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  • Who put the brief in debrief?When we arrived at our destination for our debrief session, one of our counselors-to-be was fixing the busted blinds in the doorway. The first thing we commented to each other was that, appa…

  • Pre-debrief trip to the cityMe: Doesn't it totally suck that we have to do this debriefing session on a Saturday? All day on a Saturday? And that the weather is fantastical to boot?!?J-M: On the bright side, it was sup…

  • Nothing to say?I got an e-mail the other day from an online friend, a Ghanaian. He had connected to my other blog at the beginning of our missionary term and followed it through to its recent completion. Then he wrote …

  • Storm Central Dear Mallory and Sophia,Are you, like me, wondering what in the world is happening to Mommy? Why is she toggling between The Happiest Person You've Ever Seen and The Nothing in The Never-ending Story, cons…

  • Settling In-cognitoOne thing I love about being back is that no one notices me when I walk down the street. It's not that I hated the call-outs and greetings whenever I stepped outside our gate in Ghana, but there is gr…

  • Will you have a little tea with your whine?Having spent 20 months immersing myself in a culture on the opposite side of this pendulum swing, I'll admit to the struggle I'm having returning to my culture of origin. It's …

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