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April 1, 2016
Cuba exceeded my expectations: beautiful weather, wholesome people, and a divided reality. The young woman who we were invited to tutor in English conversation turned out to be a professor of art appreciation. She loved Gusty's Gift and translated it into Spanish....
February 10, 2016
An uplifting tale when Honey Badger discovers his gift and made a new friend.
February 9, 2016
Using solar power, lighting is being provided to households in a Mozambique village. These are families we met in 2014 during a Habitat for Humanity trip to construct houses. She said: having light at my home is a dream I believe God is real faithful,. Thank you very...
February 6, 2016
Winter 2015-16 Update
Sponsorship of university students
VillageSteps has sponsored 4 university students through their graduation.
Currently, two new university students are being supported.
Peter* is a 17 year old boy living in Zambia in one of the remote places of Lu...
May 14, 2014
Here is what is happening at our African projects in southern Africa.
May 11, 2014
The day was especially happy for me, welcoming a new grandson, visiting with my children for a brunch, and seeing the cards the grandchildren had made. As I watched them interact with each other, and make their choices on the menu, I recalled taking our first group of...
April 2, 2014
:Your job is to dream, mine is to make it happen" as quoted by Harvey H., one of my critique group members in talking to his wife. What a good line!
Today we shared pickup lines, in addition to reading our stories, poems, and plays to each other. When you share a number...
April 2, 2014
I am rereading The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta and thinking how interesting it would be to meet this author. The book cover says she is now living in London.
My current work is a memoire on an Ashanti man who lived with us in Ghana, and again in the U.S. His story is...
March 31, 2014
If an image speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Fredericc Buechner: Be still and know that I am God, is good literary advice. Be still like
Tolstoy.
as you check out this blog, what are your favorite quotes? I can still remember a child's
remark when he saw a grebe sliding...
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