When Brian and I moved to Uganda we had enough money to set up our house and live sparingly for the first few years. We did not have...

The holidays are in full swing in the Bandelman home. The tree has been trimmed, the stockings are hung, and anticipation is running high...

It’s Thanksgiving! The one holiday of the year that really is just about being FULL of thanks. Celebrating the goodness of God with a...

This week’s blog is to Christ followers. Do you ever feel like you just don’t fit in with the culture of the day? Well guess what!? You...

My mom always talked about writing her memoirs, and she had some great stories to tell. She grew up in Colorado in the 1930s. She used to...

Fall is my favorite season. I enjoy the foggy mornings that morph into cool, crisp, sunny afternoons, the red, yellow, and orange of the...

Brian and I received a phone call from Gabe and Sarah Easter night. Our internet hadn’t yet slowed to the Sunday night crawl, and we had...

Wednesday dawned bright and sunny. It was a perfect day to fight the traffic in Kampala for a Covid test. Zoe, Noah, and I were scheduled...

Wednesday dawned like any other day. The sun was shining through some wispy clouds, and birds were singing. The obnoxious loud speaker in...

Over 50 years ago a little girl and a little boy met in Sunday school. He was about three and she was probably four. As teenagers they...

I love being with my family! My extended and immediate families are awesome! Some of my friends have morphed into family, and that’s...

The equator is an invisible line 24,901 miles around the Earth (I know, east to west has no end but we are measuring the circumference of...

A bouquet of yellow roses caught my eye, and a flood of memories flashed through my mind! My dad loved yellow roses, and I love my dad....