A
Little Bit About Lynnette...
I
am the daughter of missionaries. I was born and raised in the warm
heart of Malawi, Africa. I can't think of a better way to
start a
life. Malawi is a beautiful country in more ways than just asthetics.
Their motto 'The Warm Heart of Africa' is true of its
friendly and open-hearted people. I spent my early years running
through the crisp African grasses with my dark-skinned friends playing
'cows' or climbing the acacia tree in our front yard.
I
spoke the language, Chichewa (Chee - Chay' - Wuh), fluently.
Fourth grade saw me off to boarding
school at Rift Valley
Academy in Kijabe, Kenya. Except for 3 years our family spent in the US , I attended RVA until I graduated in
1990. Boarding school is a bonding,
life-long-friendship-making, adventure, and I am thankful to
have experienced it.
'Integration' back into the US was a
trying time in my life - and the life of my driver's test instructor
who, I'm sure, lost 10 years of her mortal existence as I
blithely began a 'free' left hand turn. (They drive on the
left side of the road in Africa.) Adjustment didn't come
easy, but eventually it did come.
In the fall of 1991 I met this
great-looking (kind, compassionate, wonderful, wise... )
red-head
who grew up in the sticks of Idaho. That's just about as close as
you can get to African ambiance and still be on US soil. Since
he decided that he liked a few things about me as well, we were married
in 1992. He's my best friend and I love him very much.
We spent 8 years living in Idaho -
that's how I know about the African ambiance - and now we are back in
the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
We have four wonderful children who
range in age from 14 to 4. They are the pride and busyness of our
lives.
It was during our time in Idaho that I
was inspired to write the first book in the Shepherd's Heart Series.
You can read more about that here.
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