<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en" class="antialiased"><head><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"><meta property="og:title" content="the delorenzo flyer"><meta property="og:image" content="/og.jpg"><meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"><meta property="og:image:height" content="630"><meta charSet="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/><link rel="preload" as="image" href="/media/flyerlogo-new2.png"/><link rel="preload" as="image" href="/media/DSCF2324-2.jpg"/><link rel="preload" as="image" href="/media/ec-title-frame.jpg"/><link rel="preload" as="image" href="/media/DSC_0072.JPG-1.jpg"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/styles-TwAj5Lpp.css" data-precedence="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,700;1,400&amp;family=Merriweather:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;1,400&amp;family=Oswald:wght@400;500;600&amp;display=swap" data-precedence="default"/><title>the delorenzo flyer</title><meta name="description" content="Stories, family updates, and perspectives on the missionary life — from Mike and Renee Delorenzo."/><meta name="theme-color" content="#1e73be"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/index-C55yQ-vW.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/jsx-runtime-Cltr0gcK.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/preload-helper-C-S-PvFn.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/link-dQ2jhzn0.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/useMatch-COM_Inkx.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/routes-DPXlYSVN.js"/><link rel="modulepreload" href="/assets/post-card-D_nAqWOv.js"/><link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg"/><link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"/><link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin="anonymous"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="the delorenzo flyer"><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black"><meta property="x:creator" content="@deloflyer2"><meta property="x:creator:id" content="1586041355373010945"></head><body><div class="min-h-screen"><div class="mx-auto min-h-screen w-full max-w-[1360px] bg-paper shadow-[0_0_10px_rgba(0,0,0,0.2)]"><header class="border-b border-line bg-paper"><div class="flex flex-col items-center px-5 pt-7 pb-5 sm:pt-9"><a class="block active" aria-label="the delorenzo flyer — home" href="/" data-status="active" aria-current="page"><img src="/media/flyerlogo-new2.png" alt="the delorenzo flyer" class="mx-auto h-auto w-[min(357px,70vw)]"/></a><nav class="mt-6 hidden items-center justify-center gap-7 md:flex"><a class="font-display text-[13px] tracking-[0.16em] text-ink uppercase transition-colors hover:text-blue" href="/about">About</a><a class="font-display text-[13px] tracking-[0.16em] text-ink uppercase transition-colors hover:text-blue" href="/blog">Mike&#x27;s Blog</a><a class="font-display text-[13px] tracking-[0.16em] text-ink uppercase transition-colors hover:text-blue" href="/essays">Flying Essays</a><a class="font-display text-[13px] tracking-[0.16em] text-ink uppercase transition-colors hover:text-blue" href="/support">Support</a></nav><button type="button" class="mt-5 flex h-11 w-full items-center justify-between rounded-md bg-ink/5 px-4 md:hidden" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Menu"><span class="font-display text-sm tracking-wider text-muted uppercase">Select Page</span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-menu size-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M4 12h16"></path><path d="M4 18h16"></path><path d="M4 6h16"></path></svg></button></div></header><main><!--$--><div><section class="blue-band px-6 py-16 text-center text-paper sm:py-20"><h1 class="font-display text-5xl tracking-[0.16em] uppercase sm:text-6xl">Welcome</h1><p class="mx-auto mt-6 max-w-2xl font-sans text-lg leading-relaxed text-paper/95">We&#x27;re Mike and Renee. Missionaries in Africa from 1997 to 2014, we now live in the Atlanta area and continue to serve with Africa Inland Mission. These pages offer some of our stories, family updates, and perspectives on the missionary life. (Karibu!)</p><a class="mt-8 inline-block border-2 border-paper px-8 py-3 font-display text-sm tracking-[0.2em] text-paper uppercase transition-colors hover:bg-paper hover:text-blue" href="/about">About us</a></section><section class="px-6 py-12 sm:px-10 sm:py-14"><div class="grid gap-x-8 gap-y-10 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3"><article class="flex h-full flex-col bg-paper"><a class="block" href="/blog/gateway"><img src="/media/DSCF2324-2.jpg" alt="" class="w-full rounded-[7px] object-cover aspect-[8/5]"/></a><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col px-1 pt-4 pb-6"><h2 class="font-display text-[19px] leading-snug tracking-wide text-ink uppercase"><a class="hover:text-blue" href="/blog/gateway">Gateway</a></h2><p class="mt-2 line-clamp-4 font-serif text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted">As a self-described fan of the intrepid Peter Cameron Scott, these are the lessons I gleaned from my exhaustive research and our impromptu, dusty-road pilgrimage to the place where it all began.</p></div></article><article class="flex h-full flex-col bg-paper"><a class="block" href="/blog/an-extraordinary-call"><img src="/media/ec-title-frame.jpg" alt="" class="w-full rounded-[7px] object-cover aspect-[8/5]"/></a><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col px-1 pt-4 pb-6"><h2 class="font-display text-[19px] leading-snug tracking-wide text-ink uppercase"><a class="hover:text-blue" href="/blog/an-extraordinary-call">An Extraordinary Call</a></h2><p class="mt-2 line-clamp-4 font-serif text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted">“Come and see. Step into the blistering, beautiful, heart-wrenching, heartwarming journey.”</p></div></article><article class="flex h-full flex-col bg-paper"><a class="block" href="/blog/five-hidden-benefits"><img src="/media/DSC_0072.JPG-1.jpg" alt="" class="w-full rounded-[7px] object-cover aspect-[8/5]"/></a><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col px-1 pt-4 pb-6"><h2 class="font-display text-[19px] leading-snug tracking-wide text-ink uppercase"><a class="hover:text-blue" href="/blog/five-hidden-benefits">Five Hidden Benefits</a></h2><p class="mt-2 line-clamp-4 font-serif text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted">Missionary work – so often described as a “sacrifice” – offers perks as well. They tend toward the character-building variety however. Hard to quantify. 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