I love the internet. It’s one of the things I miss most about where I live. (Yes, friends and family are a close second, but I can even...

I’m not sure if it’s the fact that most of our food was imported (my parents sent pumpkin from the States so I could make 2 pies!), or...

I never knew house-sitting could be so…dangerous. The day we arrived at our friends’ house to watch their dogs, feed the cat and water...

So, when a new little friend (a bat) mozied on over to our temporary home, we decided he needed to rest…permanently. Here he is, sleeping...

So, we’re getting near to the end of rainy season. Lately, it’s been raining every day so that’s hard to believe, but Christmas usually...

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We’ve been busy making new friends… And avoiding others… Tried to save some little friends who we found in our car paneling… Rescued a...

We were finally making plans to return home last week, our house-sitting duties having morphed us into long-term guests when the home...

It’s been one of those days. Nothing big has happened, but it’s just the little details that seem to be beating me to a slow state of...

So, Joel did survive the bacteria-induced hospital stay in April … long enough to come home and cut his leg wide open with a machete....

no new news, so we’ll just update you with the evening photo update instead. 3rd try to find the vein is it me, or is she really enjoying...

Well, the latest news has come in bits and pieces as we learn more of the situation. It’s not learning the current situation that is as...

So, apparently we misunderstood. We just learned that it doesn’t really matter what the lab results say today, we do know that a serious...

We were sitting down to enjoy a nice plastic wrapped plate of chicken and pasta when all 3 of Joel’s doctors showed up to do their thing...

After the long struggle with cancer, Jennifer’s flesh has won the battle. But, her soul has won the war. Pray for her family, but...

We live in the jungle. I say that, but I often look around and see we have screens on our windows and landscaping in our yard and think,...

Last night I got to video chat with my parents and see how “home” looks this year with the Christmas decorations and nativity scenes set...

The leaking raindrops on the pages of my book should have given me a clue that today we would be at the mercy of the weather, but I...

Tonight we finished out another year of studies for our counseling studies. To say we pushed it to the last minute may be an...