...From Penny

By Penny:

Hi everyone at home!  Christopher, I hope your Birthday was terrific!  I thought about you and missed you all day!  I can’t wait for you to tell me all about it when I get home!  Things are coming along well with Lawrence and I.  We just had another visit to the cultural market today.  We both found a few items to bring back home. Our bargaining skills have improved and we can now negotiate for what we want by ourselves so that’s pretty exciting!  They have so many beautiful handmade items! We are enjoying our free time as we are working hard and have a pretty busy schedule most days.  I have been trying to rest my body since I seem to have over worked my lower half and have not been able to work as hard as I would like.  It’s difficult to stay inside resting, though when there is a big beautiful country full of wonderful people outside the door!  It’s so much fun to walk down the road to see the village and meet the children.  Diane and I have plans to approach a local preschool about visiting their program.  Life is so different here.  I can’t wait to tell you all about it.  I have so much to tell you and lots of pictures, Melissa!  I’m also journaling as much as possible, Donna!  Lawrence, I hope you rest up before I come home because I’ll still be talking when you are falling asleep at night!  Diane said that we’ll have to go with her and Andrew to Toronto to share a taste of Africa with you and the boys.    Benjamin, I listened to you singing Happy Birthday with Dad on my MP3.  It was so nice to hear your silly voice all the way here in Africa!  I miss you soooo much!  You would really like the church services we’ve been to-lots of music and dancing!  Well, time to go for now.  I love and miss you all!

Blessings,

Penny