Day of birth (minus) many years ago...

In other words, my birthday! The title may give you an example of how you try to explain something while living in a foreign country and not speaking the language too, too fluently!

We went to the city to go with our friends to the beach (big lake)...! It was Malaki's first time in a pool and he loved it. In the morning, we ministered at a simple small church in the city; one we have known for about 5 years, yet never knowing the name or denomination... that kind of church! It was great, we were hot, dirty... but it felt great and reminded me of our days before we began to have children. Up for anything. At this point we are a bit more reserved at times (rightfully so!) If you look closely in the last picture of us in the pool you can see a little girl feeling and looking intently at my hair! Please note: I have no idea who that precious young girl is; so interested in my hair! We drove back up to the mountains, being one of few cars on the road heading back up; this was nice...

When we got home, our Director asked me to go to our homes because the Governor's wife and children were there spending some time with our kids. She is an amazing woman and encouraged our children loving on them and speaking openly. From biggest to smallest, she remembered even their names... (this is BIG and surly meant the world to our kids!) She then insisted that we be a part of the parade for the province the next day celebrating the annual holiday for workers in Burundi. I got home about 9 p.m. informing Isai we needed a banner to go in front of us. That was it. We stayed up until about 12 a.m. painting a white sheet hanging from a curtain rod declaring "The Cries of a Child"... That's my birthday in a nutshell with my amazing husband who is up for anything and always manifesting the wisdom of God. Really, the ideas he has sometimes (well, all the time) just blow my mind! All our love...