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A Trip to Catel Pt 2
A few weeks ago I embarked on a near death one day mission to deliver a package that led me from town, to villages, to fields, to early mornings, and ultimately to a fun story to recount. Last, I assumed that it would be a one off, a fun story about my trip to my […]
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A Trip to Catel
The number one source of income for Guinea-Bissau is the cashew harvest. Guinea Bissau produces roughly 250,000 tons of cashew nuts annually. As such, when cashew season rolls around, we enter a time where even the kids in the villages will give 100 XOF, which, for context is a cup of street coffee or a […]
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Patterns
I wanted to start this post with the word rythem, reythem, rymthem, rethym, but seeing as I need to go back to 5th grade and retake spelling, I went with the word patterns. I have settled nicely into life here, which is good news! My month started off with birthdays; a lot of people in […]
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Plans
Our future plans were looking pretty set here: move to the restaurant and go from there, simple. As we began planning around that and continued doing market research, we came across a consultant who informed us that doing a restaurant in the area we are in would not, in fact, work. Many others had tried […]
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Life moves fast
How true is that fact? Fortunately for me, it has slowed down somewhat. While time is moving fast, it has a different flow than in America. It’s hard to describe, but I think it feels slower, then goes faster than you think. My point is I had not thought it was time to write to […]
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A New Mission, and a New Season
It’s been a minute, six months worth since I last posted to be precise. When I say a New Mission and New Season, what do I mean? Well, when I said I’d follow Christ for my next steps, that was when I thought Christ had the EXACT same wants as me. He did not. There […]