Being a missionary mom doesn’t always look like delivering babies and cleaning deep wounds.  It doesn’t always look like taking bags of clothes and food to desparate families in a nearby village.  Read more

All you nursing colleagues out there… do you remember that feeling when you first got out of nursing school?  Do you remember what your first 6 months on the job felt like?   Read more

After church Wesley fell asleep on the couch while we were visiting with a friend in our living room.  Joyce noticed Wesley’s expression with his eyes wide open and said “is he okay?” Read more

Would you like to take a trip to the market with me?  Don’t get too excited, we aren’t going to the city of Lusaka where where I posted those amazing photos of mountains of fresh produce.  You will find this place much less vibrant, but much more relevant to our area.  Hop in the land cruiser, Craig is driving (for the first time… using this vehicle), and join us and a few ladies from Riverside ready to get away for the morning… Read more

What do you see?  Oh, I know.  Just a big semi-truck, you pass hundreds of those everyday on the road, I’m sure.  But this one is special. Read more

It’s been a while since I’ve written an update here, but not because there hasn’t been anything going on.  Just a lack of good internet and a little free time. 😉 Read more

I am sitting here trying to write my first blog post on our life here in Zambia.  Where do I start?  How do I begin telling my story?  Where did this journey really begin?  As I reflect back momentarily I realize it wasn’t when we boarded that plane in Atlanta.  Nope.  Go back a few months… it wasn’t when we decided to uproot our home and life in Tennessee either. Read more