Category Archives: Fun
Teeter totter
Just a glimpse into how kids can make fun out of whatever is available. We were driving along on Monday and saw these kids having a blast with their homemade teeter totter. What a great reminder that joy is free.…
Taste treats!
One of the perks of being married to a tropical fruit enthusiast is getting to eat strange and wonderful things. This is the peach palm; when boiled and salted it is a treat, tasting something like corn and having the …
Cyber cafe under the trees
Most of the time in order to get online, read: have the Google page even load up, we have to go across the border in order to be right under the cell phone tower. We can do email almost every …
No shorts allowed!!!
We don’t want your tank tops and flip flops here, thank you very much! Never mind that other stuff on the sign!
B is back home!
Our friend, B, braved the officials at the barriers on each side of the border, as well as braving a return to the town she was chased out of about 2.5 years ago. She needed to come to our mission …
Skype is a wondrous gift to Gramdee across the miles
Oh what delight! To Skype (video chat on our computer) with our kids and grandkids, in Indiana and South Africa – WOW! This Gramdee’s heart is full. We heard all of their voices, and saw most of their faces – …
Ramadan is over!
What joy our friends express when the month of fasting is over. They welcome us with smiles and hot sugary tea and when we got to my friend H’s house, a hot meal was provided, accompanied by constant urgings – …
Joy filled last times in California!
Roy now has a coin collecting buddy, Stewart, from one of our supporting churches in the Sacramento area. They enjoyed a coin collectors’ convention last week together. It is good to see Roy finally find someone as excited about old …
Blessed by friends!
It seems like wherever we go, friends are feeding us, housing us, and making us feel loved in a hundred ways. We are overwhelmed and blessed!
Vernon and Carol Peterson, with newlyweds!!! Stephanie & Erik.
Do you wanna go to Dizzyland?
Ok, I couldn’t say no. My sister asked, and it turned out that a friend that I was to visit in San Diego that same day had plans to visit Indiana later, when I would be back home there, so …