Fish Food
MURAHO, AMAKURU?
Still here in Gitarama, it has been only 3 days since my last entry, but so much has happened since, and we had a day of rest, so Brett thought we should send an email to our moms and let them know we are stil safe and Happy Mothers Day! I hope you have a good day mom and thank you for the card, i love you too... and Sarah, treat her good today!
Anyways, we started construction on Friday and worked on Saturday as well. We took bricks out of the house, mixed cement, retrieved buckets upon buckets of water from a pond type thing in a jungle-esque area (miss ya jenni and hooch), shoveled cement into buckets and carried them around the house, dug grass up and leveled the ground, replanted grass, finished cementing the house, andmade a cement cover for the septic tank. Relatively simple tasks in America-- but a little more difficult in Africa. We are sore, but we are still loving it!
In between work we get to play with the kids and we all love that. We sit on the steps and they sing to us or we sing to them, we take pictures and show it to them, we try to understand each other, but most of the time they just stare at us and touch our skin or our hair in amazement. They jus want to be touched and loved, which works out great because that is all we want to do as well. They are beautiful and I wish I could bring them home with me-- Mom and Dad, i could pick one out for you guys if you want :)
We had Sunday off to go to church--which ended up being 4 hours long-- but it was good and a great cultural experience... everything you think of Africa, this was it. It was loud and people jumping singing clapping and dancing... even the young children were dancing, and I really mean dancing-- not like us white people :) It was traditionAL African Dance, and it was amazing.
I also must share, just to shock everyone that knows me, that i have eaten-on a consistent basis- fish soup, fried fish, fish kabobs, liver, some kind of green veggie mush, and cabbage.
There is so much to say but not enough time-- go onto cbu website for isp updates because i get to write this next time for my team.
I love you all and thanks for the comments, I love to read them!!! Lindsey, I will definitely take you up on that... Robin, see you then! ...Sarah be safe and smart ...jenni i just freakin love you ...kimmy thanks so much ...mom and dad i love you and thank you
Maricose,
Christie
Still here in Gitarama, it has been only 3 days since my last entry, but so much has happened since, and we had a day of rest, so Brett thought we should send an email to our moms and let them know we are stil safe and Happy Mothers Day! I hope you have a good day mom and thank you for the card, i love you too... and Sarah, treat her good today!
Anyways, we started construction on Friday and worked on Saturday as well. We took bricks out of the house, mixed cement, retrieved buckets upon buckets of water from a pond type thing in a jungle-esque area (miss ya jenni and hooch), shoveled cement into buckets and carried them around the house, dug grass up and leveled the ground, replanted grass, finished cementing the house, andmade a cement cover for the septic tank. Relatively simple tasks in America-- but a little more difficult in Africa. We are sore, but we are still loving it!
In between work we get to play with the kids and we all love that. We sit on the steps and they sing to us or we sing to them, we take pictures and show it to them, we try to understand each other, but most of the time they just stare at us and touch our skin or our hair in amazement. They jus want to be touched and loved, which works out great because that is all we want to do as well. They are beautiful and I wish I could bring them home with me-- Mom and Dad, i could pick one out for you guys if you want :)
We had Sunday off to go to church--which ended up being 4 hours long-- but it was good and a great cultural experience... everything you think of Africa, this was it. It was loud and people jumping singing clapping and dancing... even the young children were dancing, and I really mean dancing-- not like us white people :) It was traditionAL African Dance, and it was amazing.
I also must share, just to shock everyone that knows me, that i have eaten-on a consistent basis- fish soup, fried fish, fish kabobs, liver, some kind of green veggie mush, and cabbage.
There is so much to say but not enough time-- go onto cbu website for isp updates because i get to write this next time for my team.
I love you all and thanks for the comments, I love to read them!!! Lindsey, I will definitely take you up on that... Robin, see you then! ...Sarah be safe and smart ...jenni i just freakin love you ...kimmy thanks so much ...mom and dad i love you and thank you
Maricose,
Christie
posted by Christie Nicole @ 6:25 PM
9 Comments:
At 9:06 PM,
Anonymous said…
pacs, i was just reading your letter you sent me while i was in india... with all the info on what was going on in america... it made me miss you and reminded me of how much i love you! i just wanted you to know i love the blogupdates and i'm praying for you! it's a joy to be a part of your work in africa through prayer... so here's what's going on:
-last night jenni, whitney and i worked at the gala... it was cool, we were servers and my legs hurt today
-it was cold in riverside this morning
-i want to go to your new house and to the beach like we always did a couple of summers ago
-i also want to take you to starbucks when you get back and get you a white mocha with extra whip cream over ice and hear all about your trip and what you learned and see pictures
-ashley hates choir tour right now
-robin got really expensive jeans for her birthday yesterday
-i love you
At 11:11 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi Sweetie~ It feels like weeks since you've been gone! I miss you and I just want to hear your voice, sooo I just call your cell once in a while,haha!! I wish you had a longer message,hehehe! Any way I was so excited to see an update this morning.I knew you would love it! It's all about the love sweetie and you so freely give it! I am glad to hear you are not limited to rice and beans, you have to experience it all! I hope you are taking lots of pictures of the children. I just know they are so beautiful. Make sure that you have some taken with you in them too! Just a little update to tell you about graduation. Sarah had a smile pasted on her face all day. It was a wonderful day. We ordered a video so you can see it when you come home. (You were missed). I hope you are able to write again, I look so forward to hear how God is using you. I cant wait until you are home to hear all of the details. Praying for you.
Love Mom
At 12:01 AM,
Anonymous said…
Christie!! I think it is so great that you guys got to experience an African church. How cool is that? I can't wait to see pictures! Sounds like you are being exposed to so many new things...write em down! I wish I would've written more than I had while I was in India...it's always cool to look back days, weeks, months, even years on what you were able to experience. Praying for ya. Can't wait to see you all!
Linds
At 4:53 AM,
Anonymous said…
How I wish I could have been in church with you:) You know I would have been all over that Pacs;) haha I love your updates and it brings back so many memories for me, its weird. I'm praying for you all. I am excited to hear all about it and I hope you are journaling so you don't forget cuz I'm not going to get to hear for awhile:( I miss you. I pray they will see the hope that Christ brings. I love you!
At 7:38 PM,
Anonymous said…
Christieeeeeeee, I am praying for you kiddo. I wanted you to know I have been printing your blogs and reading them to Ashes. She is missing you guys and praying for you all. Tour has been long and tedious for her, but last night they all stayed in a hotel together (17 of them) and had fun.
We had a great time at Sarah' grad and dinner, she truly missed her sister. You know your dad and dinner, we ate lots of great food. I miss having you all over for dinner....let's do it has soon as you get back. I am thrilled about hearing your stories of the children. What a blessing, bringing and sharing the love of Jesus to this country. We are sending our hugs and love, Jim, Lynda and Kobe
At 1:26 AM,
RobinDayle said…
Oh Pacsy-wacsy...
I miss you! I'm jealous that you got to experience an African church...I totally would've have started dancing with them (holla...you totally know the color of my soul) haha. I can't believe you've been out of America for a week already. I leave in a week....crazy madness.
I miss you pacs...and we are totally having a spend-the-night-in-your-UP-apartment when I get back...so we can discuss our trips! I love yoush! Give the rest of your team my love as well. :-)
At 6:15 AM,
Anonymous said…
Pacs Pacs Pacs I miss you girls soooo much! I really can't wait till you guys get home! I pray for you girls everyday that God would take care of you and bring you home safe! The lake is waiting for you! It is saying girls girls girls I'm waiting for you! It has been hot hear so I'm sure you are dying there! Well everyone here in HEMET say hello! Miss you girls so very much! Love ya Pacs Pacs Pacs!
Love,
Em
At 8:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
I was just thinking about what God is doing through you and your team and all of the teams over there and filled will reverence for Him and blessed by all of ISP's willingness to serve Him and His. Praying for strength and good health for your team and (Julie's cold!) (and aching backs!)And of course Sarah and Alana and all of the teams.
I talked with Sarai last night. She needed the name of the laser eye surgeon. She said Britney S. was looking to get it done. It was nice to talk with her. I told her I looked for her at church, and figured she probably went an earlier time. We went at 11 and she went at 9, then went to see Robin and she left 2 minutes before so we missed her and Em was not there at all. But it was nice to talk with Sarai for a bit. She misses you girls! Well Sweetie, I love you so very much and as far as feeling blessed for being your Mom, I cant even put that into words.
At 10:22 AM,
Anonymous said…
Well, as you can imagine, I just figured out this blog thing cause I asked your mom. But don't blame me, I'm in Yucaipa with all the drugs around me. haha, Um I am so happy for you pacs, and you know that you wouldn't have been able to eat any fish unless you tried that shrimp at my house for the first time. Um, I'll try and make this short. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I MISS YOU SOO MUCH. I AM HAPPY FOR YOU SO MUCH.... the list goes on. Be safe, have a blast, and continue to be the light that you are in more than one way. haha. I love you and can't wait to hear about everything!
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