Thursday, June 17, 2010

Uganda



We made it! What an amazing trip! I cannot even describe how beautiful Africa is and how lovely the people are. I would move there in a heartbeat. I even mean that after thinking long and hard about the bird sized buzzing insect that divebombed my head outside the outhouse. We spent the first week in an orphanage for almost 1000 kids. I was humbled by their joy. These kids radiated it. AND more impressed than I can say with how intelligent these kids are! This boy's name is Richard. He stuck with me for the week. He acted as a translator for me, identified plants, and made me laugh.
I also got to meet one of our sponsored children. Her name is Cherry (pronounced somewhere between the fruit and Sherry). What a sweet girl. She didn't speak English. I didn't speak Lugandan. Really it didn't make much difference. We went to church together and held hands. And that's all that matters anyway.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Spring Break AK style




Our spring break has been pretty consistently rainy. Not just a light sprinkle, but buckets of 40 degree rain accompanied by strong winds. Perhaps not my first choice for an entire week home. Here are some examples of coping.
EB made cream puffs- her first foray into french pastry making... at least on my watch!
Miles layered 5 shirts, topped off with his pirate PJ's and flexed his muscles. Not his first foray into whatever that is called.
The kids dismantled my porch swing and fashioned a swinging sled. Ingenious! And we didn't even lose one of them off the deck!