Our first Harvest!

Anna (our Ma at the children's home) harvested her first crop this week. We have quite a bit of farm land there and one of the first things we did when they moved in was give seed money (literally) to get this going. They harvested corn, beans, and potatoes, they'll be planting another crop as the rainy season still has a good 3 months left.

Some neighborhood kids snuck into this shot too :)

Also praise God someone gave the finances we needed to get the kitchen fixed up. We were able to get the countertops built and tiled. Also put a double sink in. Sara and I have been varnishing the ceiling this week (so much fun!) and we'll be painting the walls next week. It is going to be so nice!

A nice looking shiner!

Check out the black eye Jude got at Bible study on Friday when he fell on a chair. I was playing the guitar, leading worship, when it happened, and it didn't seem that bad at the time. Jake took him out as he was crying. When Jake came back in with him, the whole side of his face was swollen up. Poor little guy, it was pretty swollen for a day or two but doesn't seem to be bothering him now. He is actually doing better than Seth who had already had stitches at his age for falling on a drum (of all things). We do praise God for protecting Jude's little eye.

BTW, I win computer! I have finally successfully uploaded photos!!! Wuh ha ha

trial for pictures...

OK, I give up, I've been trying and trying to get pictures up on the blog, they just won't upload. So if any of you are on facebook, you can check out pictures of our summer holidays on my profile there (yes computer, you win!)

All is going well here (beside my computer difficulties :). We just sent the four oldest children from the Home to Teen Missions Cameroon for the summer. They will be there for five weeks, which include, 10 days of training at a "boot camp" where they learn dramas, singing, puppets, evangelism skills, have bible classes, etc. and even an obstacle course every morning at 5:30. It can be a tough ten days but really great too. Then the youth will go out to different villages for 3 weeks, evangelizing, ministering to people in various way (construction, sport, etc.). Then they come back all together for a week of debriefing which is very relaxed and have fun.

We're praying and believing that our kids will have a life changing experience, that they will really grow closer to the Lord these next few weeks and that this whole experience will improve their English and social skills... Please keep them in your prayers. During boot camp they have a rally each night with is a lot of fun (Jake is preaching there on Tuesday). So we're taking a few of the of kids from the Home each night so that they can see what their big brothers and sister are up too.

Summer Holidays!

We just got back from having 8 days away, our summer break. We had such a wonderful time, it sure flew by!

First we went to Limbe (6 hour drive) which is where we spent most of our internship in 2000. We got to visit with the family we stayed with, it was great to catch up. We also got to go the Zoo and botanical gardens there (where we saw monkeys in the trees). Limbe is right on the coast and very beautiful! The hotel we stayed at even had a pool, so the kids had a lot of fun.

Next we headed to Douala to say goodbye to some fellow missionaries who were heading back to the States after being here for 6 plus year. We got to have a nice meal with them before they left.

Then drove another 2 hours to Kribi for 5 days with the Borns (our co-workers) and another missionary family, the Dibbits. They have a 7 year old boy too, we're really close with them. We stayed at a little guest house that has a kitchen and is right on the ocean. It is about 5 miles before the town so there is hardly anyone else on the beach (there is a little fishing community). There is also lots of rocks with plenty to look at (anemones, crabs, snails...) and there is also a small river that flows into the ocean that the boys just love to play in. The guest house has a small Kayak that we used, I really enjoyed going up the river, seeing Hornbills, Herons, hearing monkeys and getting freaked out by every log thinking it was a crocodile :). We borrowed some boogie boards, so much fun! We all got a lovely tan! Praise God it didn't rain the whole time we were there (during rainy season no less). We also got to buy fresh fish right out of the dug out canoes as they come in from their morning catch, boy, nothing tastes better than fresh flounder! Hmmmm. All in all it was a great time of relaxing (which we really needed, been pretty busy lately), had great fellowship with our friends, and drew closer to the Lord with our quiet times with Him each day early on the beach. So we're already planning again for next year.... :)

PS. Pictures coming soon.... having serious internet problems and my husband's not around... I can't even view my blog as our server keeps blocking it for inappropriate contents??? No idea what is going on...