We are leaving on a trip this week so we’ve spent about 8 hours sorting through donated children’s clothes, trying to figure out what to take. With the change in baggage allowance for flights it was necessary to single out the most important items and leave the rest behind. For [...]
Malawi is an agrarian country. Even their exports, tobacco, sugar and tea, are grown rather than manufactured. Maize is the dominant crop grown in Malawi because the staple food is nsima, ground maize boiled into a thick paste. Everyone plants at the beginning of the rainy season and all are [...]
Winter is serious business in the Rocky Mountains. There are times when the snow plows work around the clock but when the weather improves there is still work to do. The mounds of snow that form in the middle of the road after plowing have to be removed before the [...]
Imagine feeding children fresh fruit and honoring someone special at the same time! That is the plan TWAM has for a brand new ‘ Memorial Orchard’. Starting an orchard in Malawi has been on the drawing board for several months but an old friend and supporter of TWAM was the [...]
It’s very snowy here at the TWAM office today. Prior to the storm we received a call from a store in our area stating they had a donation of clothes for us. The two boxes were so large they wouldn’t fit into a car so a friend picked them up [...]
There is a dark shadow hanging over my world today. My mother passed away this morning. Though I am terribly sad and already feel the hole in my heart, I am grateful for 2 things. First, she loved the Lord and secondly, she was fortunate not to have been filled [...]
Kalimpong is a hill station located in the state of West Bengal, India with an average elevation of about 4,100 feel. It’s neighbor, Darjeeling also located in the Himalayan Mountains, is famous for its tea industry. Relli, where the LOT Home is located, is down the mountain around many hairpin [...]
My flight was routed through Paris so I decided to take a rest and relaxation day. Though the weather was a little less than desirable I still felt light and sunny as I walked the streets and soaked up the sights. Paris in winter is still Paris!
I watch and listen to a group of teenagers engage in playful banter. It is obvious they care deeply about each other. These young people are not school chums but part of a unique family comprised of 8 children and 2 middle aged parents. I asked whether they argue with [...]
Belarus is a landlocked country bordered by Russia and the Ukraine. This eastern European country is situated in the lowlands with forests, farmlands, rivers and lakes. Belarus has never integrated with the rest of the continent physically or politically. Rather than converting to a capitalistic system it has remained a [...]