We’re home! Two weeks ago, we climbed off the plane at Vancouver International Airport after 41 hours of travel. I stood face to face with the border guard who granted me permission to stay in Canada for the next few months, and we moved into our summer place. Boy, are we relieved! The reality is…

We have two more days at the school, counting today. We’re giving our final child-safeguarding sessions, soaking up our last moments with our friends, and planning a goodbye celebration with our bible study later today. The new school building is in its final stage of completion. Since the project itself was started around the time…

We’re wrapping up our time here in Malawi. In just two short weeks, we will be boarding a plane and heading back to Canada. We’re in the works of preparing our next steps (stay tuned, more info on that to follow in the next blog!) and getting our hearts ready for the inevitable goodbye. It…

It’s a holiday. The school has been closed for the week leading up to Easter and will be closed the week after in celebration of the death and resurrection of our Lord. The kids are all gone and only the administration staff is working. The campus is silent and void of the rambunctious, energetic life…

The rain here in Malawi, as well as many tropical locations around the world, tends to be more aggressive than in the Northern Hemisphere. Rather than the typical light summer rains that blissfully kiss the earth like a soft dew, tropical rains come and go like the turning on and off of a kitchen facet.…

We’ve been in Malawi close to a month and a half now. We are nearing the halfway point of our time here and it feels surreal. We are just beginning to settle in, to feel like we understand the groove of our workload and to deepen in connection with the locals whom we work alongside.…

For those of you who know me, you know I like details. I like to be able to see the full picture up close and get a complete understanding of what people, things, and situations are like. Of course, this desire in me prompted me to show you a schedule of our day, so that…

One week down, eleven more to go. There are many things that change when entering into a different country as you would assume or many already know, and they go beyond the basics of the hour on your watch. Once on the ground, the pace of life is very different from the western world. For…

               It’s 7pm here in Malawi, the crickets are chirping, the thunder is rumbling in the background, there’s an occasional flash of lightning through our windows, and I can’t believe we’re here. That latter statement has three parts to it- firstly, that Jer and I somehow managed to complete all the tasks on our plate…

This month has been a constant series of tasks and connections that must be completed before we travel around the world. Diana been enjoying the company this past week as I’ve been in Washington this week. And we have been managing to knock off important tasks such as Visa prep, shopping for clothing for the…