Flower Jam

These are called bissap. They are flower petals. When you boil them you can make jam or juice. The flavor is a lot like cranberry sort of tart so you need to add sugar. Approximately 3 quarts of petals, the amount in the pitcher makes 3 pints of jam.

I don't think the Guineans make jam, they make juice or dry the leaves to make a sort of tea.

Our new vehicle

Ok, here she is...missionary white as Pete calls her. There are a number of missionaries who have white land cruisers.

We just need the mechanic to check the brakes and we're good to go. We also need to get a roof rack built. When Pete does supply buying he'll completely fill the inside with several large coolers on the roof. And the picture wouldn't be complete unless she was a tad bit dirty around the edges. This vehicles has 2 specific things we were searching for, seatbelts and good AC. It has many other good things as well!:)

Ladies Retreat

A couple weeks ago I had the privelage of attending a ladies retreat specifically for missionary women. Eight ladies from the U.S. came to do this retreat for us. It was held on an Island off of Conakry. Here's a picture of all the NTM ladies that were able to attend. One aspect of the conference was that there was child care so I took Elianna and Aidan stayed with Pete. It was a wonderful refreshing time. Great teaching from the Word and good fellowship with other women from our mission and other missions working in Guinea.

A beautiful sunset.

The little princess. She got lots of attention during the conference but did very well.

Guinea is not a country that looks tropical everywhere. You see lots of palm trees but other than than not a lot of the tropics. However this island is one place that does look tropical, as you can see.

Eli talking to Daddy on the cell phone.

Me with 2 other NTM ladies who live and minister at the same place as we do.

Eli with her new 'cheesy' smile and chin up in the air.

Comediens

One morning we told the kids to go pick out clothes or something. A few minutes later they come into our room and busy up laughing. Aidan had dressed Elianna in some of his clothes. They both thought it was great and she wore the clothes for the day! Sorry, the picture is not real great.

Part of the Team

Not only do we get the chance to serve missionaries in the villages by buying supplies etc. From time to time we have other opportunities to minister. A couple weeks ago we had Aidan's little friend Kelsey stay with us for a week. This allowed her mom and dad to travel with another missionary friend to a distant village to do some work. They traveled about 10 hours on dirt, pot holed roads! Here's a couple pictures of the truck when they got back.

Ants

Lately we've had several nests of ants that we've uncovered. You'll be sweeping and sweep under the endge of a piece of furniture etc. and they just come pouring out. Here's a couple pictures. This nest had a lot of eggs as well, the whitish yellowish things. Ick.

Photo Op

Once you bring out a camera you have a following and everyone wants a picture.

The lady in the middle is Ami, she works at our guesthouse. The lady on the right is her sister. Several weeks ago she had to have a C-section delivery. We were able to help her out finacially so we went to go visit her and see the baby. Lori on the right is a fellow missionary and Guest House Hostess.