Worst Day?!

For those who want the rest of the story of this past sat. ...well here is the short version:
6am...wake up late and leave buy 6:30 with breakfast in hand
6;30 -meet bus to follow to city 2hrs away
7- leave
8-car breaks down and we barely make it to an exit
9-told by "mecanic" that car was almost dead but he could revive it for a months wage!
9:30- talked "mecanic" down to two weeks wage to fix car, whew...close one.
10- told will be ready in an hour
10:10- told will be ready at 3pm
(meanwhile) kids and candace are hanging out at roadside food stall hanging out with the women.
11- try some roadside food (not roadkill!) quite tasty
11:30-make plans to go to mall 45min away, but no taxi will come to where we are?
12-Rent a car and driver (only $8)
1-Arrive at mall (driver tells us he needs gas money and after i give loan it too him i cant get in touch with him again)
1-3.. boys play and candace eats
3-get another taxi and the guy rips us off, (but indo lady we met fights for life to try and stop him!)
4- Get to share with lady at food stall and mecanic!
4:30-Car is ready for 1 hour trip home
5, 5:15, 5:45, 6:20, 7:30.....car over heats and we have to stop to let it cool and add water. (walking around in the coutry side looking for water to put in your car at night is some experience)
9-fina lly get to within 1/2 mile from home and car dies (push car home with help of several neighbors)
9:30-Push in the driveway!

Life happens no matter where you live! We believe that our father had plans for two people who may have not heard otherwise to hear from us today. We are just glad everyday has easier opportunities to do so!

Bumber Motorcycle

Most people here drive motorcycles so they're very good at being effecient with what they have. We found this one pretty funny. Although we've also seen rams and sheep in between two men on a motorcycle! You just gotta get a good laugh once in while.

Finished with his first BATH....after 4 months!!

March Madness!!

Well coaching in a foreign country was not as foreign as you may think, considering half my team are westeners and all speak english. The season was alot of fun and 2 of our loses to high school teams where to the best team in the country (they made 20 3ptrs to our 0!) and the biggest international school in the country. Our other two loses were close games to 2 of the top college teams in the country. Thats right we played several college teams and beat some of them. Needless to say the college competition is not as strong here. The college games were always competitive and physical.
So...how did the national international tournament go last week? Well the boys went 5-0 winning convincingly in the championship game! The boys played extremely well on defense, setting tournament records in points allowed. We played better in each game and peaked at the right time. We had an eight grader, 2 ninth graders, and only 2 seniors on a team that played very mature. I am extremely proud of our team and not just for the win.
These group of young men are the most respectfuli have ever coached. They adjusted to a new coach and played with all there heart. We saw the Lrd move in a mighty way as we learned about how to live and play before an audience of 1!!

Happy 2nd B-day

It's a little late but on Dec. 29th our precious Caleb Wade turned 2! Our babies are growing up so fast!! We're already sad and their still toddlers, haha! We are so blessed to have such great and "energetic" boys. Besides Joshua, Caleb is the cutest two year old ever. His facial expressions are unmatched. All too soon will he be out of his cute two year old stage. We're soaking it up along with soaking up Joshua's growing out of toddler stage and Jedidiah's eatable baby stage! Lord help us, we can hardly keep up!

Little Gamecocks

Ofcourse for Christmas we asked for Gamecock gear! People over hear gotta know who we pull for, eventhough most of them have never even seen American Football! It makes us feel better anyway and it also reminds our boys who we pull for as if they don't hear from their daddy. Aren't they so cute!!

Safari with Papa

We had such a great time when Papa, Josh's dad, came to visit! One of the places we went was Taman Safari, one of Joshua and Caleb's favorite places. Ofcourse having Papa there to experience it with made all the more fun for them. We stayed 3 nights and did all there was to do. We wanted Papa to get his fill of the best attractions here! We'll be writing more about our adventures with Papa.