Troubled Times

Troubled Times

Every once in a while life is especially sucky. Like this weekend, for instance. This weekend, Francis* came back to our village. Francis came back to our village, and now everybody is upset. And not the kind of upset that can be resolved over a cup of coffee and a...
A Typical Morning

A Typical Morning

For those wondering what a normal morning looks like for us here in the jungle, this was today: My day started out with me being woken up by the sound of one of our children having diarrhea. Yes, you read that correctly, it wasn’t the child that woke me up, but the...
Helllloooo Jungle

Helllloooo Jungle

We are not dead. I just thought I should probably clarify that before I went on to talk about anything else, since it seemed like some of you might have assumed otherwise, being as we moved out into the jungle two weeks ago and have neglected to contact the outside...