Peanuts

Have you ever seen peanuts like this before?  Our Guinean friends are harvesting their crops including peanuts right now.  Last week Pete got to go work in a friends field one morning and returned with this bunch of peanuts.  I'm so often reminded of how much physical work the Guineans do to make a living.  "By the sweat of your brow," comes to mind.  We westerners often take so much for granted.  Pray for the Guineans we know that they'll have an interest in the Gospel and that there will be a Spiritual harvest.

 

We're doing pretty well.  Last weekend we had a but going around, Pete had a bad migraine and fever and Faith had a 24 hours stomach bug.  Our kids and the dorm kids have had colds but overall we've been healthy.

 

Rainy season is winding down and we're getting some really nice rainy nights.  I'll certainly miss them when dry season is here.  It's hard to believe that Ian is 10 months old.  It doesn't seem possible.  He is a happy fun little guy.  He pushed up and stood briefly on his own today.  He's eating all sorts of things and loves to have fun.  The Guineans love him, especially because he's so chubby.  Last weekend some of our coworkers from a few hours away were in the guesthouse for the weekend.  Their kids are about the same ages as Aidan and Eli and they had a great time together.  Daniel helped Aidan make a bow and arrow.

 

Continue to pray to pray for Guinea as things are politically tense.

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fall break

Our internet was down for about a week so that's why we haven't posted anything.  It's been a crazy week.  We're nearing the end of rainy season and we get some pretty strong thunder/lightening storms.  Our freezer and fridge are both down due to being 'struck' or something.  Several others freezers were also affected.  Anyways...thankfully we can use an empty freezer at our mission guesthouse which is a short walk away.  We're just using our fridge as a cooler and freezing ice bottles to put in it once or twice a day.  Sure makes me realize how much I appreciate these convieniences.  We hope to get parts ordered an maybe DHL them here if we can.  Otherwise we'll be waiting a few months for them to arrive on a boat.  Thanks for your prayers concerning this.

 

Over a week ago we had a week of fall break.  Originally we planned a trip to Conakry, the capital city for some shopping and for Ian to get some shots.  Unfortunately we weren't able to go but spent a nice quiet week at home.  I always have a to do list that's way too long but we did get some things done as well as some relaxing.  The kids love to go to the, marigo, the river to swim.  We all went down one day and had fun.  I also took some time to go on a nice long bike ride with the kids which was good since only a few days later Eliannas tire popped.  We probably won't be able to get another tire/tube the right size.  For now she and Aidan are sharing a bike.  It's working out pretty well.

 

Here's a couple pictures from fall break.  There's also a picture of our dorm kids.  They did an oral report for history on different regions of Africa.  They are all dressed in outfits from those regions.  Also a picture of some fresh produce that we got when some friends went to Conakry.  Of course we can't forget the important stuff...Ian is 10 months old today.  He has a cold as do several in our family/dorm.  He's doing well though...he now claps his hands and can feed himself using the pincer grasp.  He said mama last week and is able to crawl very well and walk around furniture.  He's also getting adept as crawling/worming out under our couches from the living room barricade we sometimes put him in.   

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