Pastèque
Today we went to a local “fruit market.” We bought a bunch of great stuff, grapefruit, mandarine oranges, mangoes, bananas and a watermelon (or pastèque). We were pretty sure the watermelon would be a hit with the kids… here are a few pictures and videos to prove! I love it when cameras catch funny faces! [...]
Read onCaca water!
Life is always an adventure here in Dakar! Today was NO exception!!! We are lovers of adventure. We love it when God puts adventure into our lives. Living in Canada every now and then we would slide off the road from the snow storms…. we always got a thrill from the adventures! Today is our [...]
Read onThe shipment is here!
Back in September, when we were in Guinea, we had a nasty bout of malaria. Canaan, Emmaus and Debra… all down and out with it. It was a tough and trying time. We had only been in Guinea for 5 weeks and didn’t feel very settled yet. After that, we talked a lot with our [...]
Read onChristmas in May
We had the opportunity to help hand out Operation Christmas Child gifts last week. How amazing was it being on this end of things for a change. The kids were so excited. It was so amazing seeing children get these boxes full of things, when they probably only have one toy to their name. What an amazing [...]
Read onWe are leaving on a jet plane!
Our time here is almost over. What bittersweet times it is for us… looking forward to so much and leaving so much behind. We are so extremely sad to leave our families and all that we call familiar. But we are so comforted by God and his perfect plan for our lives and the lives [...]
Read on4 days! Seriously?!? Shopping!!! BBQ Sauce!
4 days left. We are definitely feeling it now. We have been pretty busy. All of our time is scheduled and filled up! We are really hoping to get all of our running around, organizing, packing, etc done as soon as possible. We have a few things we would REALLY like to do if we [...]
Read on6 days! Last Sunday! Geocaching! Senegal fact #12
Wow! Today was a crazy day! Wonderful and tiring! =) We went to all three services at church. It was fun sitting through the worship part of each service and singing the song set 3 times! We were able to share the very basics with each service about whats up with us. Then after church [...]
Read on17 month comparison!
Emmaus looks so much older than Canaan! But actually Canaan is about 3 weeks older than Emmaus in these 2 photos! Emmaus is much leaner and taller! But guess what?! Canaan has grown FIVE inches in the last 10 months! No wonder all of his pants go up to his ankles! He only gained 3 [...]
Read onTo Emmaus from Canaan
Here is a picture that Canaan drew for Emmaus after he hit his head! He drew it all by himself. I can’t believe he did that all by himself!! =) Norm typed “Emmaus” on the computer so that Canaan could see what letters he should write, and then he did it all by himself. The [...]
Read on17 days, Fact #6 and Our Anniversary Trip!
Wow! Time is flying by!!! 17 days! That is not much left! Today Norm and I are really looking at our schedule and trying to make sure we get everything in that needs to be done in the next 17 days. We really want to make sure we can get everything done in a timely [...]
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