The paillot or pavillion in our yard.
Ian taking a bath.
Ian with our former houseworker, she's going to have a baby in August.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Some recent pictures
Lately we've seen some really beautiful moths.
Our friend Abram with Ian.
Aidan and Elianna playing in a puddle with a fun buggy and wagon.
A view of our house, not the best though.Thursday, July 23, 2009
Way Behind
Ummm.... sorry that it's been a whole month since I last posted here. I've found blogger to be difficult to upload pictures to here in Guinea. I am going to try something and hope to upload some new ones in a day or two. Facebook has been much easier to upload to but I'm currently takking a self imposed break from that.
What can I say about the last month. It's really hard to believe that a month has gone by. After living in the guesthouse for 2 weeks we moved into the dorm. Since that time we've been steadily working away at projects, some big and some small. I think we've made really good progress but there will still be a list of things to do for a while. A huge blessing was that our small pallet of things we shipped over arrived just a few weeks after we did. In some ways it seemed surreal since the last time we shipped some things they didn't arrive for several months. We have less than 2 weeks till our dormers arrive. Again it's hard to believe that August will be upon us and a new school year will start. Aidan will be in grade 2, I cannot believe that's possible.
Pete has started taking over some of the 'other ' responsibilities he'll have besides dorm. Those things take up time and the pace of life here and people coming by at any time just make things different.
As for an update on the kids. Aidan is spending a lot of time outside and getting to know some new friends. He already has a couple creatures. He was given 2 turtles and has had a variety of frogs and toads. Recently he's been seeing a lot of walking sticks, they're quite a bit larger than the americal/canadian variety. They're brown and some of them have wings and can fly. We've also seen some beautiful moths and butterflies. Elianna has recently learned to ride her 2 wheeler without training wheels at just 4 1/2 years old. She's doing great. Ian is now 7 months, has his first tooth, can sit is starting to crawl and is starting to eat. Pete had a chamelion fall out of tree right near him the other day, it seemed like it was being attacked by birds so he didn't pick it up. He has also shot 3 snakes since we've been back. A black mamba and 2 green ones. The biggest being a 7 ft.7" green mamba in our 'yard.' Those things always keep life interesting.
We're doing well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf. Pray for our lives to shine to those around us who don't know Christ or who have chosen to turn from him. Pray that we'll know the best way to help them. I'll do my best to post some pictures soon.
What can I say about the last month. It's really hard to believe that a month has gone by. After living in the guesthouse for 2 weeks we moved into the dorm. Since that time we've been steadily working away at projects, some big and some small. I think we've made really good progress but there will still be a list of things to do for a while. A huge blessing was that our small pallet of things we shipped over arrived just a few weeks after we did. In some ways it seemed surreal since the last time we shipped some things they didn't arrive for several months. We have less than 2 weeks till our dormers arrive. Again it's hard to believe that August will be upon us and a new school year will start. Aidan will be in grade 2, I cannot believe that's possible.
Pete has started taking over some of the 'other ' responsibilities he'll have besides dorm. Those things take up time and the pace of life here and people coming by at any time just make things different.
As for an update on the kids. Aidan is spending a lot of time outside and getting to know some new friends. He already has a couple creatures. He was given 2 turtles and has had a variety of frogs and toads. Recently he's been seeing a lot of walking sticks, they're quite a bit larger than the americal/canadian variety. They're brown and some of them have wings and can fly. We've also seen some beautiful moths and butterflies. Elianna has recently learned to ride her 2 wheeler without training wheels at just 4 1/2 years old. She's doing great. Ian is now 7 months, has his first tooth, can sit is starting to crawl and is starting to eat. Pete had a chamelion fall out of tree right near him the other day, it seemed like it was being attacked by birds so he didn't pick it up. He has also shot 3 snakes since we've been back. A black mamba and 2 green ones. The biggest being a 7 ft.7" green mamba in our 'yard.' Those things always keep life interesting.
We're doing well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf. Pray for our lives to shine to those around us who don't know Christ or who have chosen to turn from him. Pray that we'll know the best way to help them. I'll do my best to post some pictures soon.
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