(from Eric) In two days, we will board the plane to return to Burundi.  This is when you normally don't hear from us.  Normally, ...

by Jess Cropsey When John & I took the Myers-Briggs personality tests  during the employment process for the Post-Residency Progra...

by Rachel Several years ago, I posted a very short blog on some of our favorite African children's books.  Maggie was just starting t...

by Rachel It's hard to be away from Burundi.  For the past eight months, we (the McLaughlin family) have been state-side and our teamm...

(from Eric) "Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven." - 1 Cori...

by Heather The worldwide postal system has become for us an interesting and impressive phenomenon.  Someone can drop something into a ma...

By John Cropsey These past 6 days, I have witnessed pure beauty.  The closest thing I can compare it to is the feeding of the 5,000...

by Jess Cropsey People often assume that our children are fluent in French and Kirundi (or at least one of them, right?)  Well our kid...

by John Cropsey In January 2014, the Department of Ophthalmology at Hope Africa University’s Kibuye Hospital opened its doors ...

By Nicole I’m quite new to the McCropder group, just beginning my third month in Burundi. I graduated from Renssealer Polytechnic Institu...