Dear Friends and Family,  Happy New Year! Since our last update many things have happened: we have moved out of our house, packed up a storage unit, and spent 8 days in Dallas with both of our families for Christmas. Then on Monday, Dec 27 we boarded a plane headed for Africa. Almost 24 hours later we arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday Dec 28 and are now in our new home in Kigali, Rwanda! We had two flights and they both went great. When we landed in Kigali four folks from the IJM Rwanda office were there to pick us up at the airport. We arrived on time and all our 11 pieces of luggage (except for Luke's car seat) arrived with us. That was a such a huge praise to have all of our luggage here with us on the first night. (The last two times we have flown with our crates (to/from Kenya) they arrived a few days later.) |
 We drove to our new house and the kids ran around to each room as we all scouted out our new place. We even did a lap around the outside of the house and Abigail came running back with a frog! Inside, we had a hot meal waiting for us by one of the folks at the office. Yummy, chapati, rice, and stew!! (made by a Kenyan living in Rwanda so it was familiar to us!) Because all of our luggage made it, we were able to make all of our beds with the sheets we had in our crates and even unpack some toys for the kids. Thank you Lord!
Oh, and last night on our first full day in country Caleb lost his first tooth! He was thrilled when the tooth fairy brought him Rwandan francs this morning. :-)
Thank you for all of your prayers! We have felt them. Please continue to pray for us as we figure out how to get around and get the house set up as our own. We are praying for our shipment of stuff that, we are told, should arrive sometime around January 9th. Some of us have been having some tummy issues, please pray that these resolve quickly. Thanks! Many blessings on this Happy New Year! Lane and Anna for the Mearskats . |
