The first few glimpses of our new home leave me a little breathless. Partly from how beautiful it is, but partly because it's so much smaller, and so much more primitive than I had imagined. I am flying over Malawi for the first time. Everywhere you look it is green. Green mountains, green fields, and green trees, crisscrossed with reddish brown of dirt roads. Everywhere you look there are dirt roads. From above you can see the landscape dotted with the shimmer ...

We've arrived at the Sabbath during our time here at camp. I am indeed thankful for the rest. We have spent the last six days staying at camp Nelu. It's a beautiful farm surrounded by lush greenery and hazy mountains in the distance. As you may have noticed in my first blog, we had a lot of luggage. We certainly didn't need all of it at camp, but it had already been repacked twice since we first left our home in Huntsville. I truly had no idea where anything wa...

On Thursday, 22 December, 2016 Stella Helterbrand dropped us off at the Cincinnati airport as we embarked on this new adventure. I felt ridiculous with the amount of luggage that we had (two checked bags each, one carry on each, one personal item (briefcase sized) each, and an extra "carry on" for my bipap. Who needs this much stuff?! But, at the same time, it seems like so little to have for the next year. The check-in agent picked up my first case and said (b...

We're moving to Africa for a year... how is this my life?!