Saturday, April 27, 2013

A couple of nights in the village!

We spent two nights in the village with our pastors family! It was great time to really connect and get to know each other on a deeper level. We had a great time. The moon was so full and the nights cool. We sat and talked into the night. The first night we were camping the monkeys came to eat our scraps. One even got into Pastor Francis' hut. We heard Pastor and his wife making noises in the middle of the night and in the morning we discovered they had had a monkey in their hut! So funny! We laughed and laughed! The boys went fishing and hiking while I stayed back and helped prepare food! 
The second night, Steve slept in a hut and he had rats nibbling at his feet! I will never sleep in a hut!!!! Tents will be just fine for me! 

The boys caught our supper that night! We cut them up and threw them in some oil to fry! It was the best fish I have had in Uganda, yet! 

The boys love mangoes, but they love climbing mango trees even more!

Everlyn and Ashley shared a tent!
This is Pastors compound! It is very new, but it is so nice! And the thing that makes it so nice is the people!!

Serving up some beans and rice for lunch!! Yum!

Fishing with Paul!





God's creation is so beautiful! 

Getting water from the bore hole! They fetched water a lot with all of us staying there.


Filling the jerry cans!

Troy doing his part!

Walking them back to Pastor's compound!

The girls! They chased the boys with their sticks! 

Our camp!

Kate and I shared a tent! It was cold in the morning, but it didn't last long!

Making mud bullets!

Mud bullets!

Playing Omweso with Amos! 

Finishing the grass roof!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Love to you all! From the Tiesenga's


Thought you would all enjoy Steve's monkey face! We love it! 




A kiss from "me" to "you".

Love my Boys!!


Thursday, April 11, 2013

Solomae

Many people have asked if we still have our monkey. Well we do, but we found out that it is not a he but a she. Soooo- her name is now Solomae instead of Solomon.  She is playful and loves to be let out of her cage. The dog and her have so much fun wrestling! 


A walk through Pamba with the boys


In January we had a team of photographers and videographers come to capture some of our life. They went out for a walk with our boys and their friends one afternoon and these are some of the photos they took. Thank-you Ryan Guiles and Andrew Nicodem for having fun with our boys! 


Getting ready to swing like a monkey


Buying snacks in the Pamba market 
Mandazi's - kind of like a donut

Pamba Market

Buying oranges





My super heroes!

Enjoying passion fruit

The boys enjoying making these catapults and love going hunting with them.

Climbing the walls!


Always barefoot!



Got one!