Been a while…

...a year, in fact! Sorry family, I think the old blog got pushed to the back burner of life since that life gave us a few (wonderful) surprises. It’s been almost a year since our last post, so here is that year in very quick review: We went home over the summer to visit family …

Fast Forward a Few Months…

...and kaboom. For those of you haven't met her, this is Edith Luana Wingfield, born less than a month after our last blog post.  Been meaning to add to the old blog for almost 5 months now, but been a wee bit occupied stumbling gracelessly through parenthood.  Thank God for His grace.  So now for …

A Lot of News in a Small Space

How to sum up a couple months, pregnant, getting a degree in counseling, teaching, traveling, having good times and bad...?  With pictures, of course.  Sorry to those who've been asking for updates (beloved parents!)--I (Sarah this time) actually really enjoy writing these things but these days I come home from school, collapse on the couch, …

falënderues

So much to be thankful for…Shqiperia is a great place.  Sarah is an amazing woman who travels everywhere and complains nowhere.  In terms of culture shock we have remained, for a couple yankee visitors, pretty well-grounded so far.  The main issue persists:  communication.  Not knowing the language wears on one’s soul, but none of the Shqip …

Working on a Saturday, etc.

  It's Sunday night, day of rest, and I'm just a little salty because this is my only day off this weekend...teacher training in Durrës on a Saturday...frown. But I'm trying to turn that frown upside down by remembering everything there is to be grateful for: a beautiful day, amazing coworkers I'm getting to know …

Pyramids and Baby Booties

After a long day of teaching (correction: long for my gig here--I can't believe the amount of planning time I have at this job--my pregnant self is so, so grateful), words fail me, so here's to a picture collage!

2 Weeks In

It's Friday afternoon on Eid Al-Adha, which is a Muslim holiday and a day off for me, and we just walked back from a fantasy football draft with some fellow expats while eating ice cream cones and listening alternately to the call to prayer and church bells.  I still have no idea how to sum …