by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 25, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Here’s what we’ve been working for in Kenya. Watching this video makes me realize how grateful I am to have played a part in all of this. In spite of all the seemingly negative or difficult parts of the last two years of our life, I’ve never had...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 5, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
After the big goodbye party, and my “garage sale” and cleaning the house thoroughly, the day of our departure finally arrived. The whole week before Ian was pestered by staff about the necessity of them giving us a “push” to the airport. We...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 20, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Uncategorized
Ian has always had a special relationship with his hair. He won’t admit it though. When I met him in college he had long straight hair that went past his shoulders. I used to watch him mess with it during chapel. He’d pull it back into a ponytail and...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 17, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
It’s 70 degrees or more outside, you have no AC in the house and you sleep like this: Good thing we’re going home in the height of the summer heat, otherwise, these two kids would be forced to dress 3 layers...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 16, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Yesterday Eli asked us, “Do you think when we get back to Oregon we can go to that place that has hamburgers and toys?” Uh, you mean McDonald’s? Wow, 4 full years of indoctrination from television, weekly visits with grandma/grandpa (ok, I take him...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 14, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Ian informed me last night that my last 4 blogs have been about the baby and that people might get bored. I don’t know if you have realized, but our blog is generally pretty lighthearted. We’ve tried to keep it about our personal experience, and still,...
