cheick... or how ever you spell his name

Sometimes all it takes is praying. friends, family, food….. can’t replace the peace you can get by just praying. I wonder why I wait until I am so frustrated with “stuff” that I then take it to God in prayer? Hummmm I guess I am just distracted with what I think I can do and handle. Praise god he is waiting for me. Wait to give me that daily peace I need.

Spencer was gone all day the other day out in a village called Mbare. We will begin construction on a school there in a couple of weeks. I am so excited for the team from Lakeland, fl to begin this project. They really have no idea what they are getting themselves into ☺ o yes I can’t wait. They will have to take a bus to the village then take moto’s down a foot path just to reach the church. they are really goona experience Africa in a way most people don’t.

Some days I dream of the water. I just know one of these days we will live by the ocean. Ahhh! Maybe I am just in need of a vacation. We are planning on taking one in October. The kids will be on a break from school so we are gonna take that week and do something. Who knows where we will go. We would love to either go to south Africa or Kenya but it all depends on what that will cost. The hard part about living here is trying to find a place for vacation. It costs an arm and a leg just to get a way… but we are gonna try and do it. We need it for sure!

The other night we got a phone call from our old guard in Senegal. When he said his name I was in shock. I couldn’t believe that it was him calling. What an exciting call to receive! We sure do miss him. I just pray that the seeds we were able to plant in his life will one day change it. He is a Muslim.

So today I pray for mercy. mercy on cheick’s life. I pray that he will find God.

Okay I love all ya’ll and remember……go lions beat the panthers!

oooops it was MSG instead!

there are just some days where i would rather just be in the states. yesterday was one of those days. the church next door played their loud music for hours and yeah just one of those days. the kids were driving me crazy and i was just in one of those blaaa moods. thank goodness for friends who understand those times. my friend jen called and told me she was picking me up for the novetel. the novetel is a nice hotel with a spa and gym. she is a member there. anyways i enjoyed an hour massage and a steam room. i am now thinking about having those bad days more often.... if you want to know how you can sponsor one of these bad days just let me know!!!!!
so today luke and spencer went to a church about 2 hours away. luke was so excited b/c he was able to take the moto taxi into town for a 2 hour bus ride. i packed some water and a baggie of cereal. abby, silas and i are staying home. so now i am trying to listen to some good music for worship today. (while silas is taking his morning nap). this afternoon our mechnic is picking up our truck for some much needed work done on it. they are repairing some body work and then painting it. then we will get some new tires! it was be a new truck. can't wait to get it back.... especially since they will have it for about a week. good thing we have a scooter now.

so today i choose to have a good day. i choose to be thankful for our call.
i love all ya'll and remember....... just because it looks like salt in a bag it just might be a bag of MSG!! ewww

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So life seems more and more normal living in Rwanda. sometimes i can't imagine living in america with my kids. it's weird. that's all i have to say about that. we love the sounds, smells (most of the time), the people, our friends, the food etc....

we finally got our scooter. i absolutely love it. we are so thankful for Ridgecrest Church of the Nazarene in Ridgecrest, CA for raising the funds for us to purchase it. I don't know if they really understand how they have really helped us. The scooter saves us tons of moula in gas. it also comes with free parking everywhere in town and it is wonderful for stress. you can get anywhere really fast. no - i'm not driving crazy fast in it. well just a little. traffic is sometimes bad and you can most of the time get to the front of the line :)!

so life has been a little busy. lots of things going on! God is good and it seems as if we are finally getting back into the swing of things.
in a couple of weeks we have a team coming from lakeland, fl! it is the church i grew up in. we are very excited. luke has a friend that will be coming with the team. he is i think 8?! the team will be building a school. this school is out in a village called Mbare. the whole village is excited and the government is actually helping supply the teachers when the school is finished.

the ONU team that was here in May helped with building a church in Gitarama. this church is on a hill top where they were worshiping in an open field.
God things are happening in Rwanda!

tomorrow the kids and I will be visiting the local nazarene school. it has been a few weeks since we have been able to go so we are ready. between me being sick, the truck breaking down and a conference held here on the mission compound it has been a few weeks since we have been able to read to the kids. as they would say in Senegal.... enchalla! God willing we will there.

my life as a missionary today consists of: finishing up the finances for the mission, doing personal finances, watching our friends children (a missionary couple with YWAM) while they go visit a site for a water project, looking to find milk (the stores near by have been out of the good milk for a few days), looking for mosquito nets for the team coming, taking back my curtains to be fixed (they are not straight), laundry, and all the other stuff of the normal life here in Rwanda. the '"unknowns" that happen so often here are becoming "normal". what i mean is, things happen everyday that would probably make you think "what? did that just really happen?" well those things are more normal than not normal. if a normal day happens here it feels kinda weird. maybe i'm not normal? yeah that's probably it. i admit it!

okay i love all ya'll and remember........ happiness is contagious... eat more salsa!