September 25, 2009

• Friday Rambles……

  I have a lot of nothing to say today……..

  • It rained last night!  Kev and I were up entirely too late last night and at 12:30am the skies opened up for a brief but wonderful rain!  We do what we always do……hang out on the porch and breath it in!  I’ve never enjoyed the smell of rain as much as I do here.  When you don’t have it often, you really miss it. Today is wonderfully breezy, gloomy and cool out!  Makes me feel like fall…..my favorite time of year in the US.  Now, how to get a pumpkin spice latte…….
  • Kev did a scenic flight this morning to take some pictures of the property and future sites of some big things going on with the Mission.  It’s exciting to see what the Lord is doing on this property and at LBOM.  Not sure how much can be disclosed at the moment so just know and trust that God is doing some great things in Maun!   Anyway, he was able to go up with Matt (another LBOM missionary) and Jacob (a partner of the Mission) and get some great shots and video. This morning it was gloomy and I thought to myself, “I wonder if they still will go?”  Then I laughed at Kev and said that every day for the first 5 years of our marriage when I woke up in the mornings I would look at the weather and be able to tell if Kev would work or not.  Wow, hadn’t had those thoughts in a long time!  One day, we know Kev will be in the skies again.  The Lord’s just working out the plane details.  
  • Our intern group is keeping us on our toes these days!  Kev and I are loving doing this program and while it’s a lot of work, we’re able to get back into a lot of things that we’ve missed doing……like working with the people again!  Behind the scenes work has often kept us on the back lines of ministry (which is always needed…..don’t get me wrong!) but now we’re getting to go out a bit more and do ministry again.  It’s made me miss our old Teen Mania days and it’s great full “leading” with Kev again!  We still have it…..or so I think.   Tomorrow we’ll be heading to our African Momma’s house to do some serving and helping of cooking a traditional meal!  I am so excited for this day.  Even though I won’t be a part of the whole day (too long of a day for the kiddos!) I am still excited to really be a part of Momma’s day.  And those kids…..well…..you’ll see!  

  
  Ashley, Dietra, Josiah, and Brad
  
  Have to teach them the art of my homemade pizza!  Josiah showing off his 3 cheese!

  • We’ve discovered that camping with small children isn’t quite as easy as we thought it would be.  We loaded up the kids to go camping with the interns just outside of Maun.  Andrew had an ear infection so we knew that we wouldn’t be over nighting but that we would stay out and eat and hang out.  Let’s just say, it wasn’t easy.  Andrew is very bold…..had no fear of the fire and I was a nervous nelly the whole time!  Maybe we’ll try it again next year when he’s a bit older.  

  
  We set up a small tent for Andrew to play in and for Piper to snooze in.  She loved it……..
  
  Andrew not so much.  Here he’s looking like, “Mom, this is so lame!” 
  
  Cookin in the pots, just like in the good ole days!  I’m telling you, you haven’t lived till you’ve had a meal out of the black pots!  Or maybe it’s just because it brings back warm fuzzy feelings of our outreach days?

  • I am missing fall!  Last year this time my best friend Amy and her husband Damian came to see me and I was over the moon.  I know they could come back and visit in a heartbeat if they could!  I have such fond memories of our time together last year and it was so critical as I was so down in the dumps.  Good friends have a way of pulling you out of your pits. 
  • I am doing an amazing bible study called “Wisdom for Mothers” by Denise Glenn.  It’s amazing!  I find I am diving into the Word more and more to find the answers that I need in my mothering skills.  I highly recommend it if you can get your hands on it……..great insight! 
  • I am heading to Swakupmund Namibia with our interns next week for 4 days.  I am doing this trip sans Kev and the kids!  I won’t quite know what to do with myself I think.  It’s 13 hrs in the car so I am defenitly not looking forward to that drive.  I am however looking forward to seeing the dunes and feeling those ocean breezes on my face.  I’m also looking forward to possibly taking in a movie and just having some time to relax and fellowship with our interns.  I will miss Kev dearly as he’s usually the “trip coordinator” and the thought of that long drive without my Mr. Macgiver in case something goes wrong…….  Let’s just hope that I can keep my butt on the quad-bike this time……falling off was definitely a blow to my pride! Ha!  
  • Andrew is doing well at the potty.  Piper is starting to get up on all fours and rock……..crawling is not far!  Where has this year gone?  When you find it, tell me! 
  • Can almost count the days till we go home…..I think we’re looking at like 74 days!  Hard to believe that we have to get through Thanksgiving here first before we can head home.  I have two big cans of pumpkin burning a hole in my cabinet!  
  • And last but not least………

  

  

  Goal Jeans!!!!! 

  Have a great weekend!

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