Friday, November 27, 2009

Our Zambia Mission Family!!!

Isn't this a great family portrait??? :) We just returned from our Zambia Baptist Mission Prayer Retreat. Our mission is celebrating 50 years of Baptist work in Zambia this year and we spent much time praying and thanking Him for all that the Father has done here and asking him to continue to use us to finish the task! Our theme was Praying Persistently. What a blessing to be with one another in the presence of our King! The Lord spoke to me through the following verses. Psalm 2:7-8 "I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me,"You are my Son, today I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession." Join us in asking the Father for the Nations!!!

What a great family portrait! The Zam Fam!


James led worship with our good friend Mike Smith

The Protea Safari Lodge

What a beautiful place! What a blessing to be able to stay here!


Micah and "his boy" Easton Helgren fed a baby Bushbuck that came up to the hotel restaurant! It ate bread crumbs out of their hands!

Girls, Girls, and more Girls! :)


Uncle Kevin tipped the scale! :)

A fun time was had by ALL!!!!!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Our hippo! :)

For a while now, we have told you of the hippos that live in our lake but have yet to "see" them. A couple of weeks ago, I took the kids down the road to swim. While there we heard a loud SNORT from the other side of the bushes. We got our camera and sure enough, about 20 feet off the shore, our hippo swam by! The kids call her "Gloria" (off the movie Madagascar). I hope this is as close as we get to "Gloria"! :)