by Tammy | Aug 17, 2010 | Daily Life
Language barriers can sure create misunderstandings. Recently Chuck and I went for a walk with a neighbor kid, Peter. As he was showing us his family’s shamba (garden) a girl came up to us, shook Chuck’s hand and said we cheated her. We didn’t...
by Tammy | Aug 16, 2010 | Daily Life, Personal
Getting to know someone takes time. But how do you go about it? I guess you begin by communicating. What do you do? Are you married? Children? Those types of questions which are pretty superficial but necessary, I believe, to starting some sort of friendship. We...
by Tammy | Aug 15, 2010 | Quotes
“Don’t say that a loving God is going to send you to hell – He’s not. The thing that’s going to send you to hell is that you’re a sinner and you don’t want to admit it.”
by Tammy | Aug 14, 2010 | Daily Life, Ministry
Death is “celebrated” different ways, by different people, in different cultures. I recently attended a visitation here in Tala. The woman’s husband had passed away due to cancer and Pauline and I went to say “pole”...
by Tammy | Aug 13, 2010 | Ministry
Isaac Mugo (Child No. MC102) Isaac is the son of Annastacia, the house mom, at Mercy Child Foundation in Koma, Kenya. He was born November 3, 2002 in Nairobi, Kenya and has two brothers living here with him, Edward and Daniel and four sisters who live elsewhere. ...
by Tammy | Aug 12, 2010 | Daily Life, Personal
One of my favorite lines from A Bug’s Life is …that’s our lot in life. It’s not a lot, but it’s our life. Every once in awhile I feel this way. I wake up and just for a moment think I’m back in Phoenix, Arizona. But then the...
