Thursday, August 27, 2009



The last two weeks have been so busy, but absolutely incredible! Our church volunteered for 1,000 shifts at the ATP tennis tournament and raised $40,000 for Team Kenya. It was so incredible to see our church come together in such an amazing way! I am so excited that our church is willing to attempt great things for God!! I can't wait to see how God will continue to allow our church to be part of His plan for missions around the world! A part of that $40,000 went to Heaven Sent Ministries (care of missionaries Bobby and LIsa Bechtel) to feed a village in Mombasa, Kenya for up to 90 days.

We had our first official Swahili class last night. Ben Mbelle, a wonderful man from Mombasa, is teaching our team. It is just incredible to see how God placed Ben in our paths and gave him a desire to not only teach us Swahili, but educate us about the Kenyan culture. We are so blessed to have met Ben and are looking forward to learning a great deal from him!

Kennedy still loves dressing up, tea-parties, coloring, learning how to read and write letters, and or course...being a princess. Claire enjoys beating up daddy, wrestling, eating, snuggling, and jumping on the trampoline! Kennedy and Claire are very excited to announce that WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!! I am due in May! It is a crazy time in our lives, but we are so blessed that God has given us another child and very glad that we will be having it in the states! ;)