this time for Africa

I’ll recount the events of last night because not only are they quite humorous, but the evening, as it unfolded, provided such a perfect window into Kazakh culture and the flexibility needed to just go with it. For the past couple weeks, the professors in our small department [Russian and Kazakh Language for Foreigners] have [...]

“…I would tell myself every morning, well, here I am; a very poor creature, but by God’s grace I have heard something. I will need forgiveness of my sins everyday. And I will pray, God, that you will give me the light, this light shining in the Bible and this light shining into the world [...]

12.23

I finally caved and purchased my own private proxy network, so a mere government will no longer stand in the way of my blogging.  I’ve missed writing in this space; it’s so much easier to share pictures of everyday life as they occur then to store them up for a monthly email. I never want [...]