Outside pictures of house Anyone want to send 'Landscaping Mission Team'?!

Our House in Ftown!

Life in Africa is different... but it's Fun!!

(are you thinking Michael Jackson? Well, she is actually sweeping out a very dirty garage!)

These are just some things we noticed living in Africa!! ENJOY!!

[And please don't think we are complaining.. we aren't we just want to share some of our humorous events & other things]

• Going to School for the first time in my life, and it being a British school system & having to wear a uniform is very different.



• Having the steering wheel on the right side of the car, and driving on the left side of the road.



• Having everyone call me Kelland isn't what I'm use to, but I like the it! :]



• The roads here are FULL of taxis. They are EVERYWHERE!



• Instead of seeing your average raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, deer & other animals along the side of the road, Here it is much different. We see: Donkeys, monkeys, goats & cows.



• When the temperature outside is 70 degrees F people are wearing coats.



• Being made fun of for talking with what they call an accent.



• Having fresh fruits & veggies all the time is a wonderful blessing!



• Seeing Combies [vans] drive by with 15+ people crammed in it.



• Not being able to pronounce street names



• People's definition of being on time is... well different. [Everyone is always late.]



• Checking cookies for maggots it's always a smart move before putting the cookie in your mouth!

Having little kids come by everyday just to say Dumela! [Hello]

Hope some of those made you laugh!.. Now let me give you directions to our house!

Steer around huge pot holes and turn on the road where they have MANURE FOR SALE! Turn right at the second robot [traffic light] and left at the next robot. Follow traffic to round about (traffic circle) and go straight over the railroad tracks. Don't mind the warning lights, cross over anyway, the train is only 25metres away. Turn right on the road by the Ladies Prison and travel through the light industrial area, over the Ntshe River (no water). Go past the coalmine, which is flooded, and on to - a cul de sac located in Monarch Phase 5, right past the cemetery!

Drive into front yard past security gate and gaze at a Wonderful brick home with orange trim. Just yell "Koko" -which means knock knock- and someone inside will answer "Sayna" -means come in- and will great you with a big hug!

Hope you enjoyed! miss you all tons!!

Love Kb

February Pictures!

Sorry we haven't kept this better updated. We haven't had internet at the house & it's hard for us to do so much on the computer with so little time. Once we get the internet at the house we'll try better to keep this updated!! I have tons to say, but like I said don't have time to say much more! hehe.
Hope you enjoy these pictures!!
Love you all & miss you TONS!!
*kisses* Kb

The Big poisonous spider at church!

Me at school on athletics day.. yes that is a Javelin. hehe.

Me, Noah && Knowledge!

A walking stick we found on our house!!! BIG I KNOW!!

Luke attempting to eat a BBQ grasshopper!

Praise the Lord!

Yay!!

The 7 people before the baptism.

Luke and his friend Namon at church.

Randy preaching with Moketsi interpreting.

Village church where we worshiped and Randy preached.

One of the grocery stores here in Francistown.

A sign at the butcher shop in Lobatse.

A beautiful Botswana bird

South Africa Retreat

It is HOT here in Bots! Thank God it's the Rainy Season!

Kb in her school uniform...thinking Princess Diary!

Luke is waiting for our supper to come

This is NOT our house!! But the hotel we stayed in...

The river is high (in background)....which is unusual and exciting in Botswana

Dodging Donkeys...

Our house!!! the wall is almost done...it will have electric voltage wire around the top

Randy driving on the left!

Jet lag? That's my excuse for some of the things I have written to people! First of all, we are 8 hours ahead of Central time. I've been told that I won't even remember these last two weeks...but maybe I can look on our blogspot and figure it all out! We have learned to drive stick shift with our left hand and stay on the left-hand side of the road (for the most part) while dodging goats, donkeys, baboons and cattle. We have survived a petro (gas) leak and being stranded in the parking lot of the mall (yes, a mall!) We saw a Warthog on the golf course we walked around and instead of squirrels running around...we see monkeys...getting into the trash! We have found out that we love Cheese Bread freshly baked from Pick-n-Pay...(one of the grocery stores) and that I can get Snicker Bars and Pepsi Light!

Our Prayer Retreat in South Africa near Johannesburg was awesome...we got to meet lots of our fellow workers on the field.

We have made two trips to Francistown...the last one to see Kelland as she is away from us and living with some sweet friends while she goes to school. Her school started and our house wasn't finished...so this was the solution. She is doing wonderful...but we miss her lots. Luke started homeschool and loves it here...he reminded me that his personality is a Golden Retriever...so he just goes with the flow!

We have talked to family and friends on Skype (thank you, Lord, for Skype) and are going to Immigration tomorrow to apply for our Residency visas...

Prayer Items:

-our home will be finished very soon

-Kb will do well in school away from us

-we will be safe on the road

-our paperwork for our visas will be correct

-pray for the people who are copying Scripture in our village that the Word of God will pierce their hearts and they will live the Way and love the Truth

Thank you for your prayers and emails...we feeled very loved. (kim)