a yummy find!

so we found a few fun items yesterday. Dr. Pepper, Root beer, liquorish straws, hubba bubba gum, mounds and a couple of other things. the kids were as excited as I was... okay maybe not : )
today we are off to the Doctor. humm I wonder what he will say????
Right now I am sitting in a conference that our regional SDMI director for Africa is holding for our countries. I am actually at our house in South Africa. Spencer is at the regional office with the speaker. Right now we have people attending live via the internet in Reunion, Madagascar, Rwanda, Burundi, DR of Congo, Zambia and Congo Brazzaville. Isn't technology awesome! God is good.
Okay so i think my kids are great. I know everyone probably thinks that but they really are good. they just offered the gardener for the compound water since he was mowing the grass. I love how willing they are to serve others. i just hope they are willing to help with the baby comes!!! lol - just kidding i know they will be great helpers.
okay all for now.
i love all yall and remember.... drink 8 glasses of water everyday!

got flood insurance?

I can't believe that in a few weeks we will be starting over. Seriously, Luke and Abby can now take adult medicine (for the most part), bath themselves, get their own drink from the fridge and many other things. Now we will be back to diapers, feeding in the middle of the night and all those other things that require our full attention. Praise God for his blessings. Although we are like starting over we are very thankful to be able to expand our family. We are still working on the name however. You can email any suggestions :) We are 99.9% sure on the first name but still working on the middle.
Anyways - we are living out of 4 suitcases which is very different than living with a house full of furniture and nick nacks. Sometimes it is easier to just live simpler but i do miss some things. It is amazing though all the things back in Rwanda that i have forgotten about. Even Luke and Abby are doing good with the little toys they have here. Although I do allow them to get the happy meals at McDOnalds here just so they can have a junk toy to play with during the day.
The weather here is starting to get cool. Well... haha at least spencer says it is. I am 8 months pregnant and am very hot. Sometimes i have to step outside to cool down. lol
Oyeah did i tell you about the very cool swatch i got for my birthday? It is turquoise! love it... do you remember swatches? who ever you are! lol
okay i know this blog isn't so exciting... but i am trying to do something to not go crazy. I am having too many contractions to be doing anything so I am bored!!!
okay love all yall and remember.... get flood insurance (especially if you live by a river in TN)

april

we are in South Africa.... for now!

So today I noticed it has been 2 months since my last blog. oooops my bad : )
okay i will try to catch you up in just a couple of paragraphs. I am sitting upstairs in our flat in South Africa. We arrived about a month ago because I was experiencing some pregnancy issues that we thought would be best treated here. After a visit to the Rwanda hospital we were on the next plane here. God was so good to get us all on the place together.
The pregnancy is going well. We are excited about the place where we will deliver and as of today I am 33 weeks and 5 days pregnant. If we can just hold out until 36 1/2 weeks our midwife can deliver. Luke and Abby were both born at or around 36 1/2 weeks. The health care is great here and we have enjoyed being in a place where there are malls and fast food! good thing i am pregnant... i can eat all kinds of stuff : )
with all that said I am starting to miss home... Rwanda! I have always wondered what it would be like to leave here but now that i am for a few months I am missing the things that seemed challenging before. I miss going to the market or small stores. I miss everything being homemade and I especially miss my kitchen aid mixer!!! I miss our guard and his family and i miss every window in the house open.
God has been so good to us over the past few years. He has given us children that love changes and that are very flexible. luke and Abby are doing so good. I pray that they will continue to grow in the Lord and continue to be flexible. actually i'm not sure if they realize how BLESSED they are. they are experiencing life that most kids will never experience. God is good and we feel blessed to be missionaries for HIM!
our work continues here in south africa. since spencers job is mainly in front of the computer he is able to continue here. my job (other than being a mom) is going well. I am working of developing resources for our children's departments across the field.
not sure if all of you readers know or not but our home assignment is coming up. We should be home in Jan. through April ahhh it will be cold i am sure.
okay i will try not to wait too long before i post again... but can't promise anything, i am about to have a baby!!!! lol

okay i love all yall and remember... mothers day is sunday.... if you live close to your mother love on her.... you are blessed to be near her! i would love to take my mom out for lunch. boohoo