Where did the time go???

February Training

Game Park in Polokwane

Debengeni Falls

These were taken at the Snake and Bird Park

Gena's 50th Birthday Party was moved to our house due to the possibility of rain. We had so much fun celebrating with her.

Sheep they fixed for Gena's party. It was really yummy!

We had some of the palm tree branches cut (they were touching the roof) one went through the bathroom window!

February 4th Mark's mom arrived from the States for a visit for a whole month. What a blessing we were given. She has just lived life with us here and we have loved having her here to experience our life here. We have been busy with all kinds of things, SOME of them included ... shopping for Mark and William to go into Mozambique for the leader's training and she also helped me make the road food for them. We sorted medical supplies for the mission, we have gone to the grocery store many times. She has gone to all the shops that we shop at. She has discovered how good the pancakes are when we go shopping a Game (our local Wal-mart). We have driven through the game reserve in Polokwane and we saw so many animals. We even walked on a trail very close to the giraffes! We went to Debengeni Falls, Cheerio Farms, the bird and snake park, Burger Bash, Luke's school, watched Luke swim, went to the mission farm, to the Mullins, watched as we waited for the drill to hit water when digging for our borehole, went to the movies, had a fun time at Gena's 50th, enjoyed time with the mission wives, loved on Tikfah, at lunch at the Farmyard and dinner at the Deck, she even got to eat at the Spur and Mug n Bean. She found out that Roman's Pizza is really good and cheap! We have done so much and are really excited about the next few days with her!!! We are so thankful for the gift we were given to have her here with us.

I can't believe I haven't updated our blog since New Year's Eve! Well here is a quick look at January and February.... (Side note ... it is late here and I am trying to get the pictures on in a certain order and it keeps deleting and even published my post before I was ready for it to be published. So with that said I am just putting the pictures on and they are not in any order. Even this paragraph will not move to where I want it. Oh well, I figure at least I got it updated!!! Thanks for sharing in our journey.

Our freezer quit working for the 2nd time in a month so they came to pick it up and "fix" it and then they brought it back today. Hopefully it is fixed this time.

We were given money to dig a borehole (well). They pulled up around 9 on Feb. 18th and began drilling. We are so thankful that they hit water. We were told that we have sufficient water. Praise the Lord.

This is the new stadium that was built in Polokwane for the World Cup taking place this June. We were able to go see a Rugby game and it was fun!

This is Heidi - we got her in January. It took a few hours for Tex to "like" her but after a good "fight" on the lapa they soon became friends and now enjoy a good play time and then of course a good nap time.

January 19th - 6:10 am (yes that is right) Mark' s first day of Seminary - classes begin at 6:30 am. He has one session a month that lasts for 8 days - starts on a Tuesday and ends on the following Thursday. It is tough work but he is enjoying studying and learning more. In his words - he is doing this for Kingdom Purposes. It will benefit him, the mission and the pastors and leaders in Mozambique as he learns more about God's word and how to better equip the Pastor's in Mozambique. Please pray for him as he continues to juggle family, the mission and school.