Update

Well as I was getting ready to blog about my car and what we are doing about it finally, Netsanet appeared before me with a bald spot the size of Texas smack dab in the front of her head. Her beautiful hair!!!! I could cry. She stood with a pair of scissors that her Grandmother gave her looking so very guilty. Acutally almost in tears, I think she realized it was bad. I sent her to her room. She was acting sneaky earlier, apparently she was hiding scissors when she disappeared.

I will deal with it later.

Mason is currently sifting dirt to finish out our project on Nomads. I will blog a picture.

A mummified chicken????!!!!! groooosssssss.

but so cool!!

Home school

You know you home school when you have mud bricks the size of tootsie rolls baking in your oven and not yummy brownies. :(

History, Nomads, lesson. :)

Taking matters into our own hands

Well with our car gone we fill less in control and more at the mercy of time and the police. Most people would just sit back and wait for that phone call. Not my husband. He had me print out 150 pictures of our Suburban and he spent an hour on the phone getting addresses of the boarder patrols and local police stations. His intention is to send these pictures off on Monday with a letter to every border control station in hopes of them recovering our Suburban. I know it was a piece of junk with a good motor and new tires, but it was our piece of junk!! My husband toiled for hours in the garage working on and maintaining that truck. He painted it, fixed the air, changed the engine, kept it up and basically it has our blood, sweat and tears in it. All in the name of trying to stay out of debt. It really chaps my hide. This is our second car stolen. My third car broken into and our fourth one victimized. We were hit and run in our other car and it still bears the dent. But in all of this what can you do? It really is in God's hand and he knows just where it is. Mexico. Thats where our last car went. We are just glad to do our part for the American dream. I say that with a bit of sarcasm but I really hope and pray for the people who are using the car. I understand the desperate situation and I don't judge. I know they didn't take from us but from God as that car was going to Africa when we were done with it. Just pray we get it back and it is not to damaged. It is not a good time for us to buy another car right now, that is why we were waiting.

True Friends

We had our car stolen this morning. We realized it at about 8:30 am. By 8:30 pm we had a loaner waiting for us from our dear friends Dustin and Jen. I am so blessed to have friends like this in my life. Our car hasn't been recovered yet but.... we are praying. In the meanwhile we have been blessed by our friends to use their van. A car big enough to hold our family of six!!

My car has been stolen

Has anyone seen a green suburban?? 1995, run down no AC? Dent in the back tail light? Well that is mine. It was stolen from our driveway this morning. The sad thing is that we were going to donate it to Pastor Surafel when we save enough money to buy a new old one. We have really taken a stand not to go into debt or take out a loan. I feel this is such a distraction or distortion of what God is trying to do. Can you just all pray that this car is retrieved today? We don't even have a car now large enough to go anywhere as a family. Our only other mode of transportation is on it's last leg. I really don't want to take a car loan out. We simply need out car back.

I feel that whoever took it stole from more than my family I feel they stole from the orphanage we were going to donate it. We made sacrifices with the sole purpose of donating to the orphanage we are working with. I am so very upset.

thanks
Kim

Who would have known it could be this hard?!

Seriously guys making smoothies should not be this complicated. This is what you get when you take a smoothie you feel has too much pulp, try to strain it then decide "Hey maybe the juicer will eliminate the pulp?" So you stick the pulpy smoothie into a juicer and turn it on. Well apparently it shoots out the side of the juicer. Didn't know that. Oh well, outside a huge mess in the kitchen and on me and a good laugh, no harm done. The kids enjoyed a blend of, chard, bananas,strawberries,cucumber,grapes,peppers, mixed with water and ice. They loved it!!

Every day life

This is a picture Nettie drew. It is me with kids coming off of me. Cute, that is how I feel.
Kids in the linen closet. Of course.
This is our family per Abigail, the turtle looking thing is Espresso our dog.
This is what happens when you wind a Big Wheels truck and drive it in your hair.

Ahh smoothies!

Another satisfied customer.

Raw Food Mishap

I know it doesn't look so bad but it really was. I was trying to make a healthy smoothie for my family. Our blender struggles with doing it's job on thick stuff. I have little trick, I use a spoon and I stir it. Of course I am careful not to jam it to far into the blender. I mean how stupid do you think I am. My husband thinks this is stupid but I know what I am doing and I beg to differ. I was thinking how smart I am when suddenly reality changed for me. I nearly lost an eye! The spoon made contact with the blade and whamo! It flew out of my hand splattering me with strawberries and chard. Gary and the kids got a pretty good laugh.

My newest four year old! Happy Birthday Judah welcome to the four year old club.

Happy birthday Judah Melaku!
My African warrior
On the way to church
Snuggles on the couch, this is why you have even numbers of children no one is left out.