a little help for a friend...

Okay so I am asking you for prayers for a missionary family that has had a rough week. A few nights ago while they were sleeping they were robbed. We are thankful that no one was hurt and that they were asleep when this happened. Unfortunatly the person who broke in took 2 work laptops, lots of money and a new psp that belonged to their son. As you can imagine it would not be fun for this to happen in the states but I can imagine it being worse when you are facing this alone in a different "home". So please join me in praying that they feel safe and at peace for what has happened.
If you would like to join us in helping to replace these items please let me know and I can direct you to where to send money.
The family is the Eby's and they are serving in Senegal.

I love all yall and remember... keep praying for your missionaries!!!!!

April

dinner tonight

Okay so today's dinner conversation went something like this:

Abby - Hey mommy i want to live with God.
Luke - Abby you can't live with God. He is not a man and he does not have a family.
Abby - I don't think that is true. God lives on a planet.
Luke - Abby, God is like bigger than than a planet he can't live on one. He is bigger than outer space.
Abby -Uuuu mommy I want to be in his family. I want to be his friend.
Luke - Abby, God made us because he wanted friends. God is light.
Abby - mommy can i have some more rice and onions.

Okay love all yall and remember... well I can't remember!
April

a 4 course meal for lunch

Okay so we asked the legal representation for the church of Rwanda here to sign a letter for us so we can get our container. The internet was down in his town all day yesterday and this morning so he got on a bus to come give us this signed paper. We were very happy for him to take this trip for us.
So when he got here it was lunch time so I invited him to eat with us. I was reminded of how things/life is so different here. Okay how should I say this. We had sandwiches. For the Pastor it was a 4 course meal. He ate the bread first, then the meat and cheese, then the tomatoes and lettuce. He told us that sandwiches was not a normal thing to eat. Obviously! :) As he began to eat his lunch I was thinking man he is tearing that sandwich up. Then later today i thought- if I was outside washing my clothes in the buckets that our guard uses and he was watching me wash he would probably think the same thing. What is she doing to her clothes.
Life is different, people are different. No one is right or wrong we are just made up different. I am so glad that God decided to change things up in different places.

So the picture above is a store that the kids created in their room. Notice Abby is only selling a picture of John Wesley for 100 RFW which is about 20 cents. What a bargin! If he only knew :)

Okay all for now... I love all yaaalll and remember - floss daily!

man that stinks

1 month later. a little stress, a little money... all for a visa - not priceless! Okay maybe a little worth it but man was that a little crazy. Anywho.... whop there is it is... our VISA. Maybe next year when we renew it, it will be harmless.
Okay so this morning we contacted the guy about our container. He said all should be in order and he will call us later (laughter) okay whatever you say... we will wait.
So I decided to take a moto to the grocery store. I love this means of transportation. Although it would be really nice to have a car. We really need to get one because the kids school starts on Sept. 1st and we would have to pay about $24 a day for just the rides to and from school. Wow that is a lot so we need a car. Well actually we need a 4x4. Unfortuntely we do not have all the money needed for a 4x4 so we are praying on what to do. This is a need if we want to head to the villages and actually make it down our road when it rains. Which it does rain here. Praise God. The road to our house is a dirt road that is on a slope so please pray with us that funds come in for this huge need.
Okay so back to the moto story. So the first guy I found with a moto wanted 500 rfw and I got it to 400 rfw which is about $.80. I was excited until I got on and realized i was going to vibrate all the way there. So with the vibration I stated singing "How Great Thou Art". My voice sounded like it does when speaking really close into a floor fan. After a while I began to laugh when singing it. Not sure if the guy was happy when I hopped off his bike. Heehee
On the way back the moto was much newer and I didn't vibrate. BUT at one point we were about to run into something and as I began to move forward from the motion the helmet I was wearing flew forward and I smelled an well to be not so crude a not so pleasent odor. Ewww. Good thing I was wearing a scarf on my head. Anyways just a little more ways down the road I noticed the guy (driver of the moto) was starting to lean forward. Kinda like what you see when someone is racing their motocycle. So I though hey I guess I will lean forward too. Nothing changed really. We kept about the same speed so not sure what he was doing. Maybe he has a bad back.
Okay so in the middle of all this at the grocery store I found chedder cheese. I was so excited because the only chedder cheese that I have found here was been about $20 for a small block. This was only about $3. HALELUHIA!!
Okay so spencer is wanting me to go clean the libray so I better go... hide :)
I love all yall and remember.... when moving to a Country that has moto taxis BRING OWN HELEMET.
April

a Sunday morning walk

So today we went to a church in Kicukiro. We took a taxi to there because the Pastor was going to meet us at the gas station which is close to the church. Well... we thought it was close. So after waiting about 15 miutes with people staring at us. Yes they really stare here. Kinda weird but noting to call home about. Anyways the Pastor got there and he said it is up that way a little. About 1 kilometer. not too bad except it was all up hill. Although I can finally say I stuck with it and did not hold Abby. I made her walk all the way to the church. As we started a ascend up hill 2 girls met us and began walking with us. I wasn't too sure what they were doing but I just greeted them and offered them sour worms. They like them. We walked through an incrediable neighborhood. Even thought the road was all dirt the house were so nice and clean. Lots of bannana trees and a beauitful view kigali.
The girls ended up walking with us to the church. I think they were actually the assistant pastors girls. They were cute and just kept smilling at us.
I think the church must have practiced their music knowing we were coming. The whole singing... from adults to kids was great. It was a good service. Especially since Spencer preached. AND by the way as we were walking to the church it kinda came to me that... hum I wonder if they have a translator for Spencer. So I asked and Spencer said ...he just said no. Only from french. So guess what... Spencer got to preach his first sermon in French. I was so proud of him. It was great. The Lord is soo good and really moved through him today.
So we assended down the mountain. It was a nice walk. The kids really wanted to take the bus... and it is much cheaper.. so we did. We were the first ones on the bus so we picked the seats up front. Although I think they want you to head to the back but no way. So we waited until the bus was full to leave. I am telling you it was full. It was a small bus and it was so packed that the helper guy (the one who takes the money) couldn't hardly close the door. But it closed and we were off. Only about a 15 minute drive and then about another 10 minute walk.
We got home to not much eletricity credit (here you pay ahead). So the day guard took some money and paid for more credit.
I made tortillas so we took the left over meat that we had and we all had a yummy lunch. Tacos!
then off to bed for our Nazarene nap. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Okay all for now. I love all yall and remember.... never be the first one on the bus... you will be sitting for a loooong time!
April

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okay so sorry if i don't proofread my blogs... this is just a reminder that I don't do spelling or grammar checks before posting. sorry if i drive you crazy but .... hey life's too short to be correcting mistakes. HA!

love all ya'll and remember.... just go with the flow (the good flow that is), love God, love life and love people!

me