Anyone get there spring cleaning done today? No?, just me! Huh.
We got the house shut down today. And did some spring cleaning while we were at it! Under couches, beds, and chairs. Walls, and bathrooms top to bottom. A little re-arranging got thrown in there of course! 
While I was doing that, the boys were having a blast with their grandpa playing and computer games and much more I am sure! Arley and his uncle were busy blowing out the house and shutting everything down while Eden watched me clean and hung out.
We sent our bid, Paco, to board at our friends house and she gave a report that he is adjusting quite nicely! We just brought our cats, Harley and Gidget, to my parents house and I haven’t heard any fighting from the other animals yet.
We have been having such a good time visiting with friends and family this week and will again this weekend. I thank God for the friendships that we have made and that we love our family so much! It is bitter sweet to leave when we are finally feeling connected in our new community, but I know that is what we needed to go – a strong bond to pray us through this time! Thank you.
We are packing today. Please pray for us! That’s all I have to say about that one…
That was what the email said when I checked my inbox! My first thought was,”Ummm, no!”. But we are ready, other than nothing is packed fully and we won’t have all of our luggage until we get down to the cities (thanks Jessica!), and I keep thinking of things that we don’t even have at this point (tooth pills for Eden, anyone?), and that three of us have all of our clothes ready for packing which leaves two of us with absolutely no idea of what to even wear – leave it to the ladies! In my defense, it is so cut and dry to be a guy most of the time!!!
Some people have been asking for an address in case they would like to send words of encouragement or what have you. Here it is, but know that it takes a good two weeks for mail to arrive to us.
African Children’s Mission
P.O. Box 9242
Kampala, Uganda
East Africa
Also, there really won’t be a way to call us because t he phone will too far from where we will be staying and working to call for reasons other than an emergency. There will NOT be a phone in our room or even nearby. I know that some of you have expressed interest in being able to call and talk to us certain times during the week, but I have been told that this is unrealistic. The best bet is to email or check our blog. Thanks for understanding.
This week, we have been revealing in all things ‘normal’.
Getting out in the Minnesota winter and soaking up the sights and sounds of our house.
Celebrating a birthday. Hoping to spend some time with friends and family the rest of the week and weekend. We appreciate the prayers, keep them coming!
Temperature and days to go included! We are experiencing the ice storm to full effect (minus the power outages), but even more news worthy, in my opinion, is that we can count our days left on good old American soil on my HANDS! Wow. I was getting nervous last week – nervous that I wouldn’t get everything packed, that I would miss something, that I would get all the way there and not get enough done. That I would let down all the wonderful people that funded our trip. That we would get there, and I would’ve heard God wrong, and this wasn’t the place that we were suppose to go! But today is different. Today is a day of excitement and anticipation. The count down has begun.
Speaking of countdowns, in two days we are going to have a six year old! A bright, wonderful, happy, and apparently anxious six year old who can barley wait to go Africa so he can haul water to use for household chores! You heard it right! He is really excited at the jobs that the kids do over there (I wonder how excited he will be in three weeks). I told him that he could go down to the lake and break a hole in the ice to bring water here if he wanted to, and he said,”sure, can I do it!” Maybe not while it’s icing outside… and then it will be below zero for a while… lets just wait til we get to Uganda.
Oh, and something health wise you can pray for us. I have been reading up on candida and what you should and shouldn’t eat with it, and I have determined that I will be taking malt, malt barley, and maltodextrin out of our diet. Also, vinegar and other fermented foods. I saw a huge improvement so far (until we went to subway out of sheer tiredness and ate sandwiches) in attitudes and emotions. Solomon was so chipper (compared to what he has been like the last couple months) and Abraham was not nearly as whiny and teary and angry as he has been. I also felt really good!
Or at least faces mostly blocked out to protect the innocent human child of mine. Ooops, too much information already!
At 10:00pm last night, when I was about to throw in the towel and just go to bed even, if a little boy was still up in the house, the unsaid boy comes crying to the stairs and says he can’t get pahestjds off of his body and it hurts. What? (he must of had a pahestjds over his mouth and took it off before he came down)…..
So, how many pull-ups does it take to have a bottom like the Aunt Fanny in the movie Robots? 17 my friends. 17.
