“You would love it here,” Mat said to me on our evening phone call. He had been teaching in Hawassa for two weeks now and was standing on the balcony overlooking the busy night streets. “Hmm. Ok.” I answered coldly thinking, Yeah…probably not. He knew I really wouldn’t love it. Been there. Done that. Hardest time of...

Friends, Leaving Ethiopia is getting harder and harder. The poverty is striking. As you walk the streets the orphans and widows crowd in with open hands. The need is truly overwhelming. I’m not used to that. In Tanzania, there are plenty of orphans, but they are usually absorbed into their extended families or sent to...

I’m sure you can guess how thrilled I am that the covid restrictions are loosening! For many reasons, but mainly because I am able to travel for TLI again. My first trip this year will be to Hawassa, Ethiopia to teach TLI’s 5th course: Understanding and Communicating Poetry (Psalms and Proverbs). The pastors and leaders...