“You would love it here,” Mat said to me on our evening phone call. He had been teaching in Hawassa for two weeks now and was standing on the balcony overlooking the busy night streets. “Hmm. Ok.” I answered coldly thinking, Yeah…probably not. He knew I really wouldn’t love it. Been there. Done that. Hardest time of...

Friends, Leaving Ethiopia is getting harder and harder. The poverty is striking. As you walk the streets the orphans and widows crowd in with open hands. The need is truly overwhelming. I’m not used to that. In Tanzania, there are plenty of orphans, but they are usually absorbed into their extended families or sent to...

Always abounding in the work of the Lord… HIGHLIGHTS Our passion is to train pastors.This year was difficult and tiring.Mat is going back to school in order to train pastors.We joined the organization Training Leaders International. OUR PASSION IS TO TRAIN PASTORS As my friend Samweli, pastor of the local Swahili church, sat on my vibrant village-made couch,...