A postcard from Turkey

A postcard from Turkey

Some friends of ours, Paul and Micaela, sent us this postcard from Istanbul! Paul is a teacher in the same district where I work as a principal. Micaela is an athletic trainer at a local college and has worked some with Ann on weight training. We’ve enjoyed...
Postcard from Africa and the Watoto Children’s Choir

Postcard from Africa and the Watoto Children’s Choir

Six years ago this week, a 7-month old baby boy was abandoned at a hospital in Mbarara in western Uganda, Africa. He was malnourished and weighed just 7.6 pounds, a size typical for most newborns in America. His then teenage mother was unable to care for him and he...
A postcard from James in Kuwait

A postcard from James in Kuwait

A former  student of mine, James Donaldson, sent this postcard from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. I first knew James when I taught Spanish in Greenville, Mississippi, right after college. He, and his now wife, Kira, played on the high school soccer team I coached there. I...
A postcard from Argentina

A postcard from Argentina

Six years ago, we had the privilege of meeting a delightful young lady from Germany who was living with a family we know in our hometown of Crete, Nebraska. She was here to study at the high school as a foreign exchange student. At the time, she was in school with our...