Well, after over a month of battling the ants and multiple rounds of pest guys coming to the house, they finally brought the right magic dust to obliterate the colonies…we are ant free!! However, whilst we were still in the throes of our ant war, one of our neighbors texted me a picture of a… Continue reading Learning to Live
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African Ant Armageddon
After arriving at our house, our social sponsors offered to give us a quick tour and then, knowing we were exhausted, get out of our hair and let us settle in. Actually, the exact words Emily used were “leave you to grieve”, which made me laugh. And so began the process of figuring out this… Continue reading African Ant Armageddon
Into Africa
Finally, after being in airports/airplane for over 18 hours, we trudged off the plane in Accra with that I’m-so-tired-I-feel-hungover feeling. Luckily, 3 out of 4 kids were holding it together. The 6 year old was not, which we had both predicted would happen well before the trip even began. Thankfully, the embassy had sent an… Continue reading Into Africa
Between Two Worlds
The movers will be at our door in less than 2 weeks to pack up our house! In less than 4 weeks, we’ll officially be boots on the ground in West Africa. I get butterflies every day. It’s so thrilling and exciting and sad and gut wrenching all at the same time. Leaving and arriving.… Continue reading Between Two Worlds
Gearing up for Ghana
Just about 2 months left until the big move! Some big things have happened in the past month. We received our diplomatic passports, which we will all need in addition to our regular passports (that’s 12 passports we’ll be trying not to lose, yikes). Cracks me up that even the 3 year old… Continue reading Gearing up for Ghana
Houston. We have a problem.
It was May 17th, 2022, the day I stared in shock at those seven little letters on the screen of my phone. I had indeed been waiting anxiously for days for seven little letters to appear on that screen. But these…these were the wrong ones. H-O-U-S-T-O-N. What? I just stared in silence at… Continue reading Houston. We have a problem.
On the Meaning of Suffering
This is a perfect time to jump back into the story of how we got here in the first place, as the next step in the journey was a time of great hardship and suffering…and we just started another difficult phase like it, here in Houston. After Don received his security clearance in January,… Continue reading On the Meaning of Suffering
Answered Prayers
We submitted our list in early December. From that point on, we knew we had zero control of the outcome. Our future was out of our hands. It was both a relief to not have to agonize over the hard decisions of how to rank that list anymore, and nerve wracking,… Continue reading Answered Prayers
The Hunger Games
It’s HERE! The time we’ve been holding our breath for since July 2021 when Don got the conditional job offer…our first major bidding season!!!! Or, as I like to call it, the real life Hunger Games 😂. How it works So how does this work? Well, we’ve been given a list… Continue reading The Hunger Games
GREECE
Taking some time to jump from the story of how we got into this life to talk about life in the present…its just too good not to share! Don and I were able to take a vacation, just the two of us, to GREECE at the end of October. This was our first… Continue reading GREECE