we got to use it!! The days were cloudy and cooler. I was able to wear a scarf to class because it was chilly and I got to relish the evenings on...

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