Tuesday, April 2, 2013

ACM -- Part 3 -- By Meg

Our meeting was at an inn on a large lake. This lake is the largest man-made lake in Africa. 
It was made by damming the Zambezi River. 
On our third day we went on a sunset cruse on the lake. 
It was so fun! 
Emma even jumped into a Crocodile and Hippo infested lake! 

Enjoy!


Waiting to pull off.
These are the fish catching nets. 
Inside the boat.
Me and Evie
Heather, Hannah, Me, and Evie

Snack time


Lilly and Hannah

Emma and Hannah



Emma, like I said, jumped into a Crocodile and Hippo infested lake. 
Lots of people did it! But she would only go with our friend Evie! 

Ready to go!
"Ok! When I say jump, jump!"

Um No!
There Evie goes!
Come on Emma!
We were all telling her she can do it from the bottom deck!
YAHHH!!! 
Going to find her! 
We were so happy for her! 
Sweet friends!
 Just to let you know none of the next pictures are enhanced!





Sweet!
This was the boat we were on! The Annelize II
Hugs,
Meg

ACM -- Part 2 -- By Meg

After a couple of days of car trouble we finally got to Zambia. 
We stayed in Lusaka, the capital, a couple of days then we went to Lake Kariba Inns. 


When we got to Lake Kariba Inns we checked-in, swam a bit and went to worship. 
After worship we ate dinner and talked with friends. 
I totally forgot to get the camera and take some pictures so words will just have to do. 
But I can show you some pictures of what the next couple of days looked like . 

This is what the rooms looked like. Mom and Dad had a room and us 3 girls had a room. 
This is what the other side of the rom looked like. 
My parents had some termites in their room. 
Housekeeping knocked down the tunnel but the termites built it back up quickly. 
The bathroom.
You can't live in Africa without having a gecko in your room. 
Every morning we (the adults and youth) would be in the conference room for worship. 



The youth would usally sit in the back.
The adults would also listen to Pastor David talk. 
The youth would then go to our study time. 
We would discuss our lesson for that day.


After that we would play some games. 

Every morning and afternoon we would have "tea time". 

After tea time we would go to youth worship. Our theme was White Flag. 
They gave us a white flag to remember what we had been taught. 

These were our t-shirts.
"We lift the cross.."
After lunch we swam for most of the rest of the day.
 We also had some special activities. 

That is what most every day looked like. 

Coming up next... Some of the extra fun things we did!

Hugs,
Meg

ACM -- Part 1 -- By Meg

ACM stands for Annual Cluster Meeting. In the IMB the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are divided into clusters. Our cluster includes missionaries in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. This year we had our meeting in Zambia. It was very fun! Since it wasn't our first time going it was a lot easier to go! We had a blast!!

We saw many rainbows on the drive! Look closely and you can see a 2nd one! 
The road some of the way there.
I think she had the best seat! :)
The Zambezi river! 
See the rainbow in the distance?
We went over this same bridge when we went to South Africa. 
We stopped that night at a lodge type place to spend the night. This was our little cottage! 
Look at the next blog to see more about ACM!  



Hugs,
Meg

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Now in Nampula -- By Meg

After being on the road for so long we were ready to get home. Nampula has some bad roads and they are doing construction, so it took a little longer to get through town. 
But we finally got home. 

Here is our house when we first arrived!

Our kitchen
Our living room.
My parents room
My room
Emma's Room
Lilly's room.
After that it has never been that neat and tidy. 
The next blog post will show what our house looked like as we started to up pack all of our things.

Hugs,
Meg

Our Roadside Adventure -- By Meg

All of a sudden bump, bump, bump...and Dad says we have a flat tire on our trailer. 

We get out and I quickly start taking pictures. Mom, April, Sheldon, and Lilly go and find a tree to stand under. We quickly draw a crowd..but they stand at a far distance. Emma is walking Ode and Dad is trying to get the lug-nuts off. But they won't budge. Finally, he gets them off and puts another tire on. We are about a 1 drive from a town that has some IMB workers. It was an adventure! It took us about 9 hours to get to Nampula when it would usually take us about 6 or 7 hours. 

Our loaded car! 
The tire
That day was so hot! So we tried to stay as cool as possible.
In the middle of nowhere! 

Walking Ode


Poor Dad had already taken a shower that morning
because he got so sweaty doing the last minute things on the car.
He also got a bad sunburn! 
CIA how cool!
This man wanted to help dad for money. 
Trying to see what the white folks are doing. 


Well now we can say we have had a flat tire in Africa! YAH! At least we got there safely!

Hugs,
Meg



The Rest of Packing and Riley -- By Meg

After packing up our whole house we put everything into a BIG pile beside the truck and trailer. First, Dad started loading stuff into the trailer. The trailer really helped us be able to carry most of our things to Nampula. We got everything to fit! 

Packing the trailer. 
Dad put the plastic in it so the stuff wouldn't get wet.   

It was SO hot! 
It is starting to fill up
The stuff just kept on coming!
We finally got the inside packed! Then it was onto the top. 
Our day helper was ready to do whatever to help us. 
At last this was all that was left to go into the inside of the truck with us. 
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On the same day that we packed the car we also took Riley to her new home. 

We knew that we didn't want to take Riley with us to Nampula. So we went back and forth on who to give her to. Our house worker Pascoa showed some interest in getting her. So we prayed about it and we decided to give Riley to Pascoa. 

She has just built this new house. She is very proud of it. 

Pascoa and her grandson. He was very nervous about Riley. 
Emma and Dad made this "African dog house" for  her a couple months ago. 
This is Pascoa's old house. 
Please pray that Riley will come to love Pascoa and her new home. 

The next blog will be about our road trip adventures!

Hugs,
Meg