Jess's parents came to visit

Jess's parents brought 4 big suitcases full of wonderful books. My childrens's library more than doubled and tripled and now I have all kinds of scholastic books to read to Righteous and Nevaeh. They also brought us fantastic gifts that mean something to our hearts. For Jas that is tools and for me that is People magazines and dove chocolates.
We tried twice to spot some giraffes that are a little ways down the road in the Giraffe sanctuary. For somereason none were to be found but they did get to take pictures of dik-diks, gazelle, and of course our local goats, camels, and donkeys that roam everywhere.
While they were here for the week they got to see several schools, the solar cooker projects, attend a hyena night with the guys, and helped paint some of our friends shelves in their new home. I was hoping that God might call Trisha and Gary to come live here inbecause they fit right in and really adjusted well to the unique environment.



It was such a blessing to have a mom here to hear stories of her homeschooling her four daughters. While they were here Nevaeh got a really high fever of over 103 and it send me into worry mode. It was calming to my nerves to hear her tell me that Jessica had a super high fever and they would just alternate between cildren's motrin and children's tylenol. I will be honest to admit it is the most frustrating obastacle being on the missionfield when your child gets sick. There is no pediatrician to turn to and get our kids checked up. We ended up taking Nevaeh to 3 different clinics and eventually the hospital where she got a blood test and there were no infections that they found. She is completely back to normal 6 days later and my only answer for that is prayer. I was reading 2 Corinthians 1:10-11 today "He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many." I know people are lifting us up in prayer and that is the reason we remain here and that is the reason we are protected.