Yesterday I had a busy day. It started out with a field trip with Abby's class. I drove and transported some kids in what I call the beast. Our big truck. The kids rode in the way back and had fun on the bumpy road to the teachers house. I almost thought we needed to put it into 4 wheel drive to get there. The kids made all kinds of noises going over big holes. The 5th grade and her class went to her teachers house to make Christmas cookies, do crafts, play games and watch a movie. They had a lot of fun. So about half way during the day I left for my bible study Christmas party. That was fun especially since right before I got there I went by to check our mail and we had received a package from the states. Wahoo. Of course I didn't open it. I waited until the kids got home from school. That was Spencer's orders :)
So after the party I went back to the field trip to pick the kids up. Again they had fun on the bumpy ride and sang songs all the way back to school.
So I had about 1 hour after dropping the kids off at school so I stayed in the beast and fell asleep until school ended. After that i came home rested for a bit and then had a PTO meeting. Wozers I was so tired when I got home i forgot to set my alarm clock and the kids were a few minutes late for school today. opps!
Today the kids had a program at school. It was so good. They sang well. Afterwards we followed my midwife and her family back to their house and heard the baby's heartbeat. The kids liked hearing it but said oh and ran back outside to play. They have rabbits and turkeys and a huge playset so they had a blast. We really like our midwife. She is from Canada.
Anyways tomorrow i will be with Abby's class for the morning. Her teacher has a meeting.
Okay so now is the time I say something funny but i am not feeling funny tonight. Maybe I just need to eat. lol Actually salsa is screaming my name right now. Ahhh yummy. or maybe that is the snickers bar. dang it ... both are having some sort of duet.
well more later i love all yall and remember... satisfaction does come from a snickers bar.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
ewwww i touched the small intestine!!
I would say happy thanksgiving but it has already past. lol So happy holidays... can't wait to say Merry Christmas. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love watching people at the mall and stores. Everyone seems to be in a great mood. The weather is usually great. Whether in Florida or TN. I love winter! I love seeing happy people walk around with their shopping bags and something hot in their hands.
Anyways we had a great thanksgiving. There was a team here from Canada so we joined them on thanksgiving day for a Safari. It was a great time. Even through our flat tire on the journey. The team brought us some awesome Christmas presents for the kids. They are going to have an awesome Christmas. God is so good to us. Even though i can't go shopping at a mall or my favorite store Target i am okay with that this year. :)
Oyeah about our thanksgiving dinner. We had lunch with some of our closest friends here in Kigali. They are missionaries with YWAM. We feel so blessed to have friends that have been so close. It is so hard sometimes to get close to people in the ministry and we are thankful for them. So on the YWAM compound/base they have live turkeys. Nick went in the morning to pick out the turkey, brought it to our house and here it was killed, cleaned and cooked. It was and interesting experience for sure. When i was preparing the turkey I was making sure it was extra clean so i was examining it once more. I pulled on what i thought was fat and it apparently was the small intestine. EWWW it was wiggly and freaked me out. Ahhh the joys of preparing your own meat!! All in all is was good. A little tough but good. Especially with all the other food we had with it.
Out house is beginning to look a little like Christmas. Our tree is up and the train is around it. The kids are loving the feel of Christmas.
Okay all for now. I love all yall! and remember... love on family members and friends this season.... i would LOVE to :)
Anyways we had a great thanksgiving. There was a team here from Canada so we joined them on thanksgiving day for a Safari. It was a great time. Even through our flat tire on the journey. The team brought us some awesome Christmas presents for the kids. They are going to have an awesome Christmas. God is so good to us. Even though i can't go shopping at a mall or my favorite store Target i am okay with that this year. :)
Oyeah about our thanksgiving dinner. We had lunch with some of our closest friends here in Kigali. They are missionaries with YWAM. We feel so blessed to have friends that have been so close. It is so hard sometimes to get close to people in the ministry and we are thankful for them. So on the YWAM compound/base they have live turkeys. Nick went in the morning to pick out the turkey, brought it to our house and here it was killed, cleaned and cooked. It was and interesting experience for sure. When i was preparing the turkey I was making sure it was extra clean so i was examining it once more. I pulled on what i thought was fat and it apparently was the small intestine. EWWW it was wiggly and freaked me out. Ahhh the joys of preparing your own meat!! All in all is was good. A little tough but good. Especially with all the other food we had with it.
Out house is beginning to look a little like Christmas. Our tree is up and the train is around it. The kids are loving the feel of Christmas.
Okay all for now. I love all yall! and remember... love on family members and friends this season.... i would LOVE to :)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
# 26 out of 100 ways to eat an avocado
So i know it has been a while but i have just started feeling better. I haven't thrown up in several days! yay! didn't think i was going to make it this baby was making me really sick. Morning, day and night. Anyways i am still very tired but at least feeling better.
The family is doing well. Luke and Abby are very excited about the new addition to the family. They think it is really funny to stuff pillows in their shirts and run around the house making throw up noises saying he look I'm mommy. hahahah!
we feel very blessed to have such a great boss. He allowed Spencer to stay home on his previous trips to take care of me. Family comes first! very thankful for sure.
if you can pray for my dad that would be great. he has a test next month to determine if he has cancer. I am sure everything will be fine but the time waiting on hearing answers can be very long and stressful. It is hard sometimes to look towards the cross and leave the world behind. especially when you hear news that is hard. But I know the road ahead is easier with God than the road with the world. For thine is the power right! absolutely. remembering that we can do anything... we can get through anything with God's help.
Okay so my thoughts maybe a little random these days. This pregnancy has been interesting this go around. lol
Here are some prayer requests:
- the holidays are coming up and it is always hard to celebrate them alone.
- the pregnancy continues to go well. we will be making decisions on where to deliver the baby soon.
- education on our field. pray for spencer as he finds teachers and resources to teach our pastors and lay people on the field
- health and safety for the family. living in a country torn by war can be a little difficult especially for those who have been affected personally.
- we are headed this weekend to a village/city 3 1/2 hours away. pray for safe travels!
okay we love you all and remember... when eating avocado... cut it in half, take out the seed and pour salad dressing of your choice into the holes. Yummy.
april
The family is doing well. Luke and Abby are very excited about the new addition to the family. They think it is really funny to stuff pillows in their shirts and run around the house making throw up noises saying he look I'm mommy. hahahah!
we feel very blessed to have such a great boss. He allowed Spencer to stay home on his previous trips to take care of me. Family comes first! very thankful for sure.
if you can pray for my dad that would be great. he has a test next month to determine if he has cancer. I am sure everything will be fine but the time waiting on hearing answers can be very long and stressful. It is hard sometimes to look towards the cross and leave the world behind. especially when you hear news that is hard. But I know the road ahead is easier with God than the road with the world. For thine is the power right! absolutely. remembering that we can do anything... we can get through anything with God's help.
Okay so my thoughts maybe a little random these days. This pregnancy has been interesting this go around. lol
Here are some prayer requests:
- the holidays are coming up and it is always hard to celebrate them alone.
- the pregnancy continues to go well. we will be making decisions on where to deliver the baby soon.
- education on our field. pray for spencer as he finds teachers and resources to teach our pastors and lay people on the field
- health and safety for the family. living in a country torn by war can be a little difficult especially for those who have been affected personally.
- we are headed this weekend to a village/city 3 1/2 hours away. pray for safe travels!
okay we love you all and remember... when eating avocado... cut it in half, take out the seed and pour salad dressing of your choice into the holes. Yummy.
april
Sunday, November 8, 2009
feeling very sick and sleeepy
Okay so it has been a while since my last posting. To tell you the truth posting has not been on my mind. I have been really sick the past 2 weeks. You know that morning sickness they talk about when someone is pregnant... well it is morning, day and night for me. Yuck I have been really sick. I feel bad in the morning until night. And to be quite honesty... i have been sooo emotional as well. I know that this comes with pregnancy. But lately i have just wanted to get on a plane and head home. BUT this is home i am just asking for your prayers to make it through this part of the journey. I trust this doesn't discourage you but encourage to say some extra prayers for me this week and weeks to come.
So today we are 7 weeks along and Abby is getting irritated that she still can't see the baby. wow this is going to be a long pregnancy. lol
Spencer was suppose to leave today to head to the north of Rwanda and into the DRC. Because i am having a rough start to the pregnancy our boss Chanshi decided it would be best for Spencer to stay home and take care of the family. We feel so blessed to have a boss that makes sure family comes before work. I am so relieved... it would have been a difficult week.
Through it all I still give glory to God. Still feel blessed to be serving Him and having our needs taken care of.
As I am typing this a bird flew on our security bars. I am thinking man how cool is that. I love all the birds we have in our yard. They are so pretty. We are coming into spring and everything is coming into bloom here. It is so pretty. I try to take in all the goodness here so I don't find myself thinking of the part of the States I miss.
Okay maybe more later i am getting very sleepy... yes it is morning and i am sleepy. C'est La vie!
love all yall and remember.... Yalla Baxna... God is good!
So today we are 7 weeks along and Abby is getting irritated that she still can't see the baby. wow this is going to be a long pregnancy. lol
Spencer was suppose to leave today to head to the north of Rwanda and into the DRC. Because i am having a rough start to the pregnancy our boss Chanshi decided it would be best for Spencer to stay home and take care of the family. We feel so blessed to have a boss that makes sure family comes before work. I am so relieved... it would have been a difficult week.
Through it all I still give glory to God. Still feel blessed to be serving Him and having our needs taken care of.
As I am typing this a bird flew on our security bars. I am thinking man how cool is that. I love all the birds we have in our yard. They are so pretty. We are coming into spring and everything is coming into bloom here. It is so pretty. I try to take in all the goodness here so I don't find myself thinking of the part of the States I miss.
Okay maybe more later i am getting very sleepy... yes it is morning and i am sleepy. C'est La vie!
love all yall and remember.... Yalla Baxna... God is good!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Butare, Rwanda
okay so this past weekend we drove about 2hours away to a city called Butare. It is the SW district. There the district had a children's ministry seminary where i taught. It was good and i enjoyed being with the leaders of the district.
The drive there was beautiful. It almost seemed as if we were driving through a country town in the US. Maybe TN or SC. There were lots of trees and crops. Lots of houses in the middle of nowhere without electricity or water. I often wonder how people do it... walk everyday for water but that is what the know and they probably don't know any different. especially the children. it is not uncommon to see young kids probably 3 or 4 carrying water jugs. or carrying veggies to sell at the market. a different sight for sure.
The hotel was decent. It had 2 beds and a bathroom. Spencer downloaded Extreme makeover home edition so that night at the hotel we watched it. This is our families favorite show. We all sat on the bed and boohooed : ) so while we were watching the electricity went out. good thing luke remembered his flashlight. the guy from the restaurant came and let us know that dinner was ready and gave us a candle. what great customer service.
so the only real big issue of the trip was we all had stomach issues. that really wasn't the issue the issue was the church only had an outhouse with a hole in the ground. that was pretty yucky!
so i know i shouldn't have waited this long to post about the trip b/c now i have forgoten everything i wanted to post.
i guess this week i have been a little distracted because I"M PREGNANT. yep that's right .... child #3 is on its way.
pray i find a good doctor and everything goes well. also that the kids won't drive us nuts about it. Abby wants to listen in my mouth and stick her had down my throat to touch the baby. she is crazy!!
okay all for now and remember... save those taco bell hot sauce packets.... i will probably need them soon...
april
The drive there was beautiful. It almost seemed as if we were driving through a country town in the US. Maybe TN or SC. There were lots of trees and crops. Lots of houses in the middle of nowhere without electricity or water. I often wonder how people do it... walk everyday for water but that is what the know and they probably don't know any different. especially the children. it is not uncommon to see young kids probably 3 or 4 carrying water jugs. or carrying veggies to sell at the market. a different sight for sure.
The hotel was decent. It had 2 beds and a bathroom. Spencer downloaded Extreme makeover home edition so that night at the hotel we watched it. This is our families favorite show. We all sat on the bed and boohooed : ) so while we were watching the electricity went out. good thing luke remembered his flashlight. the guy from the restaurant came and let us know that dinner was ready and gave us a candle. what great customer service.
so the only real big issue of the trip was we all had stomach issues. that really wasn't the issue the issue was the church only had an outhouse with a hole in the ground. that was pretty yucky!
so i know i shouldn't have waited this long to post about the trip b/c now i have forgoten everything i wanted to post.
i guess this week i have been a little distracted because I"M PREGNANT. yep that's right .... child #3 is on its way.
pray i find a good doctor and everything goes well. also that the kids won't drive us nuts about it. Abby wants to listen in my mouth and stick her had down my throat to touch the baby. she is crazy!!
okay all for now and remember... save those taco bell hot sauce packets.... i will probably need them soon...
april
Friday, October 16, 2009
no title! lol
okay so we are headed out of town this weekend for a children's ministries seminar that i will be speaking at. pray for safe travels and electricity for my PowerPoint :) I would love to show the Jesus Film for children but we need electricity for that too. Originally we had planned to leave today after the kids got out of school but decided to leave on Sat morning instead. This will cut down on expenses and only stay in a hotel one night. The local DS there asked about where we want to stay and spencer made it clear just make sure we have 2 beds and a clean bathroom!!! i would sleep on the floor as long as there are clean bathrooms :)
so if everyone makes it through the day without any sicknesses we are going to a friends house for pizza night. i say that b/c it seems every time we plan something with someone the past couple of weeks someone throws up. glad that is over.... for now
so we are beginning to feel more and more settled. although yesterday i had one of those days where i just wanted to be home. home as in.... a normal home where we didn't have roof leaks, plumbing issues, power outages, bad water pressure and a place where we had stores where we can buy everything in one place, carpet, fast food restaurants for those down days, etc etc etc.....
BUT God is good and he continues to part the waters for us. Daily He gives us his hand to make it through storms (even the roof leaks that are a result of the storms). God is good and we are glad to be here! Today anyways! lol
Did i tell you about our garden? Our guard hired a girl to come and plow the yard for veggies. It is HUGE! i think we will be having veggies growing out our ears. it took her 3 days with a baby on her back. she was amazing! there is no way i could have done what she did. very thankful she did it.
Okay so i am sure i will be posting before spencer leaves but please keep us in your prayers while he travels and the kids and i stay home. He is going to Kenya, DRC, Burundi and 3 districts here in Rwanda for their district assemblies.... All in about 16 days. He leaves on the 25th. Boohoo!
okay all for now i need to go prepare for this weekend and go on a search for some cheese for the pizza.
love all yall and remember... if you seem to be a little competitive when playing soccer stay away from the president's wife hehehehe
april
so if everyone makes it through the day without any sicknesses we are going to a friends house for pizza night. i say that b/c it seems every time we plan something with someone the past couple of weeks someone throws up. glad that is over.... for now
so we are beginning to feel more and more settled. although yesterday i had one of those days where i just wanted to be home. home as in.... a normal home where we didn't have roof leaks, plumbing issues, power outages, bad water pressure and a place where we had stores where we can buy everything in one place, carpet, fast food restaurants for those down days, etc etc etc.....
BUT God is good and he continues to part the waters for us. Daily He gives us his hand to make it through storms (even the roof leaks that are a result of the storms). God is good and we are glad to be here! Today anyways! lol
Did i tell you about our garden? Our guard hired a girl to come and plow the yard for veggies. It is HUGE! i think we will be having veggies growing out our ears. it took her 3 days with a baby on her back. she was amazing! there is no way i could have done what she did. very thankful she did it.
Okay so i am sure i will be posting before spencer leaves but please keep us in your prayers while he travels and the kids and i stay home. He is going to Kenya, DRC, Burundi and 3 districts here in Rwanda for their district assemblies.... All in about 16 days. He leaves on the 25th. Boohoo!
okay all for now i need to go prepare for this weekend and go on a search for some cheese for the pizza.
love all yall and remember... if you seem to be a little competitive when playing soccer stay away from the president's wife hehehehe
april
Thursday, October 8, 2009
lysol and prayer requests
HA so i posted this blog on our family blog.. spencer was happy since it has now become his posting grounds. So if you happen to read our other blog it will say the same thing.lol
i know it has been a while... a week or maybe a few days not sure... time is really going by fast here. Life is so fast here and at the end of the day i have accomplished so little.
So luke threw up 13 times last night and sat on the toilet 3 times. He is much better today so I am hoping for a quick recovery. I have began to wash clothes, sheets and the house now smells like lysol.
I did have a lot planned for today but not any more. Just relaxing before soccer practice tonight. The game is in 2 days and I still need to get my game on. lol
It has been a month since Joyce, spencers mom send a care package. Gosh sure hope it gets here soon since it has our new debit cards in it. Our other ones expired last week. Don't worry we got out enough money to help survive for a while.
Okay so i haven't given you and prayer requests in a while so here we go...
1. I will be teaching a seminar next weekend. Pray it goes well and we travel well to the city. We will be going through mountains so we will be bring the motion meds along :)
2. still waiting on getting the computers and satellites for our district learning centers out of costumes... any day now
3. spencer will be traveling to Kenya, Burunidi, DRC and 3 districts in Rwanda soon for their district assemblies. 16 days.... which is not bad since it was 24 days and some of the time he will be here in Rwanda which means we will see him some.
4. we need some work done on our car... hopefully it will not cost a fortune. thought our car sold in Senegal but the guy is trying to negotiate more. boohoo
5. we still need to hire a night guard...had to let the other one go.
6. praying that we have a team come to work on our compound. we have several roof leaks and other projects that need to be done. having a team will help finance the needs on the property!!
okay better go... love all yall and remember... always untuck your mosquito net when you have a child throwing up...
April
i know it has been a while... a week or maybe a few days not sure... time is really going by fast here. Life is so fast here and at the end of the day i have accomplished so little.
So luke threw up 13 times last night and sat on the toilet 3 times. He is much better today so I am hoping for a quick recovery. I have began to wash clothes, sheets and the house now smells like lysol.
I did have a lot planned for today but not any more. Just relaxing before soccer practice tonight. The game is in 2 days and I still need to get my game on. lol
It has been a month since Joyce, spencers mom send a care package. Gosh sure hope it gets here soon since it has our new debit cards in it. Our other ones expired last week. Don't worry we got out enough money to help survive for a while.
Okay so i haven't given you and prayer requests in a while so here we go...
1. I will be teaching a seminar next weekend. Pray it goes well and we travel well to the city. We will be going through mountains so we will be bring the motion meds along :)
2. still waiting on getting the computers and satellites for our district learning centers out of costumes... any day now
3. spencer will be traveling to Kenya, Burunidi, DRC and 3 districts in Rwanda soon for their district assemblies. 16 days.... which is not bad since it was 24 days and some of the time he will be here in Rwanda which means we will see him some.
4. we need some work done on our car... hopefully it will not cost a fortune. thought our car sold in Senegal but the guy is trying to negotiate more. boohoo
5. we still need to hire a night guard...had to let the other one go.
6. praying that we have a team come to work on our compound. we have several roof leaks and other projects that need to be done. having a team will help finance the needs on the property!!
okay better go... love all yall and remember... always untuck your mosquito net when you have a child throwing up...
April
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