Hi everyone! we made it safely. the 17 hr flight with one refueling stop in Dakar Senegal, wasn't as bad as we thought it might be. A south African girl next to us 'babysat' Kezia for hours! that was a God sent treat. They served us breakfast in the middle of the night and then dinner a couple hrs later. left us discombabulated. We spent the week end in Pretoria, stayed with amazing friends Jako and Joh-Ann (parents to be in 2 months!), enjoyed a weather in the 80s and meeting up with the body of Christ in Pretoria. And beside the fact that the girls have been waking up at 3am and Liliana is still fighting a cold, we are so excited to be back in Africaaaaaaaa!

lately...

LILIANA is here!!!

Liliana Faith Tanguay was born on 8/8/2011, 7lb12, 20 1n.
It was an amazing experience, completely different than the first. Sarah applied principles from the hypnobirthing method and was able to deliver without an epidural. Recovery was faster, went home next day! Kezia is super proud of her lil sister and such a gentle helper for mommy.

ONE DAY AT THE BEACH...

Sarah and Kezia were playing in the sand..

Mom: Who made the sand?
Kezia: (very matter of factly) Jesus
M: and who made the oceans?
K: Jesus
M: and who made Kezia?
K: (even more matter of factly) you.

Big smiles exchanged between mom and dad.

M: but how did you grow in my belly?
K: Jesus put me there!

so sweet

BALTIMORE LIFE

exactly a week ago, we were landing on US soil, after a wonderfully long trip. 2 10 hr flights and a 22 hr layover in london. the long layover turned out to be a blessing. -thanks to Kathy Corbiere- we spent it in a charming/inexpensive little hotel in the suburb of the city right accross from a park -with such lovely cherry trees, the cherries were alllllmost ripe- and THE best breakfast i can remember ever having/ which came as a shock since we were on british territory.... i mean, i'm french come on! :)

We are absolutely BLESSED to have been able to come back to our appartment -as we left it- furnished and ready to go /the cherry on the top: a FULL refrigerator thanks to an amazing mother-in-law...!
and a car that works! The transition has just been sooo smooth. We are very thankful.

Last saturday morning I took Kezia to visit our dear Gemma at the nursing home. She remembered her from last year. When she saw the building she said: This is where she is in her bed! the pictures are from last yr, i didn't have my camera this time. I just love to watch kezia give of her joy and love to 'miss gemma' and learn to minister that way. She did give a hard time to a sweet old black lady who called her baby; kezia frowned at her and said: I'm not a baby i'm a girl! :)
Last time we had brought her a little flower to put in her hair, she glowed! and this time we braided her hair and took her out on the patio, she kept putting her hand on her chest and letting out a huge happy sigh, her eyes taking in the birds, the clouds, the trees and flowers.



We love miss gemma sooo very much...

Tomorrow we head out to West Palm Beach to visit some dear friends. The church there has been supporting us this year and we are so incredibly -once again- blessed. Pray that our car will make it, that kezia will have a special grace for the car seat-after not using one for 6 months! and for $ to cover the whole trip. We are also hoping to visit the Clearwater church and stop by some relatives' in north carolina, and the Saddlers (Rob and Sally, for those who remember them!) probably on the way back.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT MONTHS WITH YOU HERE IN BAL'MORE!!!!

one more WEEK on Zambian soil for this season!

Apologies for such a long time of no posting! our internet connection has been plying tricks on us....

The Zambian winter has started! So far it's around 50-55 in the mornings and evenings.... Okay this photo is not Zambia, but needless to say we were blessed to be able to purchase a space heater!
This season will continue until aug-sept then the REAAAALLY hot season hits!

Today we're looking forward to....

* FOOD FELLOWSHIP sunday (all the satellite churches gather once a month for a service and a meal together!)
* Packing the house up this week
* Eating our 'last' nshima at neighborhod 'restaurant'
* Hanging out with friends before saying bye for the summer..

Finally flying back to Lusaka on Wednesday, but here is south africa still, for another 2 days

yes we're still in South Africa! and having a little too much fun... :)

KEZIA and THANDO!




JEDIAH preaching in Nellmapius under a tent and under the rain




BRAAI night (bbq) at Jako and Joh-Ann's after a paint the house day
(we just moved in their house after staying almost a month at P Jabu and Buyi's lovely place!)

JAKO and the first batch of unbelievable meat!


JOH-ANN and her brother








LAST MONDAY was a public holiday and the Zwanes took us to a park with wild animals, the scenery alone was worth it and we also saw 3 of the big 5!

SOUTH AFRICA!!

Buyi, Rene, Thloki and Sarah after church on sunday


Sunday morning service under tents in Nelmapius, a poor area on the outskirts of Pretoria


Girls bible study night!