After reading of my affection for the people of Guatemala, Heidi approached me about this adorable coloring book and an opportunity to support a ministry in Guatemala City. Casita Benjamin is a daycare ministry to the poor living near the city dump. Many of them are single mothers who must find some kind of work […]
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A Buck Well Spent
It is sometimes the simplest things in life that occupy and delight us! Last year when we were studying Native Americans and frontiersmen, I found these tiny figurines at the dollar store. Xander was fairly obsessed with them last year. And these have inspired hours of quiet play (punctuated by muted gunshots and intense fighting […]
Mama Panya’s Pancakes
One of the kid’s favorite books this last month was Mama Panya’s Pancakes. This delightful book followed a boy and his mother as they left for market to buy ingredients for pancakes. The peek into Kenyan village life was so engaging. At the end of the book, it gave more information on what life is […]
Learning Rewards…
Learning enriches our lives. By that I mean that it makes everyday interactions more enjoyable! I experienced that this last fall when my Bible study group was going over Daniel. That one highschool year of delving deep into ancient world history paid off in huge dividends as we explored the book of Daniel in depth. […]
Pinning Down Africa!
As is beautifully demonstrated in the book, Africa Is Not A Country, Africa is pretty much impossible to pin down in a neat little one-dimensional box. But that didn’t keep us from pinning it down in the most literal of ways! We found these fun little cork tiles at the craft store and had fun […]
Quiet Transitions…
We really needed a quiet couple of weeks. Our Christmas celebrations were quiet, yet joyful. We enjoyed simply being together. After the business of the beginning of December and then the sick–hospital craziness of the middle of the month, it felt good to just unwind and soak in the quiet (that’s a relative term), slow […]