Boys, Boys, Boys...and a few girls

It's been a long time since we have blogged. We went two weeks without regular internet service. It's amazing how dependent we have become on the internet for information and communication. Thankfully we were able to check email a few times over those weeks through a cellular internet device and had the opportunity to let family know that we were okay.

The purpose of this posting is really to simply show some photos of the kids for friends and family back home. They are growing physically and learning contentment in all that God has given us. We have moments where they are running and playing outside, excited to see new little faces show up in the yard to enjoy some football or gymnastics, and other times when they can't think of anything to do with themselves. (This was no different in America...we are still learning.) This past week has been a new season here in Ndu which has kept the kids inside quite a bit. We thought that there was only rainy season and dry season. We have now learned that just as the rainy season is about to begin, we enter smokey season. People are preparing their farm field for planting and that means burning out all of the brush, weeds, and left behind cornstalks. I'll try to get a picture posted soon of the farm fields here on campus. The smoke makes breathing and seeing difficult, but when the fields are ready for planting, the campus looks great.

Isaiah and Jonathan can often be found helping in the kitchen. Isaiah also has a fond affection for Billy Bob. Fortunately, Billy also seems to like him. They communicate well with each other since Isaiah makes a better goat sound than anyone I have ever heard. If you're concerned about the photos, yes, we really did buy large daggers(or small swords, depending how you look at it) for the three older boys. Don't worry, Noah's is relatively dull and the other boys only use them for shaving sticks and creating the sharpest wooden swords and daggers they can possibly make.