This Little Piggy Went to Market

On Wednesday we had another butchering class. A farmer donated a pig that came to us in jungle camp already killed, gutted, and government inspected. Everyone who was interested came to see how to skin the pig and cut up the pork. A good amount of the pork went into making "farmer sausage" which is a smoked sausage. There was good student participation and most of us went away in great anticipation of our big baroque in the evening.

Ladies Chapel

Tuesday afternoon all of us ladies got together at Brenda's house for a ladies chapel. We had some special snacks which was enjoyed by all. And we had a good time hearing each other share what the Lord has been doing in our lives. Through the year we have enjoyed getting together every Thursday morning for a ladies sharing time. As these ladies move on to the next part of the training, we will miss these times with them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACHARY!

Happy 19th Birthday Zachary! Even though you are our MIDDLE child (as you like to remind us, smile) we hope you know how much we love you and are SO happy you are part of our family. These past five years you have always had a jungle camp birthday and how nice that this year we will have a pig roast feast!

SOS! SEND MORE BLANKETS!

We have had some nice warm days in the bush but unfortunately we have experience some real cool days with very cold nights. On Monday night we could tell things were really cooling off. The picture of the thermometer was taken at about 11:30 p.m. I had several layres of clothes on and of course my nice warm wool socks! Vern also stoked the fire really good for us that night. As you can see in the picture there was an orange glow on our stove as it was really hot. It was a HUGE help in warming up our house enough to go to bed. Then we woke up at 1:15a.m. Tuesday morning and the air was pretty chilly. Vern went out and checked the thermometer again and it was 34 degrees F. (Which is about 1 C). Vern filled up the stove with wood again and once again it did take the chill out of the air for a few more hours. If you think of us up in the bush sleeping in our plastic houses, you could pray for some warmer nights. (smile)

Fun, Food, Fellowship, and Fireworks

I never got to finish my posting on Canada Day. We did finish off the day with a potluck. The highlight of that being that we staff, provided ice cream and strawberries for everyone. Since our students haven't had any ice cream in over two weeks it was a real treat. Then later at 10:00 p.m. we all up in an open section for some fireworks. It was a very fun filled day. It was my first "Canada Day" as a Canadian citizen and the day turned out perfect with LOTS of fun memories made with our friends and family.

GO TEAM GO!!!!

After the boat races we all gathered together to play some group games. Everyone was broken up into four teams. The first game we played was where each team only had three matches and they had to start a fire and burn a string. The first team to burn their string won. We had to find material in the bush and could not use any wood that was already cut.













Another game we played was sawing and chopping wood. All four teams were so close on their time, and I am happy to sy no one lost any fingers or toes, or go hurt in any way.









































































The kids had fun playing a game where they ran with sponges filled with water and had to fill pop bottles that were on a man's head. The men go plenty wet on this game but the kids sure had a good time.


































This game was water balloon volley ball. I have never played it before but it was a lot of fun. You had a water balloon that was in a sheet and your team had to volley it over the net and the other team had to catch it in their sheet. It was amazing that not too many people got wet.

Canada Day Celebration - Let the Races Begin

Yesterday we celebrated "Canada Day". We started off the afternoon with a boating competition. All the children made boats. They were judged for originality and then we have a boat race to see which one was going to win for speed. The kids all did such a great job on their boats. The kids had a great time racing their boats and us adults had a good time cheering them on.

BINGO in the bush

Although we have different classes up in the bush there is still plenty of time of connecting, visiting, and playing games with each other. Saturday night we had a group over to play BINGO. I had already gone to the Dollar Store to get some little prizes. I am sure you wish you had the cool pair of glasses that Ruth won!?!