You people amaze me. Today, I had all ages of friends coming to my door with sacks of school supplies for children and teachers in Ghana....

There is a great story that makes its way around the Internet about a commencement speech given by Winston Churchill, in which he stood...

I’m not much of a party girl. At least not the kind of party that requires save-the-dates, printed invitations, sparkly decorations, a...

I always promise myself that the week after I return from Ghana there will be at least five days when I will not be fidgety. I will take...

We’re sitting in the DFW airport waiting on our last flight that will take us to Tulsa. It’s always an odd feeling to come home....

I’m sitting in the Mission House catching a cool breeze (relatively speaking) through the open window and reflecting on the time we’ve...

Cutting the ribbon to the generator house Sponsored students Hannah and Rita, with their mother Pounding fufu Melissa and baby Melissa I...

Well, last night my modem minutes were eaten by YouTube. Why didn’t I clue in that perhaps watching videos might use data? This important...

We are in Ankaase, but our first night here was without Internet access. My thumb drive modem had expired, and by the time I realized it...

The Wi-fi and I are having it out tonight. But, more importantly, we are here in Ghana and the luggage and our team made it fine with no...

Three action packers and two large suitcases weighing in at 45+ pounds each is not the luggage of a girl who travels light. Someday I’m...

I put my oldest daughter on a plane Sunday so she could go teach English in Colombia for six weeks. It’s an odd feeling to send your kid...

I used to buy my home decor items from a big box store, usually with a 20% coupon in hand. I’ve never fussed much over decor, so this...

I made this scarf yesterday. This is quite possibly the ugliest scarf that has ever been stitched anywhere, anytime, any place. Yes, the...

I wrote in a previous post that I don’t sew. My mother, however, was a dedicated seamstress for our family and she made quite a few of my...

It’s official: the SDA School Computer Lab is now up and running! Otis and the other IT instructors know computers. They got everything...

I’m a day behind now because of the extended power outage. It’s about 7:30 a.m. in Ankaase, which means that most people have been up for...

We’ve had no electricity since 6 p.m. yesterday evening. And the data usage ran out on my modem, so last night was spent mostly in the...

This is the bungalow where we are staying. It’s a mission house that was the residence of an amazing family that served here in Ankaase...

When Erin and I were here in May, we roamed the area around our Kumasi hotel hunting for a church but never found one. Well, I found one...