Very sick with Malaria

After arriving home from Accra Jesse said he was not feeling well. When Monday arrived he had a fever and the chills, welcome malaria. He started taking some medicine, but was not able to keep it down. His fever continued to go up and down and he really was not doing well. On Wed he stood up quickly and was starting to walk back to bed, I asked him how he was doing and he said he was very dizzy, at that point he passed out in my arms. It took everything in me to get him to the bed. I don't think I have ever been so scared. After that episode I gave him some new medicine and he began to feel better soon after he started the medicine, by Thursday night he was about 80% better. I had so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
He is 100% better now and I am so thankful, I praise the Lord for his health. Thank you all for your prayers.

Traveling to Ghana from Togo

We left Togo at 4:00 am on our way to Ghana. Because of the roads and the border crossing it took us 12 hours. While on the road we saw many funny things. We saw two cows laying down in a small bed of a pickup truck, they were laying down tied in by a rope. We all thought they were dead but, this is the way they transfer cattle lol. We also saw a van driving down a road with a goat on top of it standing, I wish I got a picture it was so funny.
We made it to Accra safely. I enjoyed a latte last night that was so yummy, and I ate broccoli for the second time since we have been in Africa it was delicious. What a treat.

Movie night with Bible Hour kids

This past Saturday I decided to have a movie night for the kids in the neighborhood. We decided to show Jungle Book. It was so great seeing the reactions of the kids and even the adults. When they saw the snake in the movie they all gasped and began to make noises that are impossible to describe. It was a great night, and the kids and parents loved it.

Spiderman was at our house yesterday

Yesterday we had a fall festival for all of the missionary kids in the area. All of the parents took on the responsibility of producing a fun activity for the kids, like little carnival booths. Jesse and I did bobbing for water balloons, and the children loved it. Other parents did a ring toss, and orange throw, flour sac races, a cup cake walk, and an obstacle coarse. All of the children loved it. Joshua was very excited because the lady who was doing the face painting said she could paint a spiderman mask. Joshua turned into spiderman for a day and loved it. When we walked outside their gate to leave we saw some Togolese kids that were passing by. They started shouting and laughing since they had never seen spiderman up close before! It was a great response. When we arrived home one of our friends looked at him, and in broken English said "Spiderman". Yvette, my friend, looked at him and said "you should keep your face like this always; this is who you are, 'SPIDERMAN'". Joshua loved being Spiderman for a day.
It is so wonderful to have friends hear in Africa. We are blessed, and I am blessed to have Spiderman in my home.

My two favorite men

Treat others as you would want to be treated

Yesterday at Bible Hour I noticed something that is very common with children here in Togo is that they hit each other all the time. Even a young child will hit an older child. As I was sitting in the middle of these children I was very bothered by this. After Bible hour I talked to the children about treating others as you want them to treat you. It was almost as if the children did not understand the concept. I pray they will soon understand as will be talking about it, "for the next few weeks".

Does white skin feel different.

Yesterday during Bible Time a little girl was sitting next to me, she was looking at my toes and my feet. After looking at my feet she started touching my legs pinching my skin and rubbing it, then she touched her skin, at this point realizing that my skin felt very different then hers. After doing this she looked up at me and smiled.