We got a box!!

We were so excited to receive a box in the mail from Kansas....thank you Dad and Donna for the goodies!! 

4th of July

We recently visited Lusaka National Park with our dear friends, the Gunters. 

The kids had a blast climbing rocks. We enjoyed having a picnic outdoors and seeing new scenery- while we are thankful for such a nice place at the guesthouse, we confess it was lovely to spend the day outside in the beautiful Zambian countryside! 

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to you, Mark! We are so thankful for the man of God that you are. Thank you for loving the Lord and loving the kids the way you do. You're the best! 

Madylanne is 13!!

Here's my teenager on her birthday!! We love you, Madylanne! 

And here she is on June 4th, 2007.  So little...

What a great birthday party! 

School books!!

We are SO SO SO thankful our school books arrived! We are fully aware of what a huge gift it is to have your support so that we can order school materials for our kids and have them sent here!! Usually volunteers bring our books but since no volunteers are able to come this summer, the books had to be shipped this time, the first time ever we've had to do this. It makes us very thankful for many things- sacrificial giving which makes possible purchasing the books, volunteers that we miss for many reasons, people who helped shipped the books here, the fact that ALL the boxes arrived safely, and that Zambia has a reliable way to ship boxes. What a mighty God we serve!!

nearly a teenager

Here's Madylanne, in her nest, surrounded by books, working hard at 7th grade. I am proud of her continued effort and very proud of her for working so hard in math this year!

the Word of God

In the mornings we have been praying through an A-Z book about people groups who do not have a Bible in their language yet. Micah points out the letters and we take turns praying for these peoples and their need for the Word of God in their language. Will you join me in praying for Bible translation for these peoples and all peoples who desperately need to hear and be able to read the sweet story of God sending His perfect Son to die in our place so that we might all have access to God the Father through a relationship with Jesus?