Friday, April 24, 2009

Acker family

Jade's birthday party! We won't say how old he is!


Japanese food!!!! YUM!


The birthday boy (yes, Jade is the one in the hat)


Of course we can never do anything here without playing volleyball


Blowing out the candles- this requires a lot of help!


A-G on the playground


A-G's school program. Her class is very multi-ethnic, and her best friend is a girl from Ethiopia.



Jumping!



Jumping again!
We are so excited that A-G is able to jump without having to worry about her leg. It has been over a year since her surgery and she is definitely back to 100%


Grey balloons for daddy's birthday... next year will be black!


K-J's Easter dress


K-J and daddy looking at the goldfish


15 months old


K-J in destruction mode. She empties out Shelah's box of memory cards each day and scatters them all over the floor.


Who me?


Gentle with the cat!

Lino, AG and KJ

Jerry and Dorothy- Shelah's parents were out for a visit this month. It was a great time!

Nana's Birthday cake!

AG and Papa relaxing


At the King's tombs in Kampala

Inside the tomb. The kings are said not to die, but to "disappear into the forest" and the secret forest is behind this hut/tomb and it is forbidden for visitors to enter

Who is older? This is a 300+ year old tortoise that was brought here by one of the kings.


We have planted a small garden in our yard and are just now starting to enjoy eating from it!

Shelling peas from the garden!


Not sure if AG was helping or not

We are very happy to have found a Sudanese church here in Kampala. This church feels like home for us and we spent Easter Sunday with them.


Dorothy speaking at the Sudanese church

Easter Egg Hunt


We could have looked for the eggs again... but we ate them

I'm good


Too good.

Barakat helped find eggs too. In fact it was quite a competition. More competitive than we could have ever planned for!


KJ and Barakat


Kids of Kaberamaido


Church Leadership Conference

Stewardship Workshop

Bibles in the Kumam language


The Kitchen where the meals were prepared each day for the conference



A traditional fridge- water in a clay pot, surrounded with charcoal. It keeps the water very cold!


Paster holding his Kumam Bible





Widows receiving soccer ball. Irene is the lady on the left and is a widow raising 9 children, and the leader of the widows group. She is an amazing woman and was thrilled to get the soccer ball so the ladies can play when they meet together.