Quite often when Luke and I would talk on the phone while I was in Nebraska during January it seemed that the weather in Siberia and Nebraska were pretty comparable. Not any more. February was a COLD month! Last week Thursday and Friday when we woke up it was – 39C (-38F). If it’s colder [...]

My husband Luke and I live in Berdsk, Russia, with our three children, Christina (10), Katie (8) and Peter (3). Berdsk, a city of about 90,000, is a bedroom community for the large city of Novosibirsk. It does look like Christmas here. There is a foot or so of snow on the ground. This morning [...]

My husband and I have adjusted to many different aspects of life here in Brazil – the food, driving a stick shift car, hearing Portuguese every day – but the one thing we have never quite gotten used to is winter.
When we lived in the United States I always looked forward to winter, to sitting [...]

In the States the month of May means spring time, rain, flowers and graduations. Soon the caps & gowns will commence and summer vacation is around the corner. While many get their diplomas in America, here in Malawi, Africa we are donning our stocking caps and unpacking the down.
Our rainy season has passed and the [...]