I lost my beloved Dad last week. His burgundy recliner seems all wrong without his snowy white hair peeking above it as I approach from behind. And his office desk with scattered papers strewn across [Read more...]
Guest post by Jamie Boiles I am excited to share another fascinating post from Jamie Boiles who has lived in Rwanda the last 6 years. Her stories of culture and struggle as an American living [Read more...]
What happens when you are asked to leave friends and family and move to the other side of the world? I am excited to share a guest post from my dear friend Jamie Boiles who [Read more...]
Nervous anticipation whistled through the crowd. “Would he talk over our heads? Would we be engaged or flat bored stiff?” As it turned out, we hung on the every word of renowned scholar, Dr. Scot [Read more...]
Their faces upturned. Waiting, Expectant. Was this Mzungu (white person) going to impart anything useful? Anything interesting? A tapestry of beauty and color, these women sat along the work [Read more...]
Women are awesome and amazing, Or terrible and hurtful. Some have forgotten high school ended eons ago, and are still hanging on to the same prejudices, criticisms, pettiness, jealously and [Read more...]
The view was breathtaking at this altitude, but I couldn’t breathe. My heart pounded. I felt the shaky fingers of fear clutch my throat and begin to squeeze the thinning air out of my laboring [Read more...]
It was a beauty, Sleek and shiny, Polished to perfection, Not a scratch or a blemish to be seen. Yet in it’s state of perfect preservation, it never got to really be a car. It had become a [Read more...]
The first time I saw them, I had to laugh. Men in business suits and women in dresses and high heels--riding on the back of a motorbike. Few people have cars in Rwanda and motorbikes are [Read more...]
The tiny hunter green SUV was our transport for the week. A nod to home and her roots was the very large magnetic sign that proudly yelled “OU.” One of the regular visitors from the [Read more...]