Excuses :-)

Ok, so I know it hasn't been every day...but here are my excuses/ an update on the last few days:
- two days actually merged into one for me as I spent all of Friday night finishing the church finances with Andrew and Sunday cheering us on--I felt like I was in college again trying to finish a last minute project! We presented it to the church Saturday morning and I have never seen a church laugh so much through a financial report, but I guess that is what you get when the people presenting hadn't slept at all!

- Other than that I have been fairly sick and so have spent some days just at home trying to get better. I went to the doctor and had tests done and today when I went back he told me everything looked fine...but the great thing is that I got to talk to the doctor for like 20 minutes about the Lord and how much he means to me and how much He loves him...he just kept asking me questions--it was awesome!

I almost forgot

But I didn't! I really hope to get into more of a routine of updating. Today was a fairly normal day of teaching, going to the market with Queen to get food for the family, stopping by the church office (for shorter than I usually do), and then coming home and helping feed the kids and send them towards bed.

Be praying for my church right now as we are in the final stages of trying to set the schedule and budget for this year. I know God is going to continue to do some amazing things in and through this church...but please continue to pray for wisdom as things are planned and then presented to the church on Saturday.

A Beginning of an Attempt

I am just going to try to update my blog more. Period. You may laugh, but I am going to try to update every day. I figure that if I do that I will be able to just write about that day and not have to write long novels where I try to remember what I should tell you. And then anytime you want to check, you can always expect to be able to see some new information about one of my days!
So today is about…the inauguration! (Yes, that was technically yesterday, but give me a little grace as I get going here.) I will never forget sitting in my house in Rwanda, holding Nathan on my lap, watching Uncle Rick pray for the inauguration of our 44th president—and our first African American President. It felt like I was a part of history. The Rwanda Television station showed the CNN coverage live…and I discovered when I talked to my mom and dad on the phone that there was no delay at all! Technology is amazing.
In honor of the inauguration I also enjoyed having my kindergarten class write about what they would do if they were being inaugurated as president today. Here were some of their responses:
“I would eat cake. I would cook it first, then I would eat it. I would speak to the people about what they want. “
“I was starting to say things. Then they cheered. Then they sat down. Then I went on the stage.”
“I would write a law. I would turn the lights on with my generator and the fire on with my other generator and someone would work on my chimney. I would have a car—a speedship car. I was copying things on my computer and my computer put it on the wall so I could write down the law.”
“I was eating cake and shared with the people. We have only one cup, but we shared with all the people.”
“I can eat breakfast for cake and I would go to help people. I help people every time and every time I eat breakfast for cake.”
“If there wasn’t enough food I would give the people food. And the people would cheer.”
“My dad would let me play on his computer”
Ok…more tomorrow!