The last 3 books I read

JEFF
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Shake Hands with the Devil by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire
Pele the Autobiography

SHANNON
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

JOEL
Star Wars Episode 1 “The Phantom Menace”
Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery
The Man in the Iron Mask

AVIN
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest
Barbie “School Days”
Millicent and the Wind

FINN
Stanley’s Party
Dinosaur Skeletons
Little Panda

MAZZY
Feeling Great! Just like me!
Baby’s Toys
Woof!

Weekend

This past weekend we took Rachel to Kampala, we went to Garden City where she picked up a few things for her home, a few different grocery stores, and to a couple different restaurants for dinner. The first night we went to the Munyonyo Speke Resort, it's a very nice hotel on Lake Victoria, we've been before just to walk around and have heard there are a few nice restaurants so thought it would be a nice treat!

Avin and Finn doing their best to behave, they prefer the restaurants with a play area!!

Rachel Leng, our new accountant in Kibaale, and Shaun Fraser who spent the weekend with us in Kampala, he's been in Mpigi for the last 4 months

We can see Joel's face again!

The kids each picked a lawn chair out for themselves this weekend, they couldn't wait to get home to try them out!

Grasshoppers

Yum?? Many Ugandans think so, Grasshoppers are a local treat!

Madelene picking the legs off the grasshoppers!

Madelene picked these up at the market yesterday for everyone to try. Our family had tried the fried ants last spring (all but Avin, and Joel didn't actually ever get one down!!) and we thought those were just fine! The grasshopper is bigger, which is the only thing that made me (Shan) a bit nervous, but, you have to try them!!!! Even Avin indulged!!

She was pretty brave about trying them, and got it down no problem, seeing as she wouldn't even attempt to eat an ant we were pretty proud of her!


No gagging this time, Joel thinks they're pretty good!!

Finny LOVED the ants, so we weren't surprised at all that he grabbed a handful!


Madelene refried some of them up with extra spices, and they were even better tasting. I don't think I'd call the grasshopper a favourite treat of ours, but they are definitely edible, so if you get the oppurtunity, give them a try!!!

Medical Clinic Update

The new clinic is nearing completion. All that’s left is painting and landscaping. It should be ready in plenty of time for the grand opening at the end of August.

Our clinic is one of the busiest clinics in the region. We see more than 1300 patients per month. Here are a few pictures of the old clinic, you can see why we're so excited about the new one!!

The treatment room, gross!!

The many people waiting to be seen today.

The benches that were made for the new waiting areas.

One of the new treatment rooms, the old clinic had 1 and the new clinic will have 4, it just needs paint, and a new bed!!

The new outdoor area for overflow, it will also be used for teaching.

A Full House!

We have so many visitors right now. Every bed is full! There is a team of 11 teachers from BC to work with our Ugandan Teachers for the next two weeks. We also have a nurse, Madelene who is here all of July, a learning assistance teacher, Joanna who is here until December, our special needs teacher, Alyssa, is leaving on Sunday after a 2 month stay and our new Accountant, Rachel Leng has arrived and will be here for 2 years!!

Jenny, from the PAOS office in Canada was also just here for a week. She worked most nights till 2 am organizing all the information we have here with all the information she had at home in Canada. What a huge job!

Lori from the Teacher Team is playing Go Fish with Avin and Finn, she's also read them lots of stories!

Jenny visiting her sponsor child, Nakawesi at home.

Alyssa baking muffins in the guest house. We've gotten to spend a lot of time with her these last two months, she's been Amazing with our kids and made a lot of effort to get to know them, our whole family will really miss her!!

Happy Canada Day!!!

Thank You

In May, Karl and Arleen hosted a welcome party in their home for Mazzy. We got together in the evening for a time of fellowship and a few people said prayers for Mazzy and our family. It was very special to be surrounded by our friends here, visiting and praying together.

We’ve also been showered with cards, notes and gifts from our friends and family at home, these gifts and thoughts from you all have been SO appreciated!! Mazzy just recently received some beautiful presents from the Elementary School Teachers at Pacific Academy!!

Thank you everyone for all your love and support, we feel so blessed!!