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| Morning cake baking! |
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| Anna made some pretty special decorations for Lauren. |
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| She got some legos, a boogie board for drawing, some lovely beads from Nana & Papa and a game! So fun! |
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| Lauren's birthday was on Sunday, so Joel and Dr. Ronald could leave the hospital in the hands of a resident. We traveled an hour to go have lunch at a hotel with a pool. It was such a nice day! |
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| Mugisha wasn't sure if he liked swimming.... and Gabby did until Joel dunked him one too many times. Sarah, Cissy's sister, even went swimming. |
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| Baby Treasure and Lauren |
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| Mugisha was so excited to ride the bike! Joel and Ronald went in together to purchase a bike to share between our families. |
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| This is how you take a bike to a hotel an hour away. |
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| This is our good friend Annonciate, her son Jean de Dieu, and her granddaughter Nadia. We were honored to be invited to her family gathering to offer encouragement and love to her grieving son who lost his wife about 2 months ago. Annonciate is a beautiful example of a servant. She raised her 7 kids alone after her husband died and now she is helping to support and raise her grandkids after their mother has died. She walks an hour to work as a cook at the mission each day and is our adopted grandma while we are here. |
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| This is Annonciate's family who was able to make it to the family gathering. |
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| Can you see the volcanoes??? They are all the way across Lake Kivu in Congo - where the gorillas live. We can only see them when we've had a big rainstorm to clear out the dust. It's a fun and exciting occurrence! |
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| Good night Kibogora. |
Looks like Lauren had an awesome Birthday celebration complete with beautiful decorations (great job Anna), a yummy looking cake, fun presents, and a special day at the lodge and swimming!!!...9 in Rwanda...That's a B-day to be remembered! I think we met Annonciate when we were at the mission...What a precious lady! Your last pic is absolutely gorgeous!! Love you all!
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