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// December 10th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Global, Reflection, Shana's Life, Struggles

It’s 2am in Springfield, & I can’t sleep because of what time it is in Kenya.
Because for the last hour, since Nairobi’s 10am, my Kenyan family has been celebrating and mourning the life of James Njuguna.  And though I’m not there, I am.
So I sit here at my computer, 8,000 miles away, and remember my friend whom [...]

Until next time, James

// December 5th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Global

An email I wrote this morning to our J4J leadership & 09 Kenya Trip members:
Good morning all.
It is with a very heavy & sad heart that I write you this morning.  I woke up to the news of the death of our dear friend, James Njuguna (or “Fadhili James” as we often call him in [...]

Liquid

// November 30th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Shana's Life

All month I’ve been trying to get though a never-ending mountain of papers, a pile of the most random things: bank statements, old lecture notes, letters & cards, stickers, receipts, sermon notes, maps, coupons. Sorting through papers is not my favorite way to spend an afternoon (though it’s better than homework, which is really [...]

Caption please

// November 2nd, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Laughter = Best Medicine, Stine Family

Today was my nephew Wyatt’s 5th Birthday!!  I was looking at pictures his mother (my sister-in-law, Natalie) had posted on FB recently, and I ran across this one of Wyatt with the cattle.  :)

Dude

// October 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Shana's Life

Today I met, in-real-life, Mocha Club’s director, THE Barrett Ward.
And, MAN, DUDE…..he is awesome.
And he says dude a lot.  And swings around in his chair like I would *if I had a swivel chair*. And gave some GREAT advice & thoughts about Jump for Joel & working with the poor. And was just generally the [...]

Tuk-Tuk

// August 31st, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Global, Laughter = Best Medicine, Nearly Pointless, Shana's Life, YAY!

I’ve done a crappy job of blogging this summer, I know. And I’d like to say that I’ll get better at some point, but…it may not happen. So, in the meantime, I’m just going to share random videos from my trip. Like this one.

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