Once in a while I like to feature blogs from countries that are less often mentioned – so here are some posts from countries you haven’t heard from quite as much…

• Back to Blogging (Albania):  It has been almost 9 months since I wrote on this blog! Yikes…. where did that time go? We have had a very busy several months which would take too long to catch you up on so I am going to settle for the highlights and get back to the story-telling of our ho-hum lives that we find fascinating!
• Searching for a Good Drink of Water (Angola):  (VOA) A recent study from the Catholic University of Angola shows that well over 50% Angola’s population lacks access to safe water and sanitation. The study was carried out by experts from the Center for Studies and Scientific Research in Angola…
• Alas… Camp is over! (Canada):  Well, we’ve come to the end of summer camps for 2011 – and a wonderful summer it was. It was a summer fraught with great challenges and great blessings… God is indeed Good! For those of you who have checked in…
• Before and After! (El Salvador):  This past week we were all at the camp property for a three-day youth conference called Dinamica Jovenil. A professor from the bible institute in Argentina was our guest speaker and the topic was…
• Things I love about Germany:  Krista has started putting observations about Germany that she has been having as we’ve returned to our small village after being in America for a year on Facebook. Here’s the…
• Water Day (Ghana):  We are back at Yendi – finally home. We are also back in our Ghanaian rhythm – like the flow of water to our house…

It’s time to congratulate those who have completed 5 years of blogging!  5 years is still a good old age for a blog – in fact, these blogs are still older than this site (which started in 2005).

I’ve done this in the past, but I’m not sure if I’ll do it again – the more time goes by the more blogs are celebrating!  But here it is, at least one more time – Happy Blogoversary!

• Adventures With God serving in South Africa
• Musings of a Missionary serving in Thailand
• The Boyds to Columbia serving in Columbia (their former blog is here)
• The Kautz Family serving in Columbia
• Itsara serving in Thailand
• Always an Adventure… serving in Taiwan
• Coxes Quarterly serving in Germany
• les Davey de France serving in France
• Simplicity serving in Taiwan
• Under the acacias serving in Burkina Faso
• Life of a Steward serving in the United Kingdom
• The Ramblings of Norm and Debra Copeland serving in Guinea/Senegal
• Kingsley Clan serving in Ireland
• Into Rwanda serving in Rwanda
• Ramble Zone serving in Guatemala (AAAHHH!  They’re having a baby right now!)
• Kurt, Johanna, Kassia and Luke Metzger serving in Papua New Guinea
• Reflections of Refinement serving in Japan
• garcias2chile serving in Chile
• The Roe’s Garden serving in Germany
• Nanana serving in Mexico
• The Journey serving in the Netherlands
• The Naine’s Cameroon Adventure serving in Cameroon

• From Peru – a glimpse into the joys of red tape that missionaries so often face – The Cafe – The Latest and, well, not the Greatest
• From Romania – a very random post, but a very good question.
• Do you want to learn something about Chile?  Now’s your chance – ask your question right here!
• The story of Manwellcito (he hates it when she calls him that) from Ecuador
• Check out a Middle Ages festival on May Day in Germany
• Finally – a post about the cold and flu season that has nothing to do with H1N1! (Brazil)
• Some thoughts on Twitter: Short And Sweet from a missionary perspective (Ukraine)
• Time to meet just one child in Bolivia – Child History 7.0

Also going since 2006, you can read about the Life of a Pastor in Guatemala.  And how about another blog about the Life of the Wife of “A Pastor in Antigua, Guatemala”?

On the move, going from Haiti to the Philippines, is Bethany.  She’s been blogging since 2007 at Updates From a Missionary.  On the move at the moment, between Germany and the USA, is the author of The Journey Has Begun…, blogging since 2007.

Back to South America, be sure to check out the family that is Real Nutz 4 Brazil, and almost finished a full year of blogging.  And, on a journey heading to another culture, check out B O L I V I A !

Just one more gets us over to Asia.  Visit Taiwan Prattler, and see what thoughts you can find about life in Taiwan.

Come back soon for more blogs – that you’ve probably never read!

• Quirey Life (Brazil) has more life than ever – they’ve been celebrating the birth of Jackson Turner Quirey.
• The Poulette Family(Mexico) has been writing lately about Jesus, His death and Resurrection.  Of course, the Poulettes have another newer blog – Mexico Movies, which has given many of us a great introduction to vlogging over the past 3 years.
• Carroll Chronicles (Germany) is a bright family focused blog, writing about things like Married at the age of Five!? and Please DO Feed the Animals!
• Comings Communiqué (Brazil) is a blog with rich variety.  Read recent thoughts on prayer and some news items.
• AGENText (Argentina) used to be mexiText.  Still going strong with a fresh change of country, you can read about The Unexpected and Lacking Rhythm, Not Life
• Erin’s Entry (Nigeria) is actually new around here, but not new to the blogosphere.  Erin recently wrote about In Sickness and in Health…, and the post Last Friday… is long but not to be missed if you want to learn about Nigerian culture.
• I have to give honourable mention to The Happenings in Madrid, which, although there hasn’t been a post in a while, has been a long time familiar face.

Photo courtesy of Visentico/Sento

• First, they’ve left Germany now but are experiencing reverse culture shock – find out why.
• Ah, the legendary experience of language learners with young children.  You know, the little sponges.  Oh, and here’s some more about the joys of learning a language.
• This is truly amazing.  I mean, this is what they do, but still.  WOW.
• Just a few thoughts about love.  ’Tis the season, after all.
• Oh yes, chasing out the evil spirits.  You’ll never believe how they do Carnival in Germany.


Photo courtesy of krossbow

• Musings of a Mutating Missionary – her profile starts out by saying she’s a romantic.  She’s in Germany, and has been blogging since the middle of 2005.
• The Youngs – Charles and Kristin are serving in Swaziland, Africa.  They’ve been blogging since August 2005.
• And another one – Straight from Swaziland – thanks to Patrick, whose blog dates back to September 2005.
• Wired Wisdom, started in June 2005, comes out of Romania and focuses a lot on adventures in homeschooling
• Just one more – MexicoMinistry:  Mellberg’s Missionary Update.  This blog started in July 2005.  You can probably figure out the country

If you’re new to the world of blogs, you may wonder how blogs from mid-2005 are “old”.  Maybe old was the wrong term, but the “new” blogs I write about are usually from the last 6 months.  Maybe old was the wrong word, but in the world of missionary blogs, a year is like 1000 years…