Enoch and Malaria

Please keep Enoch

In your prayers

He has malaria

and his temp is up and down

Through it all however

He is doing great

and has an awesome attitude!

Just another opportunity

For the Lord

To teach me to trust

Oh joy :)

Isn't it amazing

How He uses children

To stretch us!

Surprise "Birthday" Party

So the girls

And the young ones

Have been planning

A tea party

For two days now

Making gifts

Setting up the table

Dressing up their dolls

And

So on and so forth

Today

They came to me

With the official invitation

And informed me

It was time to start

I walked in

And was met

With this

My "Surprise Birthday Party"

Wow...

I love it!

The totally surprised me

I can't believe

The little ones

Kept it a secret

Talk about planning!

My Birthday Cake!

Complete with sprinkles

I also 

Took some pictures

Of the "guests"

Eston and Eden

Enjoying some of my cake

 

Enoch

Was VERY enthusiastic

The girls kept rebuking him

For eating with

"Bad Manners"

:D

 

Elizabeth feeding

Her baby doll cake

 

The whole party!

Eden and her baby

 

Enoch

 

Elyssa and her babies

 

Elizabeth

 

Eston was ready to eat!

With his napkin and everything

 

Elianah

 

Me and my "crown"

It was after all

My party!

The death... Of a turkey... Plus Thanksgiving!

So

Last week

We had a group come

From RCF

What a blessing!

On top of 

Just being an amazing group

They brought us

A bin of goodies...

Full of the fixing

For Thanksgiving

So...

We of course

Had to have

A turkey...

So the neighbor

Obliged us

By selling two

Stellar specimen

However

Since it is fresh

We have to butcher it

All by ourselves

Or should I say

Our staff does

Fortunately

I was close on hand

With my camera...

*Warning

So of the pictures

Are a bit gruesome!*

 

Ashley

Our ill fated turkey #1

 

 

And Charlie

Ill fated turkey # 2

Killing a turkey

The old fashioned way

Thank goodness

For Joseph and Julius...

I would have been lost!

 

I can't kill a turkey

But I do know

How to prepare one

To bake in the oven!

 

Thanks Erica!

For letting us use

Your oven

Then

It was time

For the feast!

Mashed Potatoes

And turkey...

Yummy!

  

Gravy, Green Bean Casserole and Peas/Corn

  

What is Thanksgiving

Without Cranberry Sauce

Easy Cheese

And Deviled Eggs!

 

Finally our dessert

In the absence of yams

We had pumpkin

Think Candied Yam

Meets Pumpkin Pie

Happy Thanksgiving from Uganda!!!