I can't paint without all of the kids wanting to dive right in and I can hardly keep everything from having acrylic paint on it. Their little hands, all 6 of them... (emmy hasn't figured out how to get in the middle of it all yet....) move so darn fast! Ellie and I did this painting together. I took the painting she did and used it to cut the letters for Jake's name out of. I thought it turned out pretty darn cute!

Here is a sweet picture of Jake with Ellie! He is such a cute baby and I cant wait to see him again!

kelsey goes to ACU

our sweet babysitter left for ACU this summer! The kids are already missing her and so am I!

I painted this for her dorm room!

SNO CONES

Carrie, Ali and Emmett were in town this summer for about a month in between their move from boulder, CO to San Fran, CA. I hated to see them go. We had lots of fun hanging out and the kids had a great time together. Here they are eating sno cones...

Soooo cute!

We made it to London!

We had a great trip and just had fish and chips and are going to bed. Our flight leaves London at 11:30ish London time. We get to dallas tomorrow afternoon. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GIRLS!! If someone reads this, please let call my mom and clay's mom and let her know we made it to london! They may not see this since it is the weekend!!!
The flight here was good we were de-pesticized per the world health organization. So there should be no malaria follwing us back to the states! The flight was great and the boys were really good. Their grandmothers would not have been real happy to see some of the places that the boys traveled over the week, but they were safe and under God's protection! The boys made lots of friends and it was so fun to watch them play with the kids. Several of our boys came to trust the Lord as their savior and we are praying that several of them that suffered abuse and lots of bad dreams will have healing from those things which have held them captive for so long. \we can't wait to show you video of Bennett dancing with the Zambians. It is priceless!!!

Sunday Night in Zambia

We start camp Life tomorrow. We have already had an incredible time. It has been a blast watching the boys interact with the Zambians. We went yesterday out into the kabanana community. We played with the children in the community resource center. It is a safe-haven for children in that community. A kind-of YMCA, “ Zambian style,” but with intense discipleship and a 24 hour care for children who find themselves in dangerous situations. After about 1 ½ hours of playing with the children we took one month of food to four different families.
The homes were small and dark and most children slept on the dirt floors. One home was a one-room mud hut that was about 9’ X 16’. There were 9 children and a very elderly grandmother that cared for them. I am not sure that the food we gave them did not displace a child. We gave them the food and told them they were receiving the food as a gift and God wanted them to know that He loved them very much and that He is a good God. We prayed for all the families and the boys interacted with all of the village children and were such a great reflection of the love of Christ!
Please pray tomorrow that all of the children will show up for camp and will not be detained by their caretakers. Pray that God will use us and our children to communicate the Amazing message of God’s love. Clay’s leader group is Clay, Bennett, Omega and Aaron. My group is Erin, Parker, Nelly and Eric. Tomorrow is Emerson’s 1st birthday and I am hoping that I can talk to her!! Love you all! The boys are safe and having a great time. They peed in some very questionable places yesterday!!! But, all is well!!