Some pictures of trips past...

The first is me with Dr. Esther. Esther is Chris's daughter; Chris is the school headmaster, basically second in command to Joab. We call her "Dr. Esther" because that's how she refers to herself. I gave her candy and balloons, but she still wouldn't smile for me! Mutahi (an RRD member) finally got her to smile for me though...

The picture of the building is...drum roll please...Edward N. Gish Memorial Chapel! On our first trip in 2005ish, we were helping complete the building. On my last trip, in 2007, I got to see the finished chapel for the first time. And not only the chapel! Schoolrooms are already going up around the chapel. On the 2nd trip, we helped paint one of the schoolrooms, but that's an entirely different story...

The last picture is (from the left) Shine, Rachel, and Susanna (dear Susanna, I hope I spelled your name right...I always get it wrong! My apologies in advance). Shine was a member of the Redeemed Radical Destinants (RRDs) from KTC that joined us on our 2007 trip to travel to the surrounding schools and evangelize. We did a lot of traveling with the RRDs, and we got to know the group of 15ish better than anyone else on the trip. I am looking forward to seeing many of the RRDs on our next trip, if they haven't graduated yet.

You'll have to pardon me for saying this again, but...it's hard to believe there's only 38 days to go! We've got a new team member signed up: Loren Thompson. Loren is a Flight Trauma Nurse (I believe I got that right) but he was able to clear his workload so we will have an 11th teammate!

The fundraising dinner that we put on April 29th went so well! Many thanks to everyone who served, participated, planned, and, most of all, gave. We raised almost the whole amount for the irrigation system that we are planning to install at KTC's farm. Praise the Lord!

Rick is bothering me at this moment about some crate we're shipping to Uganda, and also team shirts I'm going to pick up...which reminds me of the team meeting this Friday, when my visa package is due...who knew going to Africa could require so much prep?? I guess I forgot about all the groundwork that goes on before we leave. Please pray all the irrigation system prep work is completed correctly and on time for our due date: June 14!