Hello there!

I have been to South Africa and back, and while I was away, my sister had my new nephew!  Charlie is a DOLL!  SO sweet!  He was 2 weeks early (my sis #3 also had blood pressure/swelling problems), but still weighed 8 lbs 2 ozs and was 20 1/2 inches long!  I got to see him and my other nephews and niece (along with the rest of my family, of course) the weekend after I returned from SA.

South Africa was AMAZING!  Plans for where we were going got changed 2 weeks before we arrived, and the locale we were supposed to spend most of our time at, well, it didn't happen.  But God knows what He's doing, and we had some phenominal things happen in and around Cape Town.  As there were only 7 of us, we didn't have as many ministry opportunities 'cause we were basically one big group instead of 2 small ones, but the ones we had (even a few we made happen along the way) were fabbo!

There was an airplane while we were gone that had an attempted hijacking, but we weren't on it, luckily.  We would have been on it if it had happened 2 days later, though.  Some guy, 40 minutes into the flight, had a hyperdermic needle that he put to the throat of a flight attendant, demanding to get into the cockpit.  Well, and off duty pilot was sitting right where it happened, and he attacked the guy.  4 others also helped, and it was over within 5 minutes.  Regardless, my flight home was a bit unnerving for me. 

I made the mistake of telling my dad that it happened the day after my nephew was born, when he'd only gotten maybe 4 hours of sleep.  Daddy misunderstood what I said and thought I'd been on that plane!  Not only that, he thought I was the one with the needle at my neck!  I told him I wasn't telling Jeff, 'cause I figured he'd worry, and Daddy told him it was me!  LOL!  Jeff was none too happy when I talked to him the day we were flying out (we didn't get to talk long, and what we did was hard to hear with all the planes being called or delayed in Cape Town), and I didn't understand why until after we got back into the states and I talked with my mom.  My poor husband!  Even after I've straightened all this out with him, he's not currently willing to let me go again.  Guess I'll trust the Lord in whatever He wants from me, and He'll handle Jeff accordingly.

I guess that's it for now.  I hope my Canadian friends have a wonderful Canada Day, and for my American friends, have a wonderful July 4th! 

Hugs,
April

Just around the neighbourhood and stopping by to say have a blessed week ahead

Just wanted to say congratulations on your newest nephew. I know that you must be thrilled to see and play with him. Your trip to South Africa sounds amazing as usual. I'm so glad that you got there and home safely. Hope thatthings are looking bright for you.

Tried to leave a note, but it disappeared. Oh well. Congratulations on your newest nephew. Glad that you made it home safely from your trip to South Africa. Hope that all is well with you.

Hey Tesha!

I have this set up so I have to OK comments before they are listed. I kept getting all sorts of SPAM stuff, so I had to do it this way.

CR is a DOLL! I should be seeing him again this weekend late.

Hugs!
April