Fearing the What Ifs

Yesterday one of our chickens had gotten sick, so we killed it. I was doing an online search trying to figure out if it would be okay for us to eat a sick chicken. It was a really big bird and I hated to see so much meat go to waste. Doing my online search all sorts of things came up. One was an article that caught my eye. It was about a young girl in America who went out to eat at a restaurant, ate chicken, and then got sick. She then later developed a disorder that prevented her from absorbing nutrients from her food and will be on IV nutrition for the rest of her life. She blamed it all from eating chicken at a restaurant that might not...

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Confessions of a Missionary Mom Part 2

I sometimes feel like I should be doing More... My days are spent like many other stay at home mom's around the world. I cook, clean, home school the kids, wash the clothes, etc. As a "missionary wife" I sometimes feel that I should be doing more. I should be opening an orphanage, or going out and conducting my own Bible studies with women, or something else besides just being at home all the time. When we had our visitors here to help with the work I really wanted to be "out and about" helping pass out tracts, or visiting other villages. When I didn't get to go and see the baptism of our newest sister in Christ, "Mama Judy" I started to get...

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Kids at the Beach

My favorite picture of the kids at the beach....

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Roadside Roasted Corn

The Corn Crops in Tanzania are one of the most common sights that you will see during the growing season. Everyone, Everywhere, is growing corn. The most popular way that corn is eaten is through Ugali. The dry corn seed is ground into a corn meal, and then cooked into a hard dough and eaten in the form of Ugali. Another popular way to eat the corn is is by roasting the corn on the cob. Here are some pictures of a man roasting corn on the roadside. Even after many years of living in Tanzania, I was hesitant to eat corn in this way. I wasn't afraid of the taste but of getting sick. You see this corn is usually always cooked on the side of the...

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Our Favorite Picnic Spot

Sometimes we like to go out as a family and explore new areas around where we live. One day on one of our exploring trips, we found this place. It is not too far of a drive past the road where you turn onto to go to the church building. This river is the Ruaha River, which is said to be about 300 miles long. In the less populated areas of the River there are crocodiles and hippos. This particular section didn't have these types of animals, but it did have some interesting birds.   The water from this river is often used by many people for their everyday water needs. While we were on our picnic we saw several people coming to...

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This Baboon Wants My Camera

This Baboon Wants My Came...

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Aubrie and the Bat

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The Talking Trash Can at Taco Bell

One day I was having lunch at Taco Bell and I went to throw my trash away into the designated trash bin and The Trash Can said, "Thank You." Yes, the trash can had talked. I couldn't believe it ! Not that the trash can talked, but the fact that someone put that much time and money into making a trash can say "Thank You". For some reason or another it really, really make me question what was important in my life. What was I doing with My time and money? My husband and I agreed that we should be doing more for God with our time and money, so we decided to save up and take a short term missionary trip to Tanzania, Africa. During our time...

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Travel To Tanzania

Visiting us in Tanzania. One of the first things that may come to your mind when you think of Traveling to Tanzania,  is the fact that it is on the other side of the world. So, so, far away. This is true, but it isn't as crazy as it sounds. Most people get discouraged at the thought of even trying to make a trip like that. I have heard," Oh I would have to get a passport or get shots, I couldn't do all that." If you just plan ahead and take it step by step, it really isn't that bad. When we travel back to America our next furlough, (Lord Willing) we will be traveling with 2 adults, and 4 kids. Their ages; 6, 5, 3, and 1. So trust me when...

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