Heading to Sudan

   We are leaving tomorrow morning for Sudan! We are excited to finally get to Toposaland. The boys have been counting down the days for weeks. We leave at 6:30am and should get there around noon. We have the plane to ourselves with luggage, appliances and other junk we have collected along the way. I will post a picture of us on the plane, it should be funny. 

   Thank you for all your prayers. We love and miss everyone.

Adventure

   We went to Lake Nakuru National Park for a quick getaway earlier this week.  We had a blast seeing the animals and staying at the Lodge. One the day we arrived, we spotted a pride of lions, a leopard, rhinos, water buffalo, gazelle, flamingos, zebra, baboons, wart hogs, monkeys, water bucks and much more.  The boys had the best time seeing all of Gods creation. Our driver, John was tickled at how much the boys enjoyed themselves. The Lodge where stayed had an amazing view.  We could see all kinds of animals from our back porch. We will definitely visit this lodge in the years to come! Hope you enjoy a few of our favorite pics from the trip.

Still in Nairobi

   We are back in Nairobi getting things ready for the upcoming move.  The plans as of today are that we leave for Sudan on June 18th and will be staying at the Mango Camp until we have a house to live in. The Sudanese government has re-opened the border to NGOs so we will be able to get our house and belongings into Sudan hopefully soon. Praise God for opening this door for us!!!

   We are taking a surprise game park trip for the boys this week. Davis' birthday is this week so we thought that he would love to see all the animals.  We will post lots of pics when we get back. 

   40/40 was fun and we learned lots of new things. We stayed with a Zambian family for 3 days and learned to harvest and cook African style.  The boys had a blast and made so many new friends and memories. One memorable moment was eating catepillars and capinta (sardines). Walker ate them and he thought it was the funniest thing. The kids stayed so dirty.

   Please continue to pray for the house situation to work out and for us to get all of our belongings quickly. Also, we are starting homeschool so be in prayer for me to have patience and for the boys to learn well. We miss everyone and hope that you all have a good summer. Please keep us updated on how you and your family are!!!

Enjoying Zambia

We are having a good time in Zambia, the weather is great! We have had to wear our jackets every day. The kids are loving the fun things they are doing and we are too. We are getting to interact with the Zambian people and learn a little of the language. They love to laugh at us. Walker was eaten up by mosquitos the first night we were here. He had approx. 60 bites on his body. This all happened with 2 hours and he looks pretty bad.
Shannon and his team mate talked with a young man yesterday and he prayed to receive Christ as his Savior! Please pray for us to be bold and for God to continue to give us opportunities to share the good news with others.

Zambia

   We are off to Zambia in the morning. We will be in Lusaka and then out in the bush. We will have bush orientation during this time. We are excited to see all of our friends from FPO again and for the new experiences we will have there. We will be in Zambia for 4 weeks and then we will back in Kenya for another month. Hopefully, we will make it to home in Sudan by the end of June.  

   Please be in prayer for all of the government decisions that will affect our house and our belongings across the border. We miss everyone and look forward to keeping in touch!

   

     We have finally arrived in Nairobi, Kenya.  We all survived the long plane ride and all 25 bags of luggage arrived with us. We went shopping for groceries this morning and the kids have played all afternoon on the playground with other kids at the Hampton House. Hopefully we can sleep well tonight and get adjusted to the time change. Please pray for us as we attempt our first time to drive in Nairobi.

Final Day in the US

We are down to one more day in the US. Things are happening so fast. We have just about finished all our packing and are now ready to get aboard and fasten our seat belts.

We had a very fun weekend in Beaumont with our friends. We stayed with our precious friends and enjoyed just visiting and letting the kids play. We also joined with friends for lunch after church to say our final good-byes.

These last few days we have been packing while the kids have enjoyed time with their cousins. The boys have been outside fishing, riding four-wheelers and digging in the dirt. Uncle Brian has taken off of work to spend time with us. Thanks Uncle Brian for helping out with the boys!!!

We fly out of Shreveport, LA at 1:15pm on Thursday, April 9th. We will arrive in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday night. Please pray for travel mercies and good rest on the plane! Thank you for all of your prayers and support on this journey. AFRICA HERE WE COME!!

Romans 11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever!