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Most of you know we have a horse and his name is King. We really enjoy him, although we don't ride him near as much as we need to or as much as the girls would like to... But we do have an honest-to-goodness "we've lived THAT one" understanding of the expression "He eats like a horse." In fact, afte...

One of my friends here in Niger and I frequently email back and forth throughout the course of our day, and today was no exception except that the topic of our conversation was a little out of the ordinary. Jonathan comes running up to me as I'm working on the computer, trying to send pictures files...

The past few days have had a few of those precious parenting moments, so I thought I'd share. Friday afternoon, as we sat down to eat lunch, Jonathan asked if he could pray. And for the first time, he prayed a "comprehendable" prayer - I could understand every word he said. His prayer went something...

The observant among you have noticed that nothing has been said about Nadia's birthday (Please don't remind me that I'm one month "en retard.") Don't worry - we didn't forget her. January 25th, Nadia turned 9. Her birthday was a quieter celebration... several of her siblings were sick and #9 is not ...