If theres any one time we find ourselves endeared to tradition, I think it must be Christmas. It's already Christmas eve here in Bangladesh. Today as I was making klubbe, a Norwegian dish that traditionally our family has eaten every Christmas e...
One of our Home of Hope girls is pictured in both photos above; the second photo was taken a few days after the first one. What a difference a few days can make! We go to Dhaka twice a month for grocery shopping. We try and do any err...
Durjoy with his "first fruits" One of our Class 1 boys came to me a little over a week ago so excited! His teacher had given every student some seeds to grow a few plants of their own. When I came home from school one day, he cam...
The thunderous voice of evil is nothing new to this world. It is particularly familiar to those who have followed Christ through it. As much as we entertain the image of the bad angel on our shoulder opposite the good, our enemy isnt so easily f...
We have the wonderful privilege of being able to tuck into bed over 100 children each night. Every night, Rick goes down and tells every single boy good night. The younger ones have taken to pretending to be asleep and as he nears their beds, th...
Ok, we all know the game....one trumps the other, right? Well, maybe in a child's game. Truth be told, if I were to choose which one is the strongest, the answer is easy....Rock! This last week, we had a beautiful ease in our summer afte...
My dear friend Jean has spent the past eight years or so showing this strong-willed heart of mine what it is to get to know others intentionally, to be the hands and heart of Christ when and where we don't necessarily have to be. Over the ...
A few years ago I had no idea what a "Go Bag" was. It's basically a bag filled with items to help you survive a disaster. I first heard of it in conjunction with our earthquake training here (Bangladesh sits on a major fault line). We do each ha...
We are told to not judge a book by its cover and yet its also said that perception is everything. I guess thats why a books cover is so important. This past weekend, some have tried to change the book cover of Bangladesh (click here for mo...
The older I get the more fully I am convinced that some of the most important teachers in our lives are children. Ask a Home of Hope kiddo what their favorite food is and you're likely to get "meat" and "pizza". Now most of them have not actuall...