This weekend we were delighted to join our friends Amani and Esta for their bronze wedding anniversary and thanksgiving. They are such a beautiful couple: he is serious and reserved, she is lively and warm. They run a marriage ministry alongside his work as a pastor and hers as a […]
This weekend I participated in a Zoom Bible study (audio only) with women graduates of TAFES. It was facilitated by an Associate of TAFES who runs a life coaching business. It was about Rebekah, an example of a woman who saw through her plans which succeeded even in a problematic […]
We have just been in Australia for 6 months, sharing about what we’re doing in Tanzania, and what we’re learning from Tanzanians. For example, we’ve shared about how hierarchy in Tanzania is different from in Australia, and how enriching it can be to open to those different ways of doing […]
After almost a year living in our new place, we thought maybe we should tie up some admin-y things, like telling our bank what our new address is. We tried to think about what we’d need to bring to do that, e.g. identity documents such as a passport, something to […]
What Bible verse would you choose to share when visiting a family whose child has just died? Perhaps something about God comforting his people? Or something about the hope of the resurrection? (Maybe not.) What about Philippians 4:8? Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is […]
Story 1: Msikwao is a young girl, early high school age who is seen at a river breastfeeding a child. The boy who sees her tells his father who gathers the village elders to interview her. She says she’s looking for her grandfather, and they question her about her past. […]
As a little girl in the west, the stories you hear are of princesses. Though this trope is being critiqued and perhaps modified, it is still the case that traditionally the girls in these stories are sweet, beautiful, compliant, and often awaiting rescue. They look for the prince in the […]
