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Crescent Island
While we were in Kenya to take Jonah to RVA– we had a free day while he was in school -before we headed back home. We decided to use our day by driving down the hill about an hour to a place called Crescent Island (fact: not an island) close to Naivasha. The animals were apparently brought…
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Great Rift
So this post has actually been a long time coming – mostly because it’s been something so significant that we’ve really needed some time to process. At the beginning of this school year – we took Jonah to Rift Valley Academy about an hour outside of Nairobi. That’s right: We left our child in Kenya…
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incredible failure
I ran Le Grand Duc one time before when we lived there – in a relay of 5 with guys from our church. It was an amazing experience – my first real trail race. This year I was too late to get on a team to run as a relay, however this year they introduced…
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For Remembrance Day.
This is a re-post of something I wrote several years ago after visiting Normandy just before the 70 anniversary of D-Day. It’s gotten more reactions than any post I’ve written, and I feel it still reflects my feelings on a day like today. Right now, here in France, it’s early morning June 6. 70 years…
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Nairobi
Despite the fact that we all had very mixed emotions over the reason why we were in Kenya, there was no disagreement over the good times had in Nairobi. Despite being a giant city – with some fairly ‘interesting’ traffic – we were able to see and do some pretty cool things – especially considering…