by Pam Morton | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog
It’s 10:08 am on a Thursday. I’m sitting in a booth at Panera in Springfield, MO. I’ve got a chocolate chip bagel (bread-sliced and toasted) to my left and my computer to my right plugged in, poised and ready for a litany of clever words to flow. So...
by Pam Morton | May 30, 2017 | Blog
“I am not making this up,” I exclaimed to my friend. “Two llamas ran free in the yard where you were staying?” she asked incredulously. “Yes, but that’s not even the WEIRD part,” I protested. She laughed and listened to me...
by Pam Morton | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog
I sat on a small rope-woven stool sipping steaming, sticky sweet tea as sweat trickled down the side of my left temple. My Nubian neighbor smiled at me and said in a very dramatic voice, “We shall call you “Noor” for you are the “light”...
by Pam Morton | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
I was going to be clever and open this post with a short intro of Michael Jordan’s hang time record. After reading through the math of it, I realized I have no idea how that works so I’ll dive right in. Last week I got a nerve block shot for a ruptured...
by Pam Morton | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog
Today’s our final day in our city in Upper Egypt. We are transitioning to the US for 2017. The goodbyes are difficult and shocking. Just this morning, we ran some final errands with our friend and taxi driver. As we said goodbye, this quiet, stoic, good, Muslim...
by Pam Morton | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog, Featured
Life in the Middle East and East Africa never proves dull or lifeless…therefore we commit to you that when we talk about it, we won’t be either. For starters, you’ll hear about the journey of faith that led a Midwest family of four to a land and...
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