For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I've posted little lately due to the fact that there are simply not enough hours in t...

The Internet is an amazing thing. I wanted to plan something special for the kids while we were back in the States, so while we were still i...

It's been quite an exciting week as mom was able to leave rehab and move into her new apartment. Thank you all so much for all your pray...

I know I'm way overdue to post a blog, but between sorting, packing, home schooling, writing deadlines. . .well, enough excuses, a very ...

While leaving South Africa, an article in the newspaper caught my eye about a Japanese man who had flown to SA to learn more about an invest...

I've hit the ground running between helping my mom sort out her house, home schooling, and trying to keep up with my writing deadline. T...

We arrived in the States after a very long, 30+ hour flight that included three planes, three continents, and lots of airline food. When we ...

We are getting ready to fly back to the States, but before I leave I wanted to post a slide show from Kruger. Once things settle down a bit-...

On our way through South Africa, we stopped for two days at Kruger Game park to share one of our favorite places with Luis and Fernanda as w...

I'm extremely thrilled to announce that Zondervan has just offered me a two book contract for my international suspense series that begi...

Part of the work we do here is across the bay from where we live. While we can see the town from my kitchen window, it's almost an hour ...

As many of you know, my mother blacked out and fell, breaking her leg in several places a few weeks ago. She recently decided, for health an...

Some of you might recognize Luis and Fernanda from posts I made earlier in the year while we were in Brazil. Luis and Fernanda married three...

I didn't actually plan to give my blog a makeover. All I'd planned to do was add a photo, but before I knew it I'd somehow agree...

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Someone recently asked me where we live, so I thought I'd share a bit about the town of Inhambane. Inhambane is located on the coast in ...

Would you like to stand along the side of a busy roadway all day long, trying to flag down passing cars so they can see what you have for sa...

We continued to enjoy spending time with our visitors from Houston and South Africa and have had an encouraging time of fellowship. While mo...

It's been a good but hectic weekend. Four of our supporters from Houston arrived on Friday for a week long visit. We are enjoying so muc...

It's been a long time since I stepped into Target where I could buy shoes for the kids on one end and pork chops on the other. Things ar...