Culture Shock & Shopping

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_shock “Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings of surprise, disorientation, uncertainty, confusion, etc. felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown culture or social environment, such as a...

Living Out of Your Suitcase

A few mornings ago I was reading the Word and I came to this particular passage of scripture and God really rocked me and said “Pay attention, this is important for your life!” Mark 10:17-31 The first thing Jesus talked about was how we inherit eternal...

Mozambique ’09 Update 3

== Second Outreach from Pemba ===== Last weekend (Thursday July 23rd to Saturday July 25th) I went on my second outreach from Pemba. I was blessed to be invited to go with Brian & Lorena Wood and their family since there wasn’t enough space for more...

Visitor’s Guide to Dining in Pemba

One thing you learn quickly is that the seven hour time difference from home is not the only indication you are on African time. For example, say you are going to meet people at 5:00pm to go out for dinner. Most likely, the process might look somewhat like this: *...