Quick Trip to Conakry
Late Tuesday night I returned home from a four day trip to Conakry, Guinea. It was very important to us that before our return to Canada I had the chance to get down there and greet our close friend Pastor Samuel Kondano and his church which hosted us during our time there. After a short [...]
Read onDakar ✈ Conakry
This past week was officially my last week working at the NTM office in Dakar. I had a lot of projects to finish and with all the busyness I failed to mention on our blog that I’m taking a trip down to Conakry, Guinea! As most of you know, we started our African journey with [...]
Read onBig Changes – Newsletter
This week we mailed out a very important newsletter to our friends and family regarding our future. Even if you do not regularly receive our newsletters, we encourage you to take the time to download our newsletter found below and read it. We have also included a letter addressed to you, our supporters, from our [...]
Read onSick computer. Sick mommy!
So sorry for not updating lately. My computer crashed a week or so ago. I have no been able to get pictures from my camera and also I have been very sick. A very nice pastor is flying into Dakar today and he picked up a new hard drive for me. So hopefully in the [...]
Read onRainy Season vs Dry Season
The rainy season is coming to a close. We had a surprise small rain last night. I wouldn’t be surprised if its the last of the season. We are truly enjoying the benefits of rainy season. Everything has turned green again, there is less dust and plenty of flowers on all the random bushes. We [...]
Read on(Heading) Back Home
It won’t be long before I’m back at home in Senegal. I’m in the middle of my first flight, it’s a short one to the East coast thankfully. Debra wasn’t even out the front doors of the airport before I was realizing how much I will miss her and the boys, but I know that [...]
Read onStoned!
Well, it has definitely been the week of stones. After my little kidney stone incident last week I’d been looking forward to getting busy preparing for our upcoming trip to the US. But today was not what I expected! Our mission’s Senegalese headquarters/guest house is situated across the road from the main university campus in [...]
Read onLess than 3 weeks
In less than three weeks we begin our summers adventures. Three weeks doesn’t seem long but we have a lot to do before our flight leaves on June 3rd. Right now we are getting used to and adjusting to big changes. I (Norm) have begun working full time at our mission’s headquarters which is exciting [...]
Read onOur Seventh Anniversary
Two weeks ago we celebrated our seventh anniversary. Debra was just getting over strep throat but still wanted to get out together. We headed downtown for some ice cream but what would an anniversary date be without a little Geocaching? There unfortunately aren’t many geocaches in Senegal, but there was one placed downtown last fall [...]
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