The team is here

Bernadette, our little baby at the Children's Home

Well, our team from Florida is here! We've been have a great time, with lots and lots going on. We also received our first children at the orphanage almost two weeks ago now, so exciting, things are really moving along. We're super busy with the team right now but will give more details when I get time (team leaves next week). The children are doing great though and are just so special, we praise God that He has brought them into our care. Anyway, need to get some sleep, it is super late and have an early start tomorrow. Have so much to blog about, will soon, I promise!

Our team up the Mbingo mountatin

Painting at the orphanage with team

Keeping busy!

Internet has been really bad the last week, so has the electric, it goes and comes, goes and comes... all the joys of rainy season (plus mosquitoes). Other than that, all is going great. At the orphanage the rooms are just about ready, toilets are getting tiled this week. Jake and Tim went out to a village today to see some orphans… we should know by Friday if we are going to receive them or not, very exciting, our first kids!

Then the team from our home church in Florida will be here next Friday... Jake and Tim leave on Monday for Yaoundé as they still need to do some set up for buses, hand the WON paperwork into an office down there, go to the American Embassy to get Jude's social security number sorted out, do a bit of shopping (cheese!) and then pick the team up. I'll be home alone with the boys for a week getting as much homeschooling in as possible so we can have two weeks off while the team is here, as well as making sure all the last minute things are set up for the team. Can't wait!

As requested here is a picture of Patrick and Anna the Pa and Ma of the Children's Home. They moved in last month and have been such a blessing! They are amazingly hard workers, keeping everything spic and span and always have a smile on their faces. We really praise the Lord for them!

FYI, Jude Said "Daddy" for the first time tonight when Jake walked in the door, soooo cute!

Quote of the day

My brother called me the other day, so when we sat down for lunch I asked the boys, "guess who called me today?" Lots of thinking going on so gave them a clue, "someone in America". Seth, is all sincerity, asked, "Barack Obama?"