A day in the life!

It has been a long time, but yes we are still here...There are many things that transpire in the life of a missionary and some of them are not what you might think. Today is Saturday which most weeks means a day around the house, doing a little garden work, visiting with friends, etc. Well, today was in someways no different. Mary got up early as she promised to make us donuts for breakfast! Yes, that's right donuts!(Actually an oven-baked type, but just as good. So as she was working on that I took the kids to the garden to do a little work (pictured above). After weeding I thought we would harvest some carrots and send them to one of our friends. Look at those carrots!!!! I am sure that huge one would win the blue ribbon! Not long after that I heard the kids yelling, "Look at the pig!" --a baby pig is running through our compound. As Toby takes off after it I decide this is a good time to help someone learn how to better take care of their animals so I too go running after it. SUCCESS!!!! I got it. Now what? Let's call the one who is keeping the pigs for the ministry and see if I can keep it there. Now, how do you transport a baby pig? I know in a mail bag! Good idea! So we loaded it into the van and headed over to the piggery. After we put it in one of the empty stalls . . . oops, the door breaks. So, I blocked the door with a wheelbarrow and then went to get a hammer. After finding the hammer and repairing the door we now have a new pig. If the owner comes we will use this opportunity to teach on faithfulness and responsibility. After all that excitement, Geoff and the kids headed to Kiwoko for some shopping and were back home by 11. Wow! What a morning! Not what you think of as an ordinary day, but you never know what you might face in a day :-)