Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Happy 60th Birthday, Mom!  Happy African Union Day too!  : )

Joe did not sleep well last night because he kept coughing.  He rested and took it easy today and is feeling a little better this evening.

We did school this morning.  Thirteen more days to go!  Gilbert had an art project.  Danny thought it was the end of the world because he didn't have any cutting today; so, I found a project for him to do too.

I did a couple loads of laundry this morning.  It was cloudy this afternoon, and then the rain came.  Needless to say, there are clothes draped over everything in the house.  

I forgot to tell about something that happened at the US Embassy.  There was one line where people were applying for a visa to go to the States.  They would say over the loud speaker, "Next applicant to window ten."  After we had heard them say that a few times, Gilbert said, "Mom, I know who the next African is."

After naps, we had supper and got ready for church.  We had a scary thing happen on the way to church.  We had just gone up the hill toward the dirt road.  It was just starting to get dark.  There was a man lying in the road with a rag on his head.  He was saying, "Help me, help me!"  As we got closer, he was not moving out of the road.  Joe honked and flashed the lights.  The guy got up.  Just as he got next to Joe's window, we saw that he had a machete in his hand.  Joe gunned it, and the guy was chasing after the vehicle waving his machete.  There were two other guys hiding in the bush as well.  They were trying to rob us.  We called the Luthers to warn them, and we also called our guard to tell him what had happened.  The kids were all scared on the way home.  They were hoping that the robbers wouldn't be there.  

Joe preached a good sermon.  His adrenaline was still pumping after almost being robbed.

We made it home safely without any other incidents.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie