(from Eric) On Friday, the hospital inaugurated a new district health office. In addition to being a church hospital and a teaching hospita...

By Ted John Respect. To me, this is such a dynamic word that can be conveyed (or not conveyed) in so many different ways, depending on ...

by Jess Cropsey If you are a regular reader of our blog, you’ll know that I’ve made several attempts to intentionally give our kids...

(from Eric) In case you are wondering if the phénomène that we wrote about last year is still valid, I give you this update: No on...

(from Eric) We are in the throes of clinical teaching here at Kibuye.  In French.  To a group of Burundians.  Who are on their first ho...

The last day of class for the adults yesterday was met with a variety of responses from the McCropder crew:  “Happy and sad at the same time...

from Eric Last Monday, it was business as usual.  At 11:20, our classes got out in time for me to dart over to  l'école maternelle ...

(from Eric)    Today is the Feast of Pentecost.  The coming of the Holy Spirit.  Coming as I do from a very broad range of church backg...

(from Eric) Two days ago, in class, we were discussing a certain verb construction.  I was wrestling with it in my mind, trying to find...

Learning French to work in Africa? Oui .  In 2010, when our team was in earnest in our search for a long-term location (we settled ...

by Jean Valjean As many of you have experienced, learning a new language is a humbling process.   If it isn't enough that ...

(By Jason)  An important and enjoyable part of learning language is learning culture.  This includes taking periodic field trips with ou...

(from Eric) During the PILAT course we took this past year in Colorado (Program in Language Acquisition Techniques), we all came away...

(from Eric) What did I do yesterday?  I worked on learning French.  What am I doing today?  I'm catching up on my French (and writing...

(by Eric) Classes are in full swing.  Our team is dispersed through three of the five classes here (no one in the most advanced classes...