Ok, maybe not quite exactly, but you’ll see what I mean in a minute.

Probably about 6 months ago, I stopped by a Chinese Medicine shop in my neighborhood, having dealt with ongoing health issues for quite some time and still unable to come up with any solutions. I was greeted by a friendly Chinese woman who after just a minute of conversation directed me to an older Chinese gentleman, apparently “the doctor.” He took me to his office in the back of the store and did a bit of a diagnostic on me, checking my pulse, looking at my eyes, etc. As an almost instantaneous response, he muttered “stress.” I nodded in agreement.

No sooner than we had sat down in his office, we were up again, walking back to the counter to the woman I had spoken with moments earlier. The older gentleman exchanged some quick Chinese with her and she then took me around the store to grab my medicine.
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Hey everyone! I returned from South Africa a few days ago and have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off in attempt to try and catch up with my life back in the US. True, I’d much rather be back in eSikhawini, but the reality is that I’m here now and so I must now do what I must do.

Over the next few weeks, expect to see lots of materials from the mission trip (snippets from journal entries, pictures, spiritual reflections, etc) as well as to hear about my thoughts on a return visit. Unfortunately, my camera broke, so I don’t have as many pictures as I wanted, but there’s still lots of great photos to share.

For now, I’d like to encourage you to check out my entirely revised about me page (just did it today) as well as the all-new Internet Goodness page with some of my awesome internet findings.