Bamboo Sketches
by Charity Lee Jennings
Victoria
Brian's Grandpa used to own this Florist Shop in Victoria and it's still in the family. On our last trip to Canada, three years ago, Vancouver Island was the highlight. We went for Victoria week-end in May and stayed at Nanoose Bay Camp, where Brian spent...
Excited to be ‘Home’?
We’ve past the one month mark in Canada now and simple things like figuring out how to release one grocery cart from the long chain, or how to pay with a credit card, seem less intimidating. But the first week Brian and I had to slow down, observe people around us and...
From That View To This View
Out the window of our apartment in China... Out the patio door of our short-time home in British Columbia. The sun hadn’t even begun to brighten the sky and we were pulling our kids from their beds. “Mom, it’s only 5:30,” they moaned....
Brian & I
Brian had just come back from a year in Taiwan, and I had spent several months in Bolivia, when we first met. Our interest in the people and cultures that make up this world and our desire to help others brought us together and now we've been married thirteen years!In...
Raising Eggs
First Trip To The Wet Market We jumped out of the way of wiry delivery men bent in half, carrying sacs of rice on their backs. We maneuvered through customers pushing from every side, either trying to reach a vendor or escaping the masses with their prize; a tiny cut...