A day full of Zulu . . . for all of us!

Today our friend Micheal came to do some work at our house and brought his 5 year old daughter, Sam (for short), to play. The first couple minutes were interesting . . . Sam doesn't speak any English. I interpreted for a bit and then left them on their own to "figure out" a way to play together. Dolls break down all language barriers with little girls and soon they were playing side by side. AND, soon I started hearing Abby using the Zulu phrases she knows! This was exciting for me to listen to and I was so proud of her for trying.
It was also great practice for me and fun being able to help her play with the girls.

Abby's 6th birthday

Holiday Bible Club at Calvary Baptist Church

Just like an American VBS, we gather all our church people and pray for good weather during HBC week. This year we saw on average 140 kids come through our doors each day. Kyle enjoyed opening skit time, playing the character "Captain Crash" for our Rescue Zone. I helped with crafts and both of us tried to manage crowd control! It was a great week.

Continued family visit pics

We have had such a good time showing my family the "everyday" things of life, our friends and the people we minister to.

1st Family Visit!

My parents and brother are out visiting and we are having a blast! It's been fun for the girls to show them around. We had a wonderful trip to the game park . . . saw lions, zebra, rhino, warthogs, etc. Dale challenged a warthog and LOST! Dale and I got out of the car at a look-out place, but quickly returned (see pic below) And the fun continues!

Birthdays and farewells

Today, we gathered friends from the church to celebrate Lily's BD and say proper goodbyes. She thought just a few of us were getting together for pancakes (crepes). Instead, we had a whole house full, sang happy birthday, revealed her secret sister and bid her farewell. Lily is flying back to America on Tuesday.

Riding cool in the car