Immeasurably More

There were two distinct things that stuck out to me as we discovered Zimbabwe together for the first time..

This is the view out the back door of our house!

Just off the airplane, we had
finally made it to Zimbabwe!

One, was watching Maida and Skogen see a different culture for the first time.  I will never forget what that was like and I would encourage everyone to travel with your kids!  Especially go see and learn about other cultures.  In the process, you realize how big, but really how small the world is.  You also see things through children's eyes, which usually is a lot more fun!  Maida and Skogen greatly surprised me in how they embraced everything around them at all times during our stay.  They also were wonderful examples to me, leading me and teaching me, which I never saw coming.

Out and about in Harare.

Two, I will always remember how natural Zimbabwe felt and how "home-ish" Nhowe Mission felt.  The only other thing I can compare these feelings to is church camp.  Did you grow up going to church camp in the summers?  Erik and I still go back to our church camp every summer with our kids for what is called, "Family Camp."  It's a place where you feel so comfortable, at ease, and like you're with your second family.  That's what Nhowe felt like: a second home, a second family.

Maida eating a snack, standing in the doorway of our house.

 We are beyond excited to head back to Nhowe in May and give all we've got to serving there.  It will especially be fun to introduce Klaasen and Torsten to our "second home" and it will be fun to see Maida and Skogen play tour guides for them!

The little neighbor boys blowing up a football.

Maida and Skogen with a few of the orphans at Nhowe Mission.