tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67258417819230038622024-03-05T17:05:05.624-08:00Bri In UgandaI will meditate on all Thy works and talk of Thy doing. Psalm 77:12spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-52408602090290949922012-12-08T01:01:00.001-08:002012-12-08T01:01:29.659-08:00Enoch and Malaria<div style="text-align: center;">
Please keep Enoch</div>
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In your prayers</div>
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He has malaria</div>
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and his temp is up and down</div>
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Through it all however</div>
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He is doing great</div>
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and has an awesome attitude!</div>
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Just another opportunity</div>
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For the Lord</div>
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To teach me to trust</div>
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Oh joy :)</div>
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Isn't it amazing</div>
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How He uses children</div>
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To stretch us!</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-35014027364810390892012-12-07T01:14:00.001-08:002012-12-07T01:14:36.045-08:00Surprise "Birthday" Party<div style="text-align: center;">
So the girls</div>
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For two days now</div>
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Making gifts</div>
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Today</div>
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They came to me</div>
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I walked in</div>
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My "Surprise Birthday Party"</div>
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Wow...</div>
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I love it!</div>
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The totally surprised me</div>
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I can't believe</div>
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Talk about planning!</div>
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Complete with sprinkles</div>
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Eston and Eden</div>
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Enjoying some of my cake</div>
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Was VERY enthusiastic</div>
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The girls kept rebuking him</div>
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For eating with</div>
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"Bad Manners"</div>
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Eden and her baby</div>
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Elyssa and her babies</div>
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Eston was ready to eat!</div>
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Me and my "crown"</div>
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They brought us</div>
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Full of the fixing</div>
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For Thanksgiving</div>
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So the neighbor</div>
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Stellar specimen</div>
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I was close on hand</div>
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With my camera...</div>
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So of the pictures</div>
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Ashley</div>
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Our ill fated turkey #1</div>
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Ill fated turkey # 2 </div>
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Killing a turkey</div>
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Thank goodness</div>
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For Joseph and Julius...</div>
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I would have been lost!</div>
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I can't kill a turkey</div>
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How to prepare one</div>
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To bake in the oven!</div>
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Thanks Erica!</div>
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For letting us use</div>
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Your oven</div>
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Then</div>
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For the feast!</div>
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Mashed Potatoes</div>
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Yummy!</div>
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Gravy, Green Bean Casserole and Peas/Corn </div>
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What is Thanksgiving</div>
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Without Cranberry Sauce</div>
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Easy Cheese</div>
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Finally our dessert</div>
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We had pumpkin</div>
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Think Candied Yam</div>
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Meets Pumpkin Pie</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving from Uganda!!!</div>
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It's that time of year again</div>
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The one that we all dread...</div>
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Hot season!</div>
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However</div>
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Zooey is all over it</div>
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And has found</div>
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The coolest place on the property</div>
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To hang out</div>
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It is an especially wise choice</div>
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Because right above...</div>
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Is the faucet...</div>
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So when someone comes</div>
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To wash their hands</div>
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She cools off</div>
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Even more</div>
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Smart dog!</div>
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:)</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-3280459775545761762012-11-11T09:32:00.003-08:002012-11-11T09:32:36.384-08:00Happy Happy Birthday Eston!<div style="text-align: center;">
It is that time again</div>
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Another Birthday!</div>
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This time...</div>
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It is dear Eston!</div>
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As you can see</div>
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He is now 5 years old!</div>
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Big man :)</div>
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For his birthday</div>
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We had his two favorite foods!</div>
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Pizza and Hamburgers</div>
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And everyone came for the party</div>
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Since the McCourtney's have</div>
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Such a large family</div>
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Eating out</div>
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Is super special</div>
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I think his birthday</div>
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Was a success!</div>
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And everyone kept saying</div>
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"I'm so glad</div>
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It is Eston's birthday!"</div>
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Thanks Eston!!!</div>
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Happy Birthday dear :)</div>
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And many more to come!</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-52051197361227353822012-11-03T06:58:00.000-07:002012-11-03T06:58:15.669-07:00Learning Made Fun!<div style="text-align: center;">
So it is a Saturday</div>
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Which means</div>
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A break from normal school</div>
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And yet the McCourtney children</div>
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Just love to learn!</div>
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It is sweet really...</div>
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So what we do</div>
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Is at the beginning of the morning</div>
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I make a list</div>
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Of WAY more things</div>
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Than we could even begin</div>
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To do in one day</div>
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Of the kids names</div>
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Remember the game </div>
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"Pick a Number Between"</div>
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Well</div>
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We put that game to use!</div>
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This is the result</div>
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The kids love it!</div>
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It's kind of fun for all of us</div>
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You never know</div>
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This evening</div>
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Enoch selected</div>
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I think it is his favorite </div>
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He is ridiculously good at playing it</div>
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Out comes</div>
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The sharpie</div>
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And the kids</div>
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Are ready to play!</div>
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Way too much fun! </div>
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You KNOW</div>
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The day was a success!</div>
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Yeah for twister!</div>
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Who says</div>
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Learning can't be fun!</div>
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P.S.</div>
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I realize</div>
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That Elizabeth isn't smiling...</div>
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I believe</div>
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This must have been</div>
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Her "Game" face</div>
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spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-65842956676413130732012-10-06T01:41:00.000-07:002012-10-06T01:41:19.080-07:00Baby Rabbits and Cute Kids<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm pretty sure</div>
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The title says it all!</div>
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With no further adeui!</div>
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Baby rabbits...</div>
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Cute kids!</div>
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Elianah</div>
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I'm not sure</div>
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How I managed to miss</div>
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A few of the kids</div>
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Guess I will just have</div>
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To spend more times</div>
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With the cute kids ;)</div>
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And our three baby rabbits!</div>
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Wow</div>
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My life is HARD</div>
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So once again</div>
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It is THAT time...</div>
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The time</div>
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(I know I'm not alone in this!)</div>
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Exams...</div>
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To be precise...</div>
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Mid-Term Exams...</div>
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While going through</div>
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Some cirriculum</div>
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From here...</div>
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I discovered something</div>
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That pretty much </div>
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Epitomizes...</div>
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The Ugandan take</div>
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On schooling here...</div>
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Under the badge</div>
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"School is God"</div>
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Yep...</div>
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I found it</div>
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Think school is</div>
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The beginning and end </div>
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Of all...</div>
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Please be praying</div>
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For the children</div>
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The school system here</div>
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Puts HUGE priority</div>
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On passing exams</div>
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So the way they go about that</div>
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Contrary to that</div>
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As a result</div>
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Sometimes our kids get discouraged</div>
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Every one of the questions</div>
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As they go for testing</div>
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That they wouldn't become discouraged</div>
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Everything that they do</div>
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That their teacher</div>
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Would have peace</div>
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That only comes from the Lord!</div>
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Blessings all! </div>
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She is making!</div>
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Trust me</div>
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I know this is</div>
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A touchy subject...</div>
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But it cracked me up</div>
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Too much</div>
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Yesterday</div>
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Enoch was a bit</div>
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Under the weather</div>
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By mid-morning</div>
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He was back to normal</div>
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I asked him</div>
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To put on a coat</div>
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And he got</div>
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The OSU sweatshirt</div>
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That I am sure</div>
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Some avid fan</div>
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Sent us...</div>
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Anyway</div>
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I asked him</div>
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To continue resting</div>
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On the bed</div>
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As I continued </div>
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All of a sudden</div>
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I heard</div>
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Get this...</div>
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Duck noises</div>
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That here he was</div>
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Wearing Beaver colors</div>
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True contradiction! </div>
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Best of both worlds maybe?</div>
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So</div>
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A friend of mine</div>
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It a very gifted artist!</div>
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To help those of us</div>
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Who aren't so "artsy"</div>
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Get in touch with</div>
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Our inner artist</div>
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So she has a little "event"</div>
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On Facebook right now...</div>
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Dedicated it Autumn</div>
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For that event</div>
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We are supposed to do</div>
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"Autumn" or "Fall" Things</div>
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Whether it is</div>
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Crafts</div>
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Photography</div>
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Anything that has to do</div>
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With the Season</div>
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So being in Africa</div>
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Where we are in the middle</div>
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Of rainy season</div>
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Well...</div>
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I am a bit limited :)</div>
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So yesterday</div>
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Here is the result...</div>
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Of my Autumn Pumpkin Soup </div>
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:D</div>
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Love you Cassi!</div>
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This one is just cause</div>
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Back on the home front...</div>
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My cutting assistants!</div>
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Elyssa and Elijah</div>
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The onions complete</div>
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Boiled pumpkin</div>
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To soup</div>
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Mashed pumpkin</div>
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Yummy</div>
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Pumpkin soup</div>
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Accompanied</div>
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Yum :)</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-17361533069532237402012-09-08T11:40:00.002-07:002012-09-08T11:43:06.112-07:00My Question<div style="text-align: center;">
So here it is</div>
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The question that inevitably</div>
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Popped into my head</div>
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The other day</div>
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Why is it</div>
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That two minutes</div>
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After</div>
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The weather</div>
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Looks like this...</div>
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Or especially THIS</div>
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Without FAIL</div>
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One of the young ones</div>
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HAS to go to the pit latrine...</div>
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Which</div>
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Is on the OTHER side</div>
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Of the farm... </div>
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And they CAN'T hold it </div>
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Till it stops raining..</div>
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Why?</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-25286676111057941462012-09-05T05:08:00.000-07:002012-09-05T05:08:18.515-07:00Kids Say the Funniest Things<div style="text-align: center;">
So really quick</div>
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Since I am supposed</div>
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To be doing school</div>
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Right now</div>
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:)</div>
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Kids say</div>
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The funniest things</div>
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We just got</div>
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A package</div>
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From America</div>
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In said package</div>
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Was a "Marvel Comic Book" </div>
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Coloring Book</div>
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Anyway</div>
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This sparked conversations</div>
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About various "Super Hero's"</div>
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And after the kids</div>
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Talked for awhile</div>
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About which one was the best</div>
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The general agreement</div>
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Was "Captain America"</div>
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After a pause</div>
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Elianah looked at me and said</div>
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"Bri... You should marry Captain America"</div>
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My reply</div>
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"I totally agree!"</div>
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Pause</div>
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"But Ellie there is one problem..."</div>
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She thinks about it</div>
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The kids say in unison</div>
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"Captain America isn't real"</div>
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Ellie pauses again</div>
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Then says</div>
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"But if he WAS real...</div>
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You should marry Captain America"</div>
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Amen sister</div>
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Amen </div>
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<br /></div>
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:) </div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-33238854200103233712012-09-03T05:23:00.000-07:002012-09-03T05:23:12.425-07:00Girls and Their Hair<div style="text-align: center;">
So one thing I love</div>
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About the girls hair</div>
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Is how stinkin' neat it looks</div>
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When one of the local ladies comes over</div>
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And braids it...</div>
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As much as I would love to</div>
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I can't quite seem to get the hang</div>
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Of braiding hair</div>
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That is only about...</div>
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Well three inches long</div>
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<br /></div>
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:)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Fortunately </div>
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We have a sweet neighbor girl</div>
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Name Susan</div>
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Who comes over occasionally</div>
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And braids the girls hair</div>
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<br /></div>
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A few of those hair styles</div>
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Well</div>
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: D</div>
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They are DEFINITELY</div>
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Noteworthy :)</div>
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So with no further adeui</div>
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I give you</div>
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The girls</div>
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And their sweet hair!</div>
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Elyssa</div>
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And the swirls!</div>
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:)</div>
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How about...</div>
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A closer look!</div>
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I know...</div>
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Jealous</div>
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Aren't you!</div>
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Elizabeth</div>
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This is a pretty standard</div>
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Hairstyle here</div>
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But it is my favorite</div>
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I think</div>
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Elianah</div>
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You can't see the back</div>
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But there is another row coming up</div>
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To meet her hair as well</div>
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Last but not least</div>
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Eden</div>
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In all</div>
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Her hair braided glory</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
:)</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-69646343409574428292012-09-02T07:07:00.002-07:002012-09-02T07:17:59.609-07:00snake... Snake... SNAKE!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />
I find that some of my best posts<br />
Are about the insanity<br />
That Africa throws at me<br />
<br />
Generally in the form<br />
Of some sort of bug<br />
<br />
One thing<br />
That I had definitely<br />
Been happy about<br />
Was the fact<br />
That I had never encountered<br />
A snake...<br />
At least <br />
Not one on one...<br />
<br />
However,<br />
I have been resigned<br />
For some months now<br />
To the fact <br />
That this record<br />
Wasn’t gonna stand<br />
<br />
Living out here<br />
More on the outskirts <br />
Of Kitgum<br />
<br />
On a farm<br />
Pretty much sooner<br />
Or later<br />
(Which I was for)<br />
I was gonna run across one<br />
<br />
And now<br />
It has happened<br />
<br />
Twice actually...<br />
<br />
Sorry, <br />
Like I said in my first post<br />
I have been remiss<br />
In updating...<br />
<br />
Regardless<br />
It is actually<br />
A good thing<br />
<br />
Because I have found<br />
That oddly<br />
My thought process<br />
In finding a snake<br />
Is always<br />
The same...<br />
<br />
So first<br />
I will let you in<br />
On the process<br />
I go through mentally<br />
<br />
Then I will give you<br />
The specifics...<br />
<br />
I don’t know<br />
If you will find it <br />
As amusing as I do<br />
(Sorry Mom)<br />
<br />
But every time<br />
I think about it<br />
I crack up...<br />
<br />
So mentally<br />
When I see a snake<br />
I find I go through<br />
Three separate stages...<br />
<br />
snake... Snake... SNAKE!<br />
<br />
Let me explain<br />
<br />
Stage One : snake<br />
<br />
This is the stage<br />
Of recognition...<br />
<br />
“What is that thing...”<br />
I begin to<br />
Observe characteristics...<br />
<br />
I.E....<br />
<br />
It is black...<br />
<br />
It has a hooded head<br />
<br />
It is slithering<br />
<br />
Then comprehension<br />
<br />
“Huh, oh, it is a snake”<br />
<br />
Stage Two: Snake<br />
<br />
Next comes the stage<br />
Of understanding<br />
<br />
“Wait a minute...<br />
That is dangerous...<br />
Snake = Poisonous”<br />
<br />
It is in stage two <br />
That I will verbally say <br />
“Snake”<br />
<br />
Just once<br />
Very calmly...<br />
When comprehension <br />
Of danger<br />
Strikes <br />
(Pun intended)<br />
: D<br />
<br />
Stage Three: SNAKE<br />
<br />
This is when<br />
My mind starts racing<br />
I start yelling at the kids<br />
Like a mad woman<br />
<br />
“SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE<br />
Get OFF the ground<br />
And up on the wall!!!”<br />
<br />
Once I have all the kids<br />
Off the ground<br />
And safe,<br />
This is also the stage<br />
Where I run<br />
And get<br />
“The mighty snake slayers”<br />
<br />
Who are cleverly disguised<br />
As our workers...<br />
<br />
Who all just get excited<br />
And come to kill it...<br />
<br />
Wow...<br />
<br />
So...<br />
Now you know <br />
What goes through my mind<br />
<br />
It is time<br />
To hear<br />
The stories<br />
Of the actual “encounters”<br />
<br />
Encounter One<br />
<br />
The other day<br />
I was walking <br />
Toward the hut<br />
Where we keep our solar<br />
To get my computer<br />
<br />
When I saw it<br />
Peeking up<br />
Over the step at me<br />
<br />
Begin the mental process<br />
(See Three Stage process)<br />
<br />
Yep<br />
It was<br />
A stinkin’ cobra!<br />
<br />
And it was reared up<br />
And hissing at me!<br />
<br />
HOLY-MOLEY<br />
<br />
Fortunately<br />
I saw it<br />
Before I got very close<br />
I was still<br />
About 5 feet away from it<br />
<br />
So<br />
Having gone through<br />
Stages 1,2 & 3<br />
Others are coming to assist<br />
In the form of<br />
Two of our staff ladies<br />
And Therese<br />
Came to get that sucker<br />
And kill him good!<br />
<br />
Unfortunately<br />
The snake wasn't co-operating<br />
And...<br />
<br />
It turned around<br />
And went back into the room<br />
<br />
And I was the only one<br />
Who had seen it...<br />
<br />
So there we are<br />
Looking in the room for it<br />
And all we could find<br />
Were frogs<br />
<br />
Let me tell you what<br />
I was starting to worry<br />
I had imagined the whole thing<br />
<br />
Also, I was worried<br />
If we couldn’t find it<br />
I was never gonna be able to go<br />
In that room again<br />
For fear it was gonna take<br />
A bite out of my leg!<br />
<br />
Praise the Lord<br />
We finally found it<br />
<br />
And it almost<br />
Bit poor Catherine...<br />
Who promptly screamed<br />
Dropped her stick<br />
And ran...<br />
Followed closely<br />
By Margaret and Therese<br />
<br />
Even better<br />
Therese had a lamp in her hand<br />
Which had a rather long cord<br />
And at one point<br />
We all thought<br />
The snake was chasing us<br />
<br />
Great was out relief<br />
When we realized<br />
It was only...<br />
The cord :)<br />
<br />
I tell ya<br />
Sometimes<br />
You gotta laugh<br />
Or you will cry<br />
<br />
So having surmised<br />
That it was not gonna just<br />
Sit still<br />
Long enough<br />
For us to beat it to death<br />
With sticks<br />
<br />
We did what any<br />
Self respecting woman does...<br />
<br />
And we called the men :D<br />
<br />
So they all<br />
Gladly stopped their work<br />
And came running<br />
<br />
Now we have<br />
Six rather large men<br />
With equally large <br />
Sticks, rakes and shovels<br />
Inside a rather small hut<br />
Trying to kill this <br />
Extremely<br />
Angry<br />
Snake...<br />
<br />
The kids<br />
Are all up on the walls<br />
Of the crafting hut<br />
Wishing they could see<br />
<br />
And all the women<br />
(myself included)<br />
Are peering into the window<br />
Yelling advice<br />
And reminding the men<br />
To be cautious...<br />
<br />
Why is it<br />
In times of danger<br />
People always feel it necessary<br />
To tell those taking a risk<br />
Really obvious things...<br />
<br />
I found myself saying things like<br />
“Be careful”<br />
and<br />
“Don’t get bit”<br />
<br />
Good thing I was there<br />
They might not have known<br />
That those were things<br />
They needed to keep in mind<br />
<br />
Right :)<br />
<br />
Anyway<br />
Long and the short<br />
Of it<br />
They got him...<br />
<br />
Smashed his head<br />
And he was<br />
Removed<br />
<br />
Yikes...<br />
I joke you not<br />
The guys were pounding<br />
Each other on the back<br />
And congratulating <br />
One another...<br />
<br />
Yep<br />
Some things<br />
Are universal <br />
:D<br />
<br />
This snake was about<br />
2 ½ ft long<br />
Which to me<br />
Might as well<br />
Have been a mile<br />
It seemed so big!<br />
<br />
However<br />
Crisis...<br />
AVERTED<br />
<br />
Humans 1<br />
Snakes 0<br />
<br />
Encounter Two<br />
<br />
This happened<br />
Just yesterday actually<br />
<br />
There we were<br />
All sitting in <br />
The crafting hut<br />
Minding our own business<br />
<br />
When I<br />
(Who was sitting on the wall)<br />
Heard something strange...<br />
<br />
So I turned around<br />
To figure out what it was<br />
That I was hearing<br />
<br />
Repeat Three Stages<br />
In mental snake process<br />
Here...<br />
<br />
So I am sitting<br />
On the low wall<br />
Of the crafting hut<br />
<br />
Which has <br />
No door<br />
And the snake<br />
Is right under me<br />
Heading straight for<br />
The door opening...<br />
<br />
Oh<br />
My <br />
Gosh!<br />
<br />
Praise the Lord<br />
Zooey<br />
Our German Shepherd<br />
Is laying across the opening<br />
So it stopped the snake<br />
From coming in<br />
<br />
(As a side note<br />
I don’t believe in <br />
Coincident... Or chance<br />
Even though I didn’t know<br />
That snake was gonna come<br />
God did <br />
And He placed angel in its path<br />
In the form<br />
Of a rather large<br />
Loveable<br />
German Shepherd)<br />
<br />
So the snake was stopped<br />
At the door<br />
Stood up (like they do)<br />
Hood out<br />
And hissed...<br />
<br />
Thankfully<br />
Zooey didn’t get bitten<br />
And she scared the snake enough<br />
That it turned around<br />
And started slithering away<br />
<br />
So while Ryan tried to kill it<br />
I ran and got the staff<br />
Who all very calmly<br />
Ate another bite of their lunch<br />
<br />
Then got up<br />
And came<br />
Gathering<br />
Rocks, Sticks and Bamboo<br />
With which they intended<br />
To slay the snake<br />
<br />
Unfortunately<br />
We have quite a bit<br />
Of random sacks, containers<br />
Along with<br />
Various other things<br />
In that area right now<br />
Because of all the crop harvesting<br />
We have been doing<br />
So it took them again<br />
A bit to find the snake<br />
Which had gone into hiding<br />
<br />
Finally, Santa shook out a sack<br />
And out plopped the snake<br />
At the feet<br />
Of Zippy (our dog)<br />
<br />
Once again<br />
It didn’t bite her<br />
<br />
The snake was more concerned<br />
At getting away<br />
<br />
But with about nine Acholi’s<br />
Out to kill it<br />
That WASN’T gonna happen<br />
<br />
The kids were all<br />
Really excited<br />
To be able to see this snake<br />
From the safety<br />
Of the wall in the crafting hut<br />
<br />
So<br />
The snake is cornered<br />
The pounding begins<br />
And very quickly<br />
It is dead<br />
<br />
Yikes<br />
<br />
Another crisis...<br />
AVERTED!<br />
<br />
Humans 2<br />
Snakes 0<br />
<br />
So<br />
What have we learned from all this<br />
<br />
#1 Keep all the doors closed<br />
And<br />
#2 If you see a snake... Run<br />
<br />
We are also<br />
Going to do<br />
“Snake drills”<br />
For the kids ;)<br />
To improve<br />
Their response time<br />
In case another<br />
“Snake situation”<br />
Happens<br />
<br />
They are so excited!<br />
<br />
Please continue to keep all of us<br />
In your prayers<br />
<br />
As when dry season starts up<br />
In a few months<br />
The snakes increase<br />
And we have 11 children<br />
Running around<br />
<br />
God is good<br />
And as I tell the kids<br />
Every time we talk about snakes<br />
<br />
We may not know where they are<br />
But He does<br />
And He is our protector!<br />
<br />
Blessings :)<br />
Bri</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-84110286570535753062012-09-02T07:00:00.001-07:002012-09-02T07:03:28.922-07:00Blame it on the Rain<div style="text-align: center;">
Well<br />
I have been realizing<br />
In the last few days<br />
That I have been<br />
Sorely remiss<br />
In writing blog posts...<br />
<br />
I always fight the thought<br />
<br />
“My life isn’t that interesting...<br />
Does anyone really care<br />
To hear what I have been doing<br />
With my ‘day to day’<br />
So to speak”<br />
<br />
Anyway,<br />
Long and the short of it<br />
Is that I started praying<br />
That the Lord would<br />
“Inspire me”<br />
<br />
Unfortunately <br />
Now I have about four blog posts<br />
Floating around in my head<br />
Waiting to be written out<br />
<br />
Man...<br />
When it rains<br />
It pours!<br />
<br />
:)<br />
<br />
Which leads me to my first<br />
Blog update...<br />
<br />
Which quite literally<br />
Has to do<br />
With the rain! <br />
:D<br />
<br />
I thought I would give you all<br />
A little look<br />
Into what happens here<br />
When it rains<br />
<br />
Fortunately<br />
(Or unfortunately<br />
Depending on your perspective)<br />
Today was Sunday<br />
So there wasn’t a whole lot<br />
Going on<br />
Since we don’t have any staff here<br />
<br />
Here is a bit of a glance<br />
Into a wet...<br />
Soggy day <br />
<br />
:D<br />
<br />
First of all<br />
All our pets<br />
Seem to think<br />
That when it is raining outside<br />
It gives them permission<br />
To take over our huts<br />
Inside...<br />
So here they are<br />
In all their glory</div>
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(Cy and Five Bucks...</div>
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My room = Their room</div>
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When it rains)</div>
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Chai </div>
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Clean Laundry... Or bed</div>
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Poor Zippy</div>
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Don't you just feel</div>
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Zooey</div>
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Technically</div>
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She isn't even allowed in that room...</div>
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But do the rules REALLY count</div>
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When it is raining :)</div>
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The children</div>
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Hiding in their rooms...</div>
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But they</div>
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Love it!</div>
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They would love it even more</div>
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If I would let them</div>
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Play in the rain :)</div>
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That's me</div>
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Meanie ;)</div>
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Is an example</div>
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Of why</div>
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We have these steps</div>
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Built INSIDE the huts...</div>
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We call them wells</div>
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Elyssa and Eden</div>
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The boys</div>
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Girls have dolls</div>
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Boys</div>
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spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-62761019169023916862012-07-18T10:37:00.000-07:002012-07-18T10:37:03.102-07:00Really... Really?<div style="text-align: center;">
So this afternoon</div>
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The kids and I </div>
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Decided to take some time</div>
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And relax...</div>
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We had slight reprieve</div>
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From testing</div>
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(non today because Zane had to go on a short trip)</div>
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So we decided</div>
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To bust out</div>
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"The Great Escape"</div>
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Classic!</div>
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Can't go wrong</div>
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With Steve McQueen ever!</div>
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Right :)</div>
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Anyway,</div>
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I got a cup of coffee</div>
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<br />And we all settled in</div>
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About half way through</div>
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The movie</div>
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I casually glanced down</div>
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Into my almost finished</div>
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Cup of coffee</div>
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And what do you think</div>
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I discovered there?</div>
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A drowned spider</div>
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About the size</div>
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Of a silver dollar...</div>
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Really...</div>
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Really?</div>
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Is NOTHING sacred anymore :)</div>
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Bugs are even</div>
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Invading my coffee time now</div>
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Ew!</div>
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As for testing</div>
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Three down</div>
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Three more to go!</div>
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The kids are settling into the routine now</div>
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And seem to still enjoy it</div>
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For the most part</div>
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Please continue to pray for them</div>
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Some of the curriculum that they teach</div>
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Here in the schools</div>
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Is just memorization</div>
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And the students of the school</div>
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Don't really "understand" the concept</div>
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Which we aren't doing with our kids</div>
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We are taking our time</div>
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And slowly adding</div>
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Making sure that they really understand</div>
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What we are teaching them</div>
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Understandably</div>
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They kids get frustrated</div>
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When something comes up</div>
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That they don't know how to do...</div>
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Thankfully</div>
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As I have explained to them</div>
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That they just need to do their best</div>
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And skip the "hard stuff"</div>
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They seem to be doing better</div>
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Blessings!</div>
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Bri</div>
spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-60630349326019773252012-07-12T10:55:00.000-07:002012-07-12T10:55:40.046-07:00Second Post... Same day<div style="text-align: center;">
What?</div>
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Can it be???</div>
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Two posts in one day!</div>
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Outrageous!!!</div>
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However,</div>
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It is indeed true</div>
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:)</div>
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Sorry that I have been</div>
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A bit lax</div>
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In updating</div>
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Seems that there is a lot going on</div>
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When you are taking care</div>
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Of 11 children</div>
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Homeschooling</div>
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And generally</div>
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Keeping up </div>
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With life</div>
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In an Africa Country!</div>
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However,</div>
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I am so blessed!</div>
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God has been so faithful</div>
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He reminds me constantly</div>
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That His strength</div>
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Is made perfect</div>
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In my weakness</div>
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That He is the author of all wisdom</div>
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And that</div>
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Without Him</div>
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I am nothing</div>
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Blessed be His name</div>
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All that said</div>
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Things are going well</div>
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Here at Lil' Village</div>
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Next week</div>
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Is Finals at the local school</div>
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Please keep that </div>
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In your prayers</div>
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Praise the Lord</div>
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I feel </div>
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Like the kids are ready</div>
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We have been studying hard</div>
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And the kids</div>
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Are really trying</div>
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To learn well</div>
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It is cute :)</div>
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I wish people</div>
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Could sit in on our classes</div>
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I can't believe</div>
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How much I learn!</div>
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And I am the teacher :) </div>
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So</div>
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Any and all prayer</div>
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For exams</div>
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Would be much appreciated</div>
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Needless to say</div>
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After all the prep</div>
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And extended class time</div>
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The week after exams</div>
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We will be taking</div>
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A bit of a break</div>
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:) </div>
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On the front</div>
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Of Summer's health</div>
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She continues to rest</div>
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Eat</div>
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And wait in America</div>
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Her return date is set</div>
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For early September</div>
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And we all await her return</div>
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With baited breathe!</div>
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Please keep the entire McCourtney family</div>
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In your prayers</div>
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For Summer's health </div>
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That the Dr's would have wisdom</div>
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In diagnosing</div>
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What is going on</div>
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In her body</div>
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And helping her</div>
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To regain her health</div>
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That the time would go quickly</div>
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Until her return </div>
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As I am sure</div>
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You can understand </div>
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It is hard for all of them</div>
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To be so far apart</div>
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For so long</div>
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On another front </div>
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The farm</div>
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Continues to grow</div>
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And change</div>
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It is so cool</div>
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To see everything green</div>
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And growing!</div>
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The rain has been coming</div>
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In the Afternoons</div>
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By rain</div>
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I am talking</div>
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Torrential downpours!</div>
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However</div>
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Being an Oregon girl</div>
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I can't help</div>
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But love every minute of it</div>
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Although</div>
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In the middle of the night</div>
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When I wake up</div>
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Because water is dripping on my face</div>
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I might not have</div>
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Quite that good</div>
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Of an attitude about it</div>
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Building around the property continues</div>
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Sorry about the lack of pictures</div>
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I just so happened</div>
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To feel inspired tonight</div>
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(Hence the two blog posts)</div>
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I will try and dust off my camera</div>
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And run around </div>
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In the next few days</div>
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And take some pictures</div>
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Thanks you everyone</div>
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For your prayers</div>
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Blessings</div>
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From a little hut</div>
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In Africa</div>
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<br /></div>
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:)</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-63542525124941427612012-07-12T10:17:00.000-07:002012-07-12T10:17:01.047-07:00Okra<div style="text-align: center;">
So</div>
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I am not from the South</div>
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Which means</div>
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Until I moved to Uganda</div>
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I had never tried Okra</div>
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I realized last time I was here</div>
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I wasn't missing much</div>
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:)</div>
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It is a bit</div>
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Of a slimy mess </div>
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However</div>
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It is hard to escape</div>
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Here in Uganda</div>
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In Okra season</div>
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It is everywhere</div>
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And it is cheap</div>
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So once again today</div>
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It was time</div>
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To eat Okra</div>
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Well I did try to share with Zane</div>
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That I felt it was possible</div>
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The Lord might be</div>
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Speaking through me</div>
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That we should just sell it all</div>
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And bless the community</div>
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He however suggested</div>
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That I might be confusing</div>
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My own opinion</div>
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With the Lords...</div>
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I did after all</div>
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Say might... </div>
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:D</div>
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So I was told</div>
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The ladies could make it for lunch</div>
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Or I could make it</div>
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To go with dinner</div>
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The house helper</div>
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Catherine</div>
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Who was cooking that day</div>
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Said she felt it would be better </div>
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With dinner</div>
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Seems they didn't</div>
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Want to eat it</div>
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Either</div>
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:)</div>
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You know there is something wrong</div>
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If the locals</div>
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Won't eat it...</div>
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Right!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
Elise</div>
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A friend who is staying here</div>
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For the summer</div>
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Informed me</div>
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That she had Okra once</div>
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In the South</div>
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Of course</div>
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Deep fried</div>
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She said that</div>
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It wasn't so bad...</div>
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So...</div>
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Battered</div>
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And deep fried</div>
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Sure,</div>
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I can do that!</div>
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So...</div>
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Evening comes </div>
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Okra is cut</div>
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And batter is mixed</div>
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At which point</div>
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It begins </div>
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To torrentially</div>
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Down-pour...</div>
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Really?</div>
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Yep, sure enough</div>
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Don't know if I have mentioned it</div>
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But we have an</div>
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Outdoor kitchen</div>
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<br /></div>
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So I am deep frying</div>
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Outside</div>
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With a little metal roof</div>
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That just covers my head</div>
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Fortunately</div>
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The rain was pushing</div>
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The other way</div>
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So it wasn't blowing in at me</div>
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Stop for a minute</div>
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Run and get a rain coat</div>
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Shut all the shutters and doors</div>
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And it is back</div>
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To cooking </div>
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<br /></div>
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Yeah wind and rain!</div>
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<br /></div>
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So here I am</div>
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Deep frying</div>
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In the middle of a rain storm</div>
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All of a sudden</div>
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There is a </div>
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Bright</div>
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Light...</div>
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Goodness gracious!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Sure enough...</div>
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Lightning</div>
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<br /></div>
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And I am deep frying</div>
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Outside</div>
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Under a metal roof</div>
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That is built</div>
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Under a giant tamarind tree</div>
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In a rain storm</div>
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<br /></div>
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Did I mention</div>
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I might...</div>
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Have been barefooted</div>
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And standing in puddles</div>
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From aformentioned</div>
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Rain storm...</div>
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Points to me</div>
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For being so smart</div>
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What do you think</div>
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My next thought</div>
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Was...</div>
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<br /></div>
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"Run inside"?</div>
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"Put on shoes"?</div>
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"Turn of gas burner"?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Nope</div>
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My first thought</div>
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"I wonder what</div>
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Would happen</div>
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If I got </div>
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Struck by lightning" </div>
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Yikes!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Sorry Mom</div>
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Anyway</div>
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I finally got the Okra done</div>
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And I had tons of batter left</div>
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<br /></div>
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So what do you do</div>
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When you are deep frying</div>
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And you have extra batter...</div>
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Deep fry it of course!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Yum</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am pretty sure at this point</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That deep frying</div>
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Makes everything taste good</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
No wonder they eat Okra in the South</div>
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<br /></div>
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They probably only eat it</div>
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Deep fried</div>
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Which I am happy to report</div>
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Tastes amazing!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Kind of like a slightly sweet Jalepeno</div>
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<br /></div>
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Who knew....</div>
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<br /></div>
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So...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I survived</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The Okra turned out</div>
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<br /></div>
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And on top of it</div>
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<br /></div>
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The kids liked it!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I even had</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The house help</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Try some</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Before they left</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Surprise</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Surprise!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
They liked it too</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Another dish to add to my </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Cooking abilities......</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Score one</div>
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To the South!</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-29941339881922649442012-06-21T09:32:00.000-07:002012-06-21T09:32:56.253-07:00Bandana's... One of God's Great Inventions!<div style="text-align: center;">
The simplicity of my life</div>
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Blesses me</div>
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On a daily basis</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
One of the things</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That lately I have<br />
Been considering </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Is a simple...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Bandana</div>
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<span id="goog_164442474"></span><span id="goog_164442475"></span> I know right...<br />
Pretty straight-forward<br />
<br />
Or<br />
Are they<br />
<br />
You would be<br />
AMAZED<br />
At how versitale<br />
They are here<br />
In Kitgum, Uganda<br />
<br />
For example<br />
Did you know<br />
They they could be used...<br />
To turn a cute youngster<br />
Into a fierce robber!<br />
<br />
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(Eden)<br />
<br />
I know right!<br />
Terrifying<br />
How these wonders work<br />
Isn't it<br />
<br />
What about<br />
A slightly less fearful transformation<br />
The cowboy<br />
<br />
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(Ethan)<br />
<br />
Although<br />
In this case<br />
It does cause<br />
A normally sweet boy<br />
To pick up<br />
A papaya branch<br />
And transform that<br />
Into a long-rifle<br />
<br />
Who would have thought it!<br />
<br />
Then<br />
There is <br />
The always fierce<br />
Pirate!<br />
<br />
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(Elijah)<br />
<br />
Complete<br />
With scallywag snarl!<br />
<br />
Then watch out!<br />
Not only does it do all this<br />
But it also<br />
Completes Darth Vader's<br />
Robot Arm!!!<br />
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(Ephraim)<br />
<br />
George Lucas should<br />
Have taken this<br />
Into consideration<br />
When they did costume design!<br />
<br />
Now we have<br />
The slightly less frightening<br />
Transformations<br />
See<br />
Even bandana's have<br />
A good side<br />
:)<br />
<br />
Here we have<br />
The sweat band<br />
<br />
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(Eli)<br />
<br />
Let me say<br />
Much needed<br />
In the hot season!<br />
<br />
Now we have<br />
Practical use<br />
Aprons<br />
For aspiring chef's!<br />
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(Eston)<br />
<br />
Or how about<br />
Bib's<br />
For aspiring eaters :)<br />
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(Enoch)<br />
<br />
And last<br />
But not least<br />
Pretty much<br />
Everyone needs<br />
A Super hero<br />
Floating around<br />
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(Ezra)<br />
<br />
So there you have it<br />
Such a simple invention<br />
<br />
And yet<br />
So many ways<br />
To put it to use<br />
<br />
Praise God<br />
For small gifts<br />
:)<br />
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Well</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A few weeks have gone by</div>
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Sorry about not updating</div>
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<br /></div>
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It seems my computer cord</div>
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Decided to spoil</div>
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:)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Which meant I had to take</div>
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A temporary</div>
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"Fast"</div>
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From the internet</div>
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As well as blogging</div>
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<br /></div>
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Fortunately</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am back</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
With a "temporary" cord</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Until a better one</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Can be sent up</div>
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<br /></div>
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And also</div>
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With a thankful heart</div>
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For a working computer!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Funny how easy it is</div>
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To take for granted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The little things</div>
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Like working computer cords</div>
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Then when they are gone</div>
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Well...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
:)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
You realize how blessed you are!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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Another thing</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That I realized</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Is that in America</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I always took for granted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
My dining room table</div>
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<br /></div>
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Today for supper</div>
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We had potato soup</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Yummy!</div>
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However</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
As I was dishing it out</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I realized</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That if it spilled</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The kids were going to have</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A burn</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
:(</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
No bueno! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Make shift tables</div>
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Yes Please!</div>
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These boys even said</div>
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It was like</div>
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Going to a restaurant!</div>
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To which Eston</div>
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(on the left below)</div>
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Declared</div>
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When he has a restaurant some day</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
He might do it like this!</div>
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<br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
All in all</div>
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<br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Just another way</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
To see blessing :)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Even Elizabeth</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Who got to use</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The corner of the cooking counter</div>
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Loved it!</div>
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<br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
God is so good to us!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Please continue</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
To keep all of us</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
In your prayers</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Summer, Eryn and Ezekiel</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Left this morning</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
In preparation</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
For going to America</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
How long they will be in America</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Is at the moment unsure</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
But because of Summer's health</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
It might have to be</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Up to several months</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Please be praying for the McCourtney Family</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
During this time</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
As well as myself</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Therese</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and a girl named Elise</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(who will be staying with us</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for a few months)</div>
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<br />As we all press on</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
With what the Lord has called us to</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
This season!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
May the name of Jesus</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Be praised</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
And lifted higher daily!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Blessings</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Bri</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-62291888927513253202012-05-16T10:49:00.002-07:002012-05-16T10:50:42.448-07:00How the Magic Happens<div style="text-align: center;">
It all starts...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Deep</div>
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In the mountains</div>
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Of South Sudan</div>
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Then</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
It travels many miles</div>
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On the back</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of a motorcycle</div>
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In one of these</div>
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Then we grind it</div>
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So that</div>
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Now...</div>
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It is almost ready</div>
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All that needs to be done</div>
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Is wait for the morning</div>
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Then water is boiled</div>
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The coffee is brewed</div>
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And</div>
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PRESTO!</div>
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Magic :) </div>
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Welcome </div>
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To my morning </div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-52281802255448043212012-05-13T10:12:00.000-07:002012-05-13T10:12:43.481-07:00Happy Mother's Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
To My Mother</div>
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:)</div>
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Happy Mother's Day!</div>
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Not everyone</div>
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Is as blessed as I am</div>
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To have such a</div>
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Godly</div>
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Beautiful</div>
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Gracious</div>
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Loving</div>
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Mother</div>
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She is an example</div>
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Of what</div>
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A godly woman should be</div>
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I am blessed </div>
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Thank you God</div>
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For good gifts</div>
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:)</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-17976636707748279942012-05-11T11:37:00.000-07:002012-05-11T11:39:25.217-07:00Obbo, Southern Sudan<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow!</div>
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God is so Awesome</div>
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As I wrote in my </div>
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Previous although short post</div>
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A few of us</div>
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From here in Kitgum</div>
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Went up to Southern Sudan</div>
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At the beginning of this week</div>
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Just for a few days</div>
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What a HUGE blessing it was</div>
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I wish everyone could experience </div>
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Just a little</div>
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Of what we were able to</div>
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Do,</div>
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Experience,</div>
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Be a part of</div>
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Wow!</div>
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So awesome</div>
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And yet</div>
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So heartbreaking</div>
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The life that some of these people live</div>
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What they go through</div>
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Experience</div>
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And suffer</div>
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Wow, it is sobering</div>
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And reminds me</div>
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The importance of remembering</div>
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The huge blessings that the Lord gives me!</div>
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Every day </div>
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Some of the children</div>
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Would just break your heart</div>
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They are so sweet...</div>
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As you can imagine</div>
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It was easy to take their pictures :) </div>
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Although we weren't able</div>
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To do as much</div>
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As we would have liked with the children</div>
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Since we were only there</div>
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For one full day</div>
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We were able</div>
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To gather them all together</div>
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And do two short lessons</div>
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As well as some songs</div>
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So much fun!</div>
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I taught them</div>
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"If your happy and you know it"</div>
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Complete</div>
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With action</div>
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Clap</div>
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Jump</div>
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Stomp</div>
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Say "Amen!"</div>
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Turn Around</div>
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Then Erica</div>
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(One of the missionaries that came with us)</div>
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Taught on Creation</div>
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And Adam and Eve</div>
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Good stuff :)</div>
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Then we went on</div>
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To have a few sessions </div>
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With some of the local women</div>
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Down in the "church"</div>
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And the pews</div>
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Inside</div>
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Sitting on those pews</div>
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In America</div>
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Doesn't seem like it is <br />
"All that uncomfortable" anymore</div>
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Does it :)</div>
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Wow!</div>
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Those women</div>
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What they live with</div>
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Every day</div>
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I don't know how </div>
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Some of them continue on</div>
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A few of the ladies</div>
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That came with us</div>
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Taught</div>
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From 1 John</div>
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And then</div>
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We got to know some</div>
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Of the ladies </div>
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Of Obbo better</div>
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We opened up</div>
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After the teaching</div>
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For questions</div>
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And prayer requests</div>
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One woman</div>
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Asked for prayer</div>
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She was blinded by her husband</div>
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Who was a drunk</div>
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And then he knocked out</div>
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Half her teeth</div>
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To top it all off</div>
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He then died</div>
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...</div>
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She was praying</div>
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For God to help her find a way</div>
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To survive</div>
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As she is blind</div>
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Elderly at this point</div>
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And raising two small children</div>
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Your life</div>
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Doesn't seem so difficult anymore</div>
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Does it?</div>
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Another woman</div>
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Asked for prayer</div>
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She was the second</div>
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Of four wives</div>
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Her husband hates Christians</div>
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Is a drunk</div>
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And enjoys</div>
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Coming home every night</div>
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After drinking for hours</div>
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To find his two wives</div>
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Who are believers</div>
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And beating them and their children</div>
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The only thing</div>
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That they can do</div>
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To protect themselves</div>
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Is to run out</div>
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Into the bush</div>
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Hide</div>
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And sleep there</div>
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Until he is sober in the morning...</div>
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How's your life looking now?</div>
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Another woman</div>
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Birthed 9 children</div>
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After the 6th died</div>
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She decided</div>
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She didn't need the Lord</div>
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And walked away</div>
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She only came to church again</div>
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After 5 years</div>
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Because she had heard we had come</div>
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And wanted to see</div>
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What we were about </div>
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Another of her children</div>
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Had died</div>
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Since she left the Lord</div>
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How horrible!</div>
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And yet</div>
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There is hope in Christ</div>
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Death is not the end</div>
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For those that love the Lord </div>
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Which we reminded her of </div>
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She had walked away</div>
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From Him</div>
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But he had not forgotten her</div>
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She rededicated</div>
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Her life to Him </div>
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Praise the name of Jesus!</div>
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The stories</div>
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Go on and on</div>
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But what it reminded me of</div>
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Was how faithful</div>
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Our God is</div>
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And how good He is to me!</div>
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Hard to take things for granted</div>
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When you can look around</div>
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And see the suffering of others</div>
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Then there was</div>
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The singing</div>
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Wow!</div>
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You can't explain it</div>
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You just have to be there</div>
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There was singing for greeting</div>
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There was singing for worship</div>
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There was singing for our break</div>
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There was singing in our honor</div>
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By the children</div>
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The youth</div>
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And the women</div>
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That...</div>
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Is a lot of singing</div>
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Then</div>
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There was the eating!</div>
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Wow</div>
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Here, if you are welcome</div>
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They will serve you chicken</div>
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If they are really excited</div>
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You get it twice</div>
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We...</div>
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Got it three times...</div>
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Who else</div>
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Gets chicken for breakfast?</div>
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I did :)</div>
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Oh and did I mention</div>
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The fresh coffee</div>
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Like</div>
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Grown on the mountain</div>
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(It was left there by the Italians before the war) </div>
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Hand ground</div>
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And then served</div>
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Yep,</div>
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So </div>
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Good!</div>
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Oh </div>
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And did I mention</div>
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Bathing</div>
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You just have to make sure</div>
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That towel doesn't fall </div>
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Whoops!</div>
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Here is where we</div>
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Washed our hands</div>
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Ah the beauty </div>
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Of simplicity :)</div>
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What a blessing</div>
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So two days</div>
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Went much to fast</div>
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And here I am</div>
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Back in my warm bed</div>
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The next trip is in August :)</div>
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Can't wait!</div>
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P.S.</div>
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Please be praying</div>
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For the people</div>
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Of Southern Sudan</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725841781923003862.post-78385172282805239912012-05-06T03:47:00.000-07:002012-05-11T11:38:09.379-07:00Sudan, Here We Come!<div style="text-align: center;">
Well </div>
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It is that time again</div>
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The time we all have to pack up</div>
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And renew our visas...</div>
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I am in the process</div>
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Of getting a work permit</div>
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But for now</div>
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I have to leave the country</div>
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Every three months</div>
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Tomorrow morning </div>
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We are going up</div>
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To Southern Sudan</div>
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About a 2 hour drive</div>
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To the border</div>
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From Kitgum</div>
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Zane will be driving</div>
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Therese and myself</div>
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Along with a few others</div>
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Across the border</div>
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To a town called "Obbo"</div>
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I have been to Sudan once</div>
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But this time</div>
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We will be going in </div>
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A bit deeper</div>
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And staying for two nights</div>
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I am so excited!</div>
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We will be doing some ministry</div>
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With women and children</div>
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And the men</div>
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Will be doing some ministry</div>
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And possibly</div>
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Door to door witnessing!</div>
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Please keep us all</div>
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In your prayers</div>
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For traveling mercy</div>
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It is rainy season </div>
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Which means that the roads</div>
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May be really bad</div>
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Think ginormous mud bogs </div>
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So it can be really easy </div>
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To get the vehicle stuck</div>
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Also safety</div>
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Prayer for the ministry</div>
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And that we will be</div>
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An encouragement</div>
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To the believers </div>
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I am going to take my camera</div>
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So hopefully I will be able to post</div>
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A few pictures!</div>
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Thank your for</div>
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Your prayers!</div>spokenandsavedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315183741689247161noreply@blogger.com1