Doctor's visit

The first thing we did when we got here was go see mommy's doctor. The baby weighs just over 5 pounds right now and is totally great, kicking around in my tummy!  The kids had so much fun listening to the heartbeat, seeing the baby, and when our doctor asked them if it was a boy or a girl, Hutch said a girl and Lulie said a boy. It was too cute.  Of course they walked by the balloons and Happy couldn't resist buying them each one.  Lulie passed over the Minnie mouse ones in favor of a Get Well Soon balloon covered in band-aids!  Hutch is pretty committed to blue dolphins so he had no delimma.  They were showing them off to everyone in the hospital!

Having Fun!

While we wait, we've been enjoying good food, good playgrounds, and fun pre-school activities. Even a tiny bit of shopping....

Off They Go!

Well, I said goodbye to Mary Margaret ad the kids as they loaded into this small plane to fly down for the delivery of our third child. I miss them, but only have two more weeks before I drive down and join them. It was a great blessing to have Flying Mission of Zambia help us get her down and not have to travel on these hard roads. They reached Joburg safely on the 22nd.

After they got on board I stopped over at our local Game Management Area and got me something to eat for the next two weeks. I love the pose of the scout in the blue tank top holding my buck knife.

Lulie Grasps the Word of God

I guess we are glad our 2 year old is taking an interest in the Word of God, but apparently she has some disagreements with the Gospel of Matthew. Anyway, daddy needs to be more careful where he leaves his Bible.

Mweru Wantipa elyo Isabi Ilibishi

Muddy Mweru and fresh fish.  We got a boat from Kevin and James has been wanting to try it out.  So we took it down to the lake near our home.  The lake's name is Mweru Wantipa, which means muddy Mweru, there is another beautiful lake, lake Mweru that is about 180km from us. This one, is only 15km away. Its water looks like Coca Cola Classic.  We had about 100 people come to watch us unload and get in the boat.  The mud and sludge James and Bupe had to wade through is unbelievable, but I didn't get a picture of it.  We rode out as far as some fishing boats and Bupe got  so many fish for a really good price.  He was going to take them home to his wife to eat and to sell some.  Hutch and Lulie had so much fun playing with the fish in the bottom of the boat. Lulie, the fearless one, picked them up without batting and eye, but Hutch was more reluctant.  He had to wait until they stopped jumping.  By the time we got home, Lulie had little fish scales on her hands.  She cracks us up.  We saw all kinds of birds, some of which looked like pelicans.  It was a lot of fun, but we are all worn out!

More School and Visitors

We had our Bible School here in Kaputa this past week and it was a great time of learning and fellowship. I taught Principles of Preaching, Principles of Teaching, and Old Testament 2 (History and Poetry). We had nine students and several ladies from the church helped with meals.

Our Strategy Leader for Zambia and his family came to visit us for the past three days (Kevin, Suzie, and Hannah). Our well pump broke and we had very limited water, but it was a great time together. We spent a lot of time working on the well and by the grace of God began pumping water again yesterday evening. Just in time to give Kevin a much needed shower before his return home.