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A blog post by Mike: A few of you have been asking about what is referred to as our front porch ministry. One friend recently wrote: “Do...
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Kacie
- May 16
- 7 min
A Hybrid Memorial
We live amongst the Babwisi tribe. And one of the most important events in the Babwisi culture, is a funeral. People will stop what they...
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Kacie
- May 16
- 5 min
From Breath to Life
I pull up in my van and see my son running out the front door to greet me. But he knows not to hug me. I’m still in my scrubs. “Hi mama,”...
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Kacie
- May 14
- 11 min
Witnessing
Mike was waiting for me in the kitchen. I was in our bedroom smelling my sports bras trying to decide which was the cleanest. It was our...
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Kacie
- May 14
- 7 min
Saturday morning market miracles
Going to the Saturday market is equally fun as it is depleting. It’s the one day a week that vendors come in from all over. They take...
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Kacie
- May 14
- 9 min
In the wind
A sliver of light pierces through a small opening in the curtain. The first sign of morning. Miraculously, my three children are still...
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Kacie
- Jul 28, 2022
- 12 min
Saying Goodbye
The nurse looks young. Blonde-hair pulled up high in a ponytail. A blue mask covers half her face. But her eyebrows read concern. “What...
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Kacie
- Jul 22, 2022
- 5 min
Period talk in unlikely places
I was in a Nordstrom dressing room the first time I realized that there was more to a vagina than I had previously known. Was I five...
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Kacie
- Oct 22, 2021
- 11 min
RMS Adventure Club
When we first arrived to Bundibugyo I was asked by our team leaders to think about how I’d like to fit in to the weekly schedule at...
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Kacie
- Oct 17, 2021
- 5 min
Matooke misunderstandings
Matooke is a local plantain that has captured the heart of most every person I’ve met in Uganda. The way people adore it here is similar...
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Kacie
- Sep 30, 2021
- 9 min
Where the turns will take you
The kids were chanting in the kitchen, in unison, that they wanted to leave the house that morning and go somewhere. “Dad’s out of town,...
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Kacie
- Sep 12, 2021
- 7 min
That moment when my Lubwisi failed me
The NICU was insanely busy on Monday. I walked in at 8 am and looked around for the night nurse. I asked one of the mothers where she...
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Kacie
- Sep 11, 2021
- 5 min
I lift my eyes up to the mountains
The moment we escaped out of the grip of coronavirus coursing through our household, our dear friends and former teammates gave birth to...
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Kacie
- Aug 28, 2021
- 8 min
Holding on to hope: a story of despair and love born out of Afghanistan
Rozelyn and Nabeed are both refugees from Afghanistan who recently were resettled into a crowded apartment complex in one of the poorer...
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Kacie
- Aug 12, 2021
- 18 min
That time we got Covid
I’m taking oxygen levels on a set of premature twins who have been in our NICU for one month now. They are gaining weight and generally...
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Kacie
- Jul 9, 2021
- 11 min
A long-awaited interview
I’m at a mall in Kampala flipping through racks of clothing and my heart is starting to race. Mike is riding the escalator outside, up...
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Kacie
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
Going gorilla trekking
Gorilla trekking is something that piqued my interest after I reconnected with a friend from high school at our 20 year reunion. I told...
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Kacie
- Jul 6, 2021
- 6 min
Bender the pet goat
I’m used to standing on my porch and greeting people as they walk by. But today, Mr. Emma came running up to me, sweat beaded across his...
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Kacie
- Jul 6, 2021
- 17 min
The mouth is a vulnerable place: on a mother's fears and a cavity filled in Uganda
When Piper was three years old she ran face first into a wall. We were at her grandparents house in Ventura and she was jumping up and...
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Kacie
- Jul 6, 2021
- 4 min
Life in all forms
I’m sitting here in the dark watching a mouse run around and nibble the rice that fell from our dining room table at dinner. Mike was...
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