Sep 3, 2007
Dear friends, Renee and I curled up by the fireplace today. It’s quite cold in Nairobi, unseasonably rainy too. Today is the tail end of an overdue week of vacation for me… the week itself an end to three overly busy months. I have fallen behind on nearly...
Mar 10, 2007
RENEE WRITES… Dear Friends, After four months of being back in Nairobi, we can call ourselves settled in again. The first month we were repainting the inside of our home and finishing the attic space, so we now have room for guests if anyone is interested. We...
Nov 10, 2006
Dear friends, It has never been so hard to say goodbye. This furlough has been filled with many drawn out farewells, visits that have gone way too late into the night, plans to get together “one more time” that never materialized, and dinners that edged on...
Mar 10, 2006
Dear friends, I woke up some weeks ago to a bowl of corn flakes and a spot on the couch next to Amelia. We turned on CNN and were greeted with a report of a blizzard in New York City – twenty something inches of snow – an amazing spectacle. Amelia followed...
Nov 10, 2005
Dear friends, Greetings from Africa. Our family is doing well. Zach just had his 4th birthday and Amelia is counting the days to her seventh. Goodness, our kids are growing fast. I remember the day we took Zach to the post office in New Jersey to get his passport. He...
