April 10, 2012 »

I actually write blog posts in my mind on a daily basis.  Now, to get them on paper.  For now, here is a brief top 10 thoughts: Our children in Dahley are all well and thriving at school. We continue to work with the local “New School” that was built last summer right near our…

Hmmph »

Well, that’s very interesting. While working on our site and blog and wanting to simplify the categories I deleted them so we could rely on tags for folks to search. Tags seem more flexible. The really bad news is that I ended up deleting all our blog posts? Is that possible? Yikes. I will continue…

the worst missionary ever »

We are the worst- we don’t keep in touch, we don’t update our blog. We did get better about newsletters this summer- we are using mail chimp and find it much easier. That and our daughter Emily has been writing the newsletters . We leave in just three weeks to return to the land we…

Deep End »

I just realized I didn’t post for three of the 9  months since our return to Ethiopia.  Very unlike me.  I think we were going through so many changes and being transformed in so many ways it was difficult to actually put it into words.  So, here is a start- to explaining this last year…

Partnership renewal time :) »

Dear 6BE Partner, We have had an exciting and eventful year in Dahley this year; a year that you helped make a reality. Here are some highlights: * Last year only half the children in our program were attending public school; this year all of our original children are in school. * Four children in…

Enough! »

So if you have spent any time with us you will hear us talk about living simply and transparently- This post is an effort to share how we do this.  First, we will share our budgets with you- how much it cost us to live here, to live in the US, to fly around etc. …