by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 12, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Ok, now I know some of you will relate to this. You know the feeling. It happened to me in junior high, again in college, then when I was new to Portland and went to my first care group meeting, and now here in Africa. Standing in a sea of people and wondering: ...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 7, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
I guess living in Africa has really emphasized how hygienic and sterile things are in the states. Especially when it comes to our food. I love those wonderful 2 and 5 pound bags of boneless, skinless, (smell-less), flash frozen chicken. They are fabulous….one...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 4, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Ever since Joseph (the neighbor boy who adopted our family) took the camera and snapped a few pictures in the house, Eli and Lucy have been angling for chances to snatch it themselves. I can be a little ADD so sometimes it takes the bright flash of the camera before I...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 2, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Just like a grab bag, you never know what you might get. This week we have been wonderfully solicited for money 4 yes, FOUR times. The 4 needs were: a split open head (ok, when you get in a fight with a rock you should be prepared to pay your own medical bill); a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jul 30, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Sorry that I wasn’t able to write yesterday when we returned home from the doctor and Nairobi. We have been fighting random power outages for about a week. So I had an appt. with a wonderful ob/gyn yesterday. She was everything I had prayed she would be: ...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jul 28, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
So, I guess I didn’t blog about it last week. The visit with the dermatologist went well. Odd, but well. It was like hanging out in an old college professors office, but one from the 80’s, with about that much dust, and that old of books lining the...