Vacation!

Thanks to our friends, the Decronas, for actually taking pictures while they were here visiting! This is one of the beautiful scenes they captured.

​It's been a while!

I made some New Year's resolutions for 2025, and one of them is to be more consistent with updating our blog! I find myself putting most of my pictures on IG or FB, and although that works, I am more and more often finding that I have more to say that a simple post can hold. Some blogs may just be photos of the week, but I am resolved to update WEEKLY, so feel free to check back often.

If you get our newsletter, which many of you do, you know that we had a full Nov/Dec with a new granddaughter joining the family as well as visitors from the states. After our friends left, we were "stuck" in Monrovia for another week, waiting on our car. Thankfully our serious car problems happened while we were already at the guest house, so we were able to extend our trip into a long, relaxing vacation at the beach. This was actually really needed after our first very busy year here in Liberia. We met several other missionary families and were able to visit a local church on Sunday thanks to the invitation of one of them. Our New Year's party was a bit dialed down compared to the party we usually host, but we enjoyed the bonfire on the beach (who wouldn't??) as the boys all played football late into the night with their friends. We are grateful for new community and relationships as well as a beautiful place to wait for our "new" car.

We got back to Yekepa this past Sunday afternoon and are enjoying seeing students trickle back onto campus as they register and get ready for classes which start this coming Monday. Kenneth resigned from his job as campus director and is looking forward to a year with more time for relationships with the community and the students as he focuses on teaching and coaching. Investing in our faculty, staff and students is one of our priorities going into this year, and we are thankful to have Kenneth home more as we look for opportunities to do this together.

More next week!

​Happy New Year from West Africa!