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Do Owners Bring Their Dogs to Church?

We had just picked up the mail from the post office and were overjoyed with the fat package from our main supporting church in Kansas in the stack with the usual bills. We eagerly opened it and found a stack Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 2 yearsFebruary 6, 2024 ago
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That Sounds Like Me!

Ukarimu House “That sounds like me, both now, and as a kid!” These words burst from Chip as we sat in the pediatric psychologist’s office, discussing the results of tests conducted on Amanda to discover why she was failing kindergarten. Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 2 yearsJanuary 16, 2024 ago
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Home Schooling II

So, here we were, educating all 3 children at home, our first time, with one in 7th grade, one in 4th grade, and the last, starting kindergarten…whew, quite the spread! I knew this would be a big challenge, but by Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 2 yearsDecember 12, 2023 ago
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Home Schooling I

We were on our long stint in the U.S., in Tallahassee, Florida, where Chip was pursuing his PhD in adult education. We had already been there a year, where our boys were attending a Christian private school. We usually had Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 2 yearsNovember 14, 2023 ago
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Fellowship

Someone wise once said “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers [and presumably sisters] live together in harmony!” (Psalm 133, NLT) Human beings are created to be social creatures. Even God said, “It is not good for the man Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 2 yearsOctober 17, 2023 ago
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Fun Family Vacations III – Stranded in the Mountains

There we sat in the rented 4WD vehicle looking at each other, stranded in the Aberdare Mountains, in the wild, with all the engine oil making a black river running downhill from under the vehicle. What do we do? Ah, Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 3 yearsSeptember 26, 2023 ago
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Fun Family Vacations II – The Swim Suit Tragedy

As mentioned in the first edition, family vacations are great times of rest, bonding, new experiences and adventures. But sometimes, those adventures don’t seem so great at the time. Nevertheless, they often grow on our hearts with the passage of Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 3 yearsAugust 18, 2023 ago
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Home is Where the Heart Is

I wrote this post in 2017. On this July 4th in 2023, as I ponder my citizenship as an American, even as I have also applied to become a Kenyan citizen, these thoughts come up again. This is still relevant. Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 3 yearsJuly 4, 2023 ago
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Thanks, Dad, and Happy Birthday!

There is a song by the famous singer Amy Grant I used to listen to all the time, called My Father’s Eyes. In it she talks about the old saying where people so often say this or that person has Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 3 yearsMarch 21, 2023 ago
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Fun Family Vacations

Family vacations – we all love them, right? I have almost a love/hate relationship with family holiday trips. I do love the sense of adventure, the change in dull routine, seeing new places, trying new things, and above all, getting Read more…

By Chari Kingsbury, 3 yearsJanuary 17, 2023 ago

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