• Alma is {still} 8

    NOTE: this is part of a series of blog posts that I SHOULD have written long ago. Events and things that I do want to share with others, and have a record of for us. So here they are – woefully late…and that’s on me. mea culpa. So our youngest is now 8. That makes…

  • Washing Feet

    NOTE: this is a cross-post from our team blog www.wordanddeedafrica.com that was written by our intern Alexis. Since it’s about Susan and her work at the feeding program I thought I’d share it here …but you really should be reading that blog! Every Monday and Friday women and children from all over Gitega province walk…

  • kids we(a)re home

    The two older kids are were home from Kenya on their Christmas break. As of yesterday, they’re back at school in Kenya. The time really does go by fast when they’re here. We had a great time together, We got away to Tanzania to the same place we’ve gone camping for the 4th year in…

  • abana

    abana

    hey everyone… umwaka mushasha mwiza….happy new year. Just a quick post to share some pictures I took the other day when I accompanied Susan to visit the home of a widow who attends the feeding program. She lives in an IDP camp (Internally Displaced Persons…basically refugees who never cross the border) not too far from…

  • Noeli Nziza 2019

    This year is our fifth Christmas in Burundi. If I’m counting right, since we were married that makes: 8 in France, 5 here, 1 in Kazakstan, and the remaining 9 in Canada. Despite being here several years, there are definitely still parts about it that feel odd. It still feels strange to go camping at…