She loves her big brother!

They do have a lot of fun together. Hutch entertains Lulie, she just laughs and watches his every move!

Lulie's cup of coffee

It is so hard being 5 months. It is so hard that Lulie has to wake up and have a cup of coffee in the morning. She takes after her mother, father, grandparents, and great grandparents who all share this love for coffee! James said we should even drop one of her feedings and just give her coffee! No, this morning, I was holding her and she grabbed my cup and was trying to drink it! James immediately ran for the camera to document this. We have similar pictures of Hutch doing the same thing, but I can't find them to post both!

Jesus Film

James and Justin showed the Jesus film in 2 places before Justin left. Before they start James has been playing a Zambian christian singer, Ephraim. The children LOVE to dance, even if you can't capture it through a photo, I had to try.




The teachers in Zambia work so hard. They get paid every month from the banks in the largest town in the district. If they live out far, they travel to which ever town will have their money each month. We had the blessed chance to host two teachers, who are from Ndola, at our house. They had come in to get their money and didn't have a place to stay. They are members of a Baptist church in Ndola, and have been up here teaching at a school 1 hour from Kaputa! They are really living "out!" They have a son, Lloyd, with whom Hutch became fast friends! They were chasing each other up and down the hall all night! Hutch has never bonded with a boy like this yet! It makes me excited that he's getting to the age where he'll start really playing with other children, instead of playing near them! This picture was taken in the morning, after breakfast, when they were watching Bob the Builder together! Such fun we had! This couple are wonderful and we are praying for them and their influence on the children they teach! Pray with us, that they would encourage the children of Katai to finish their education, dream big, and most importantly have a relationship with Jesus!

Thank you Justin

Since October 2007, we've had Justin with us. Monday he offically left Kaputa and will fly to the US in a week. We are so thankful for him and what he's done here in Kaputa. On Sunday, the church decided we should have a celebration for him. They prepared a goat for him! Everyone ate at the church and we had a small service to say goodbye. People talked about how much they appreciated him and people sang songs, all saying goodbye. They were so sad to see him go! Thank you Justin for being here with us, it was so fun and encouraging having another "mzungu" here in Kaputa! We wish you the best in the future!

Bupe bwa kwa Lesa (Gifts from God)

Thank you for praying for the women's group! For two weeks in a row we had 4 women! This past week it was just two, but they were able to discuss the choir situation in the church and have taken it upon themselves to become the choir leaders! This church is still so new, and we are still praying for the right leadership to come forward to help lead the church and a choir leader is definitely needed!

Help us pray for the church, that the people would recognize their gifts and use them to glorify the Lord. James taught this morning on that very subject, using the spiritual gifts God gives us to glorify and build up the church. We use our gifts for Christ's glory and honor, and we do it because of what He has done for us on the cross!

Hutch and Lulie: Funny story about Hutch. We just caught him eating the soap in the bathtub, our soap bar! He didn't even think anything about it until we caught him! Gross. He loves the puppies we have, yes our dog has had her 4th litter of puppies. He wants to be one as you can tell from the picture.

Lulie is the best baby, she really makes it easy to have two. She sleeps good, eats good, and watches Hutch. She is standing so good when we hold her. She's started looking at her hand, and is even trying to grab things. She's a champ at grabbing my hair, and even pulling it out sometimes! Ouch!

Our town generator is dead again, they're bringing up another one again. We are thankful they keep sending up generators! Hopefully sometime this week we'll get power from Zesco!!!!! Other than that we are great!