April & May 2006

April 2006
“Round 3” as of April 17th we found out that we are adding to the Myers tribe!! We are so excited to have another addition to our family. I know some people think that I am crazy, we already have one of each and we are in Africa, so far away from home. Things are more normal here than some may think and we are 4 hrs away from Jo’burg, South Africa if we want to deliver there.

It was exciting today to see that the school was donated two water tanks for the children to drink and for making their food, as there have been many days they barely had enough clean water to cook with. The kids can now wash their hands before eating too, which is a good thing!! I had been an interesting task teaching this group of teachers. I went to assess them, yes the teacher and found out that two of them know almost all the letters except about 2-3 letter and sounds they missed about 7 sounds each. So, it is like I am teaching first grade all over again. God must have a sense of humor since I have been missing desperately teaching in the states where I have all the resources possible at my disposal, and now I am teaching some of those same basic first grade skills with no resources.

The end of April to mid May is holiday or term break. The schools here run Jan. to Dec. and consist of three terms separated by about a three week break. So we got with some of our missionary friends and headed south to the beach, Durban. It was so nice to go down and see the ocean, especially with both Doug and I growing up in the northwest area around water all the time. We had a blast jumping waves in the Indian Ocean, making sand castles, digging for crabs and gathering shells and just relaxing as a family.

Our friend Lynette who was saved in our living room a couple of weeks ago went to Mozambique for holiday and we found out that her 5 year old son got Malaria and went through some pretty bad stuff at the hospital. He had three or four of the strands possible and was admitted and the nurse put all his IV down him in less than half of the time it was supposed to be done, etc. We phoned her and asked her if we could come and pray with her and Keenan. We went by the store and got him a little toy and some sweets and headed to Manzini. We prayed with them and two days later got a call from Lynette saying his Malaria has been cleared!! So cool!


May 2006
Kaden is so cute with the baby, he is telling everyone he has a baby in his tummy! And when we are cuddling or he is laying or sitting on me he is very sensitive that he is not hurting the baby, cuz it could cry. Kylea, is going to be such a great help she is putting her votes in for a sister, of course. Who knows with how sick I have been! Kylea I was very sick that first trimester, Kaden just nauseous, who knows?! This one I have been very sick multiple times daily and nauseous pretty much all day every day, fun, fun! Thank goodness for a husband who is not afraid to help, esp. in the kitchen!

We were driving somewhere and Kaden was doing something that surprised Doug and I and Doug looked back at him and said “you little smarty pants”! Kaden replied with “I am not a farty pants, daddy, you’re a farty pants” haha! He had trouble with his s sounds in some words and they generally come out as f’s. Oh, he is all boy!! Kylea on the other hand is all girl, she loves to dress up and put on make-up and play mommy. She is getting so grown up too, I look at her to expect to see my little pixie at 18 months old with two little piggie tails sticking out the sides of her head with her big blue eyes. She loves going to school and is learning her letters and picking up spelling. She can of course spell her name, but her first word to spell was MOMMY!! Ha after saying daddy first I finally get my name in there in the spelling hall of fame!! I will never forget on mothers day when she was 1yr. and at church they had a mom video of a bunch of the kids in the church and at the very end they had her standing there and asked her to say mommy and she tilted her little blond head and batted her big blue eyes and said “dada”, it was cute!

This is a month of celebration, Doug turned 31, it was Mothers day and we celebrate 8 years of marriage on the 30th of the month!! Party, party, party!

We are gearing up for Doug’s parents to come “Grandpa & Grammi”. We actually have not seen them since we were in the states and Kaden was four months old. They have been in Indonesia and are coming to see us, the kids cannot wait.

Ministry wise, I am still doing my Wednesday morning bible study with a group of about 9-10ish ladies, we just finished a book by Joanna Weaver called “Having a Mary heart in a Martha World”, incredible book. I also just started another bible study in my home for a couple of new Christians. There were four of us this last Sat. and am excited to see it grow. It was amazing to sit and begin to disciple these ladies and have God confirm his abilities in me. I am seeing strengths that I never knew I had, and a lot that I am still lacking!!

God has begun to open some serious doors with our hearts desire and the vision that he give us before coming here. We are praying for direction and continued favor with the people.

We headed to Jo’burg to pick up Doug’s parents and have my first baby dr. visit.