Sunday, July 20, 2008

Our days in pictures

Here's Aidan on a climbing wall at a local park. Both the kids are loving the availability of parks to play at.
A fun hammock style swing.

We were given some bikes for the kids. This was their first ride. Aidan's bike is a tad short and Eli's is a tad big but they love them!

The neighbors water pond, the water lilies and hyacinths are beautiful.
We're living at Pete's parents. The kids having been in the pool almost every day.
Aidan likes to jump in.
More pool fun.
Elianna hurt her foot so Nanny got her an ice pack.
Pete's parents have some beautiful flower gardens.
some climbing roses
A beautiful lily.
Daisies... they're so pretty.















Sunday, July 13, 2008

From Canada

We're back! Our trip went really well. Of course it was long and tiring but smooth. We've been back about 4 days now. We're feeling pretty good. Here's some pictures of our trip and the last few days before we left. Pete and Aidan claiming our luggage in Toronto. Long airplane rides...
In the Conakry airport. Once we boarded our flight was delayed a while because of heavy rains. When we opened our soft sided luggage in Canada we had a number of wet clothes etc.
Omelets that we enjoy eating in Conakry. Delicious eggs on a nice soft bread.
This is how the omelets come wrapped. You buy them from a small 'restaurant' on the street.
Usually they are just wrapped in plain paper or old receipts etc. This time ours came wrapped in a National Geographic written in English.


One of the last things Pete did before we lefts was to unhook our batteries, solar panels and the fuse box etc. Here is the empty power corner!
Our luggage packed before we left Hamdallaye for Conakry.











Friday, July 4, 2008

The beginning of our trip


Hi all,
Sorry it has been forever since we've updated here. We've been pretty wiped and our internet hasn't been great for a while. For any of you that don't know we're are expecting baby #3 and heading back to North America in a couple days.
Today we finished packing up our house and putting our stuff into storage for the next 10 or 11 months. Whew! It was exhausting, because in the midst of it we were still dealing with ministry stuff. We're so thankful for all the help we've had from friends.
Tommorow morning we are heading to the capital city for couple days of rest hopefully before we embark on another continent. Thanks so much for your prayers on our behalf. We are a bit sad to leave here but looking forward to arriving there.
Happy belated Canada and Fourth of July.
Once we're settled we'll be posting more regularly and with updated photos.
See you soon! Can you arrange some warm weather for us? Must be at least in the 80's F!