Saturday, June 20, 2009

Well today is Saturday. Our internet has not been cooperating. We gave up trying to connect to the wireless internet at the Hostel but are now having some success at the internet cafe on their computers. This is truly making us appreciate our high speed internet at home.
Shout outs from Cami> Rachel, Levi is great, hes an amazing boda boda driver. He gave a lady a ride up a steep hill saving her 2 hours of walking time. Paula, Gordon wants to say thank you for the posts and also to say he praying for you too.
Shout outs from Leah and Kayla> Mom and Sarah we miss you and love you. Sarah do good playing softball this weekend. from Kay> Trev I miss you and love you. Clive and Jean I miss you. From Leah> U.S i miss you guys! and all my friends :) i gots lots of things to telllll you all!
Shout outs from Gianna> Mom,Dad, Juls, Will and Tess I miss you all so much! love you lots! Will hope you had fun at football camp! Im so jealous you got to hang out with Chevy!! Tony i miss you so much!! i no its annoying i cant text back but keep sending the texts i love getting them! Frank and Gayle Cap THomas and KATE!! Thanks for the prayers adn text luv u guys!! Alexa, Claire and Tyler i hope your reading this miss u guys!! ttyl
Shout out from Vicki> Mom and dad and david, i love you all and hope youre not dying without me! Sissy.. i loovveee you and miss you sooo stinkin much. i have so much to tell you. Beefcake, oh man, youre going to love it here! i miss you and your rings are safe and sound always hangin around my neck, the kids love to play with them! EVERYONE at Calvary, i miss you guys, i wish i could be two places at once. Wednesday i kept you all in my prayers! Sean, i couldnt get a video because of the internet, but maybe next week i can get some connection. i miss you guys all so much, loveee you!!

So lets get back to what we have been doing!! Thursday the men, except Rick, went to the farm to get some preliminary work done. Us girls, and RIck, had a great time doing the Lords work. We met up wiht helen, the ktc student that Rick Sponsors. We pulled her out of school and took her and Mouda, the computer teacher Rick and darin sponsor, to the Jesus Saves store. Rick bought groceries for Helens family that will last them for a while. Rick was on cloud nine. Helen who was previously the quietest student in the whole school, was all grins. We took the groceries to Helens village and presented them to her grandparents. They were amazed and grateful.

We spent the rest of the day riding in the bed of a small pick up truck. I think Rick hit the pot holes on purpose though. Everyone in town knows us as the crazy mzunga girls who wave and say hello to everyone. Rick stopped counting hellos at 225 and that was just our first drive.

We had lunch at the White Horse with Helen and Mouda. Then we met up with the guys adn watched a movie with at the girls dormitory. We watched Surfs Up and they laughed nonstop!!

Now on to Friday...We spent the whole day at the farm, AKA 2000 foot hill, installing the irrigation system. Talk about a work out!! The farm had already been trenched so we had to lay out the pipe and glued it together. We met the family that lives and takes care of the farm. The kids are adorable. We had so much fun with them. Hopefully their stomachs dont hurt too bad from all the candy we gave them. We completed one line of pipe and started up the system for the first time around 6.30. It was amazing! Unfortunately, one pipe busted. Monday we will be returning to fix it. We were very exhausted after that day, but the feeling of accomplishment out weighed our exhaustion.

Today we rented boda bodas, keeping up with our crazy mzunja reputation! The scenery was indescribable. Pictures cant capture the beauty of Uganda. FYI Boda Bodas are dirt bikes and motorcyles...>D

We are now headed back to Helens house to drop off her bed! We love and miss you all so much!! Keep up with the comments...we love hearing from home! Until next time....whenever we can get a connection! lol

PS sry about any typos and bad punctuation the keys DONT work!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!

10 comments:

  1. We stayed up hoping to receive a call or a post from you...It is definitely quiet and boring w/out you! God has been showing up big time in all of our lives so we have a lot to tell you as well. We all miss you immensely and can't wait to hear about everything- I hope you are writing lots in your journal cuz you know mom wants details! We are going out to lunch today to catch up with each other, David just got home last night exhausted and stayed at Anthony's. I pray Lord keep her safe and healthy, bless her heart to overflowing so that Your love will spill out onto all of the kids, have Your way in each of their lives so that Your will may be accomplished and we will give You all the praise and glory! Love you Baby, Mommy, Daddy, David & TJ...p.s. did you drive a boda boda? Look out people of Uganda! :) j/k...well sorta ha ha

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  2. Glad to hear you guys are havin the time of your lives. Wouldn't want you guys anywhere else. God Bless you team. :)

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  3. Hi DAD!!! :) Did EVERYONE on the team hug you for me??? ;-) I miss you so much. xo

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  4. Thanks for posting! Thinking of all of you constantly (especially Loren). So many people here are asking about all of you and praying for you and excited about blog updates. Give Loren a Happy Father's Day hug from Emi and I.
    Blessings!

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  5. So glad for another update! Miss you guys soooo much. This house is so empty without you girls and all your friends. Trevor came and had lunch with us yesterday. Sarah had a great day today playing softball. Craig and Sonia had a beautiful wedding tonight. Happy Fathers Day, Gordon, Rick, Loren, Dave, Darin and a (Big Happy Day to Eric XXOO)Kayla and Leah give our Daddy a BIG hug for me...Sarah. We are praying for each of you as you spread the love of JESUS OUR SAVIOR. Sue and Sarah

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  6. Hi angel baby angel! I miss you so much, I actually called Aleesha and we compared how much each of us misses you. I told her I wanted to talk to you so bad, but that she was the next best thing! Sweet young lady, love her. I was hoping to hear your voice before I leave to visit my mom cuz I don't know if my phone will work out there. I will be going to a Baines family reuinion, I promise to take lots of pictures so you can see just how much family we actually have! I think we're gonna celebrate Daddy's day when you get back, he said he would rather wait. Well love you bunches baby, Always mommy.

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  7. Thanks for the shout out Cami! It is so cool hearing all about what you guys are doing down there! BTW, Darin thanks for letting your son take the boat out...it was a lot of fun! Cami, wish you could have come...but obviously your in Uganda! Levi...don't forget my flip flops!!! (Size 39) lol, but if you forget I'll forgive you! Hi to everyone! Praying for you!

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  8. Hey Vicki girl ~ Thank you for posting the pics and updates. We've been following your blog since you left. We can't you off our brains and out of our hearts - we think of you daily and can't wait to have you here in person to give your "very detailed" rendition of Africa-I'm sure it will be animated and full of life, just like you! Having you, Dalisha AND Rochelle gone at the same time is driving Allen nutso - lol, ha ha!! His day is coming soon and we'll be at home missing him! =[ It's hard to miss any of you too much because the extreme excitement of knowing the great wonders that God is using all of you for far out-weighs any sadness! I love you, I'm praying for you!! Hug a few of those Africans for me, will you? Give them a big squeeze and send the love of our Jesus right through their bones! - they'll never be the same once they experience His love! xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxox's Smooooooch!!!!!

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  9. vicki we miss you so much but your doing exactly what god has called you to do! you being there is like if i wnt on tour! love you and i miss you!

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