on the edge of ordinary

I'm in a post-retreat slump.   This morning (Monday), I struggled to wake up, despite having a very quiet, restful day on Saturday. And ...

Tomorrow we are catching trains to our first in-person overnight mission conference in four years. It's 550km north of here, but we get ...

This week I'm preparing to help facilitate a two-week online workshop. I'm not experienced at teaching (and would be inclined to say...

 The last two years I've used some interesting and challenging questions to write this last post of the year, so I'm going to do it ...

Last week I worked in a team of three people facilitating a workshop that helps prepare missionaries for home assignment (PHAW). It was my f...

This week I'm preparing to teach next week at an online course that prepares missionaries to do home assignment. This online teaching is...

In that nebulous time between Christmas and New Year we took the train into town to meet a couple of tourists.  Special tourists. They we...

On Saturday night we ran a Japan-themed family fun night at our home church. Of all the various up-front things we do, it's one of our f...

On Thursday I was amused to find this blog post about hygiene and my boys come up in my "on this day" Facebook feed. It's fro...

Feeding the family continues. I made these brownies from scratch yesterday and some are already gone. That's a good sign! It's t...

We are, in three days, returning to Japan and ministries that are classed as "support ministries". We aren't "front-line...

Have they found a replacement for my husband David's job for the time we're away? (He's a high school maths and a science teac...

After I finished my post yesterday, I realised there were a few more things about being a Staff Wife that I'd forgotten to tell you. ...