Dancing Roots

My sister Liz and I getting ready to
head back to school on the mission plane...
Growing up in the jungle like I did, we used a LOT of insect repellent! Sometimes we had to reapply repellent several times a day to keep the gnats and mosquitoes at bay. Eventually, my skin began reacting to the ingredients in the repellent, most likely the DEET. I think after that, I stopped using the repellent so much and just got used to the bites. Once you live there a while, you kind of get immune to some of the bites anyway!

I tried several different natural insect repellents, but most of them had smells that I couldn't stand! Then my sister Kathy, who's husband is from New Hampshire, told me about Dancing Roots. Dancing Roots is a company that makes and sells an all-natural insect repellent that not only works well, but smells great! I really enjoyed reading their story...about how they discovered the recipe for their products and how it was tested. Their Crocodile! line of repellents come in a spray, lotion, cream, and roll-on. They also have Crocodile! Croclight! candles that do not contain petroleum or citronella. A new product they sell now is Crocodile! Afta-Byte, a natural bite-relief cream.

I recently ordered some products and right now they have a special!

Buy One Get One Free

on every product you order!!!! And often, even if they don't have that particular special, they are good about throwing in an extra product if you order several. Every time I have had a question, they are very good to respond quickly and have always been very helpful. So, if you need some repellent and would like to try some natural insect repellent that smells great, give Dancing Roots a try!

memories

There is a small airport near the house where we are living at the moment and the sound of small airplanes landing and taking off is bringing back a lot of memories! Here is a picture of my sister and I getting ready to fly back to school on the mission plane.

Besides the radio, the airplane was pretty much our only link to the outside world! Usually the first thing to be unloaded was the mail bag, which we would quickly take to the house and look through to see the mail. Personal letters from the U.S. and notes from other missionaries were so encouraging to us way out there in the boonies!