Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 5: the gifts along side the burn
For our third and final year, there were so many gifts alongside the burn of cross cultural living in a place of physical poverty. At the beginning of the year, our friends came with their children…
Bringing Italy to Uganda
Yes, you need this book for rural Africa or anywhere you want to have awesome bread products. Whether you would like to control your ingredients, bake slowly or you have a bread need, this is your book…
Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 4: the Paradox
Year two in Uganda was living the paradox. My teammate, Leslie and I would often comment how we never got the honeymoon of living in a foreign country. We experienced deep culture shock on the drive from the airport to our adopted home and didn't quite shake it until year three…
Inexpensive Water Filtration System
Our friend, Kirk told us about the Sawyer water filtration system. Traditionally, we had heard about the Katadyn. It seemed so expensive and hard to maintain.
Incomplete thoughts 3b: a health crisis
Part two continued... this will be longer than my usual posts, but hopefully tell the story…
Reclaiming Tabbouleh
I have never enjoyed Tabbouleh. But over the years, I have come to realize that the Food Network personality, Ina Garten has got my back. She has a catering background and cares about flavor. So, I can actually use some of her recipes for my purposes…
Incomplete thoughts on poverty, part 2
Everyone has a lens for poverty. It depends on where you are born and what your own exposure is. I would like to pause in sharing my own experiences in Uganda, to share what was my lens. It remains an amateur observation…
Listen more, but don't be afraid to share
Wow. Reading this book started from a conversation with my mother in law as we commiserated how we don't listen like we want to. What a gift to share in reading with her and then I passed it on to my parents…
This will serve you
In the same vein as the peeler, this is an awesome Swiss designed can opener…
Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 1
Part of why my husband and I married is because we both had a desire to serve the poor. He was pre-medical training and I was a giant fan of medical missions…
When a sandwich won't cut it for lunch
This year we have gotten on a schedule with lunch, trying to save money and eat better. This was so easy that I made it in the morning before the family got up. Everyone loved it, so I thought I would pass it on…
Yes, you do need this in rural Africa
You also need this in the U.S. if you don't have an ice maker. It is the best at breaking up ice…
When you ARE the baker
I found myself regularly doing things I did not know I could do while living in Uganda. I did not know I could make French bread, but you can too! One for you and one to share!
Just stop it.
Just stop buying cheap peelers. I brought a cheap peeler to Uganda. I have gone through many peelers that don't work or last…
Excerpt from a sermon
I had the chance to talk about the prayer ministry at our church and to answer the question... Why do we pray as a church?
The pie crust that carried us through
I have mentioned before how challenging it was to transition from convenience and familiar foods to cooking from scratch all in two plane rides!