Africa

road trip.

29.11.14







i'm pretty sure that road trips feel the same no matter what state or country or continent you live in.  open road and vehicles appearing on the horizon and playlists on repeat are a necessity.  

now, i've long since been unable to imagine what it would be like to be on roads that are smooth and without potholes the size of small vehicles.

and i'm pretty sure that not having goats, dogs, chickens, sheep & donkeys darting in and amongst the motos, cars, bikes, walkers and bush taxis would make drives rather boring.  

also sometimes it would be nice if there was a fast food restaurant to swing through and a public toilet to use..  

but i love road trips here and driving across this colorado sized country… and it's not just because our car has an air conditioner. 

Burkina

life's snapshots // 1

25.11.14







// 1. donkeys & golden fields, the things morning walks are made of // 2. all doubt of missionaries being cool is removed when they have tortoises for pets  "oh, you have a watch dog?  i have a 40 year old watch tortoise"  // 3.  looking forward to when this girl gets back from furlough // 4. skies right out of pixar movies // 5. neighborhood picture time // 6. the "grocery" store next door // 

beautiful

la vie est belle.

18.11.14

 a person's a person no matter how small.  

~dr. suess

the pictures are a little fuzzy because the sun was setting, but mom & i had to go visit when we heard that our neighbor had had her baby girl.  new life is so beautiful, no matter where it is.  life is beautiful. 



makeup starts a little early here, eyeliner is done from day one.  the reason?  to keep dust out of their eyes of course.

Africa

lizards, spiders & cheesy smiles.

14.11.14

i looked today and realized that i haven't blogged for almost a whole month…  you see, the thing about that is i've been writing, going through photos & scouring everyplace possible for the perfect quotes.  but they're still sitting in my ever-growing collection of drafts… so today i decided to stop the streak of silence and prove that i'm still breathing.


you see, one of the things about living overseas, is that you still do some of the same things in life that you do in the states, they're just done a little differently.  

 like now, i'm not just the person that everyone yells for when they see a spider, now i get to catch lizards too.  yeah, lizards have made their home in our pantry (and kitchen, and living room, and a lot of other places…) which is totally okay with me because they keep the bugs down.  but mom has a borderline hatred for anything that has scales; so when she yells, i come a-running.

 also, instead of just naming pets and the animals on the lot i've also taken to naming the creatures who like to live in my ceiling.  wether birds or rats, they are all named george, just for convenience sake. 


because everyone knows that being normal is way overrated… 


outside of lizard & spider wrangling, i've been loving our little farm (we're currently drowning in chicks) & wading through school with the help of coffee & black licorice (see above quote).  

and just a tip in case you've got some record going for not crying, don't watch the help.  amazing movie, but oh my goodness i bawled my eyes out. 

| cheesy photos at the bottom courtesy of the brother who commandeered my camera |