I’m thankful for my sister...

Margaret’s time with us is coming to an end... we have less than a week left with her here. But I have to say that it has been really wonderful and I don’t think I would have managed without her. I picked her up at the airport when I was 8 months pregnant and we’ve been doing everything together since.
 The long bus ride, the market, kids, chores, baking and cooking, shopping, coloring, audio books, movies, church... She was with me in my intense moments of labor and got to watch beautiful Molly Amourai come into the world.
Margaret helped me through the first difficult days after the birth and continues to help now almost two months later.

I love her so much and I’m so thankful she chose to come visit us!

Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving is the first one I’ve been able to be together with my husband; our last time having this holiday (married) we were on separate continents. 

Even though we are in Congo, this is an American holiday we will continue to celebrate in our family; mixing Congolese food with American and always remembering to be thankful to the Lord for being our Savior. 

A couple of things I’m especially thankful for today: my husband, my sweet baby girl, my sister Margaret, our comfortable home, clean water, strong soap, good food, charcoal and friendly neighbors.

Before and After

Today was a day in which we turned gross snaky looking eel fish into...

Something resembling yummy fried catfish; both in looks and taste.

Weekends

Since many of you don’t have the privilege of knowing Orcxance, I just wanted to share something I wrote down as I am thanking God for him today. 

My Sunday Morning

What my husband did for me this morning:

Tended to the baby during the wee hours

Bought bread for breakfast

Did two loads of laundry

Changed messy diapers

Fed the baby her bottle

Washed the dishes

Swept the yard

Watered the garden

Gave the baby a bath

Washed the baby bottle and accessories

Cooked lunch

Fed the chickens

Bought corn for us

...and all before 1pm. Meanwhile I slept in and then went to church. 

Happy Sunday y’all!

Medical Care

Orcxance practices his expert medical skills 

My little princess

Art day with watercolors

Margaret did personalized portraits for the kids

The saga of the eel-fish

I don’t know what else to call it except an eel-fish, but my husband brought this great snake like creature back from a trip to the village and we will probably be eating it for the next few days...

We all agreed we wouldn’t be eating the head, not with those nasty teeth anywhere nearby 

Despite its ugly and bizarre looks, it is actually quite good when thoroughly cooked and seasoned!

It’s Mango Season!

Baby Molly

Games