A Fun Day

Today, Adam ran to me saying "Mama, mama!" This was music to my ears. I had arrived at Amani by taxi, was exiting the car when I turned to see Adam running towards me saying that one word that means the world to any mother. Now, he still calls me "Auntie", and sometimes "Mama Auntie" or some variation, but progress is being made, and that is all I could ask for.

Yesterday a fun afternoon was had by Tom, Hunter, Adam and I. We took a 1 hour boat tour around the Nile river and Lake Victoria. We got to see some pretty awesome birds, a very large lizard, a couple monkeys (from kind of far away) and a small monument which is right where the Source of the Nile is located.

I was really really excited to see a "Weaver bird". Do you know what this bird does? I am not a bird fanatic I assure you, I only know of this bird because my son Jay and I learned about "nests" last year. Okay, this very small, yellow bird is called a "weaver bird" because it "weaves" small twigs, blades of grass, etc. . together making a hollow, woven, ball-shaped nest. The bird leaves a small hole located at the bottom of the "ball" as to disuade snakes and other predators. The Lord gave these guys smarts I'm telling you. This woven nest dangles from tree branches--there were TONS of these nests dangling over TONS of trees. I took pictures. I can't wait to show Jay.

Today we went to Bujigali Falls. I am probably mispelling that horribly. Anyway, they were very powerful looking and beautiful. What was actually pretty neat was that there were only a few signs depicting skull and cross bones saying that you shouldn't go beyond a certain point or you may die. It was refreshing to see nature in its nakedness. I don't like it when the minority of stupid people doing stupid things dictate how the rest of the normal majority lives. I think in America so much of our life is like bumper bowling. Personal responsibility is a good thing and keeps us on our toes! Too many warning signs can clutter the view of living.

Tomorrow will be a full day of babies. Tom and I have relocated to the baby cottage itself! Upstairs there is a nice living space, complete with little kitchen, bathrooms, bunks, a TV for dvds and even a computer--slow, and often not working computer, but a computer just the same.

Thanks for your prayers! Love you lots my sweet family. =)