As we drove in the dusty truck, our bodies being knocked around for hours over the rough-and-tumble roads, I kept thinking, "This is an honor!" Even as we stopped in to talk with people from the organization in this very, very remote place amongst the thousands of hills of Rwanda, I wanted to express how thankful we were to be there and how honored we felt. Why? We were being invited into the home of…

After our time in the Baltic and Scandinavia, we had to catch our flight leaving Europe to Kigali, Rwanda. We knew Africa would be go-go-go for awhile, so we planned to give ourselves some downtime at an old Belgian farmhouse, with day trips into Luxembourg and France as optional fun activities if we were feeling up for it. The above was our home for the week. There were three generations of the Belgian family living…

If you've ever had a hankering to visit a Scandinavian country, follow that feeling! We so enjoyed our longer time in Norway (and our shorter time in Denmark), so it should have come as no surprise that we'd also enjoy Finland and Sweden. FINLAND From Tallinn, Estonia, we traveled via boat to Helsinski, Finland. (If you haven't read about how much we enjoyed Tallinn, you'll want to go see that one!) There was SO much…