January's Finishing Frosted Moments Warming into February....

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The 'Lost is Found' moments from KS......

 KS Snow....answer to boys' prayer....

 Snowmen building--along with snowball fighting...
 One of several Settlers of Catan games-game on!
 Kirk's favorite quick lunch...JP smoothie and PB/Apples-yum!
 I'm not sure HOW I got convinced to going here on one of our trips to Topeka ;P....
 A stop by Printing Impressions for paper :)
'Helping' Daddy with his dental check-up :D....

Haiti Mission Trip with Rebuilding Haiti.org
It was a privilege and we are truly blessed to get to meet everyone we did on this mission trip and to have the team we had!  God is an awesome God!
 Waiting to board at the airport....
 In Flight....
 First view of Haiti...
 The LONG ride to Port Salut from Port A Prince-after flying since being up traveling since 
1am.......But the boys are pumped!
Meal upon arriving later evening at Ralf Etienne's house, scrumptious...we are truly blessed to know Ralf!
 Window view out of one of the windows in our sleeping quarters
 Fisherman
 Boys looking at their catch....
 Ruben, son of one of the fisherman, showing the boys some of the catch
 Getting ready to move some trees...
 Packing school kits

 Kirk, Jadon and Cook Suzi's kids...
 Papouche with Kirk
 Piling emptied boxes
 VBS
 Soccer at VBS


 A group photo....
 Loading food bags...
 Learning to carry on his head, which is a common way that Kirk likes to carry things now :)
 More food bags...
 Ready to go to villages to deliver the food packages...
 One of the villages that was delivered too...


 Working on water purification kits...
 With school kids...
 The 'last minute' decision to make a trip to visit Hospital Lumiere...the surprised looks on some of the faces that we knew, were absolutely priceless!  
 Tying bags...or being buried by them...not sure ;)
 In a village
 Helping dig the holes for the poles for a church that they helped start and build the building of...
 Here is a pole....
 Kirk building some sort of a construction with the local kids....
....finished product. 

 Love this pic!
 Eating at a local restaurant for the last evening meal...
 Beach front snapshot...
 Rosie and Vanya with Kirk and Jadon


God worked in such wondrous, amazing ways on this trip that puts one at awe...

Now to end with some of our local daily happenings....
 Family huddle....
 Fishing at the Camp Bowie Water Resevoir...

Ready to go outside to feed the...guess....deer!!! :)
 Mastering the art of feeding ourself....
...and loving it, but somethings are just easier with hands!

 Daddy/daughter snuggles!
 Kite flying!!
 Fun, Fun....
 FUN!
 Fishing at Riverside Park...which is perfect, as the ones that like to fish gets to fish and Janessa gets to sleep in the baby carrier, for a nap, as Mom walks laps around the park...and then Janessa also gets to feed the ducks and geese that reside there.


 Devotion/Bible time with Daddy early in the morning with a surprise treat of a hot drink...

 A Tour at Veldhuizen Cheese Shop and how they make Raw European styled cheese...super neat and cool!  
The above pic, is the morning milk in the cheese vat...
 ...explanation of the procedure....
 ....one of the cheese caves, that ages the cheese from 1-3 years...
 ...inside the cave that is pictured above, it had 4 aisles like this one in it...
 .....then we went to the Dublin Coke Bottling Company...a tour filled with neat history!  
We met a lady from California, who had her pet turtle with her, at Riverside...Kirk got to snuggle it for awhile....
Blessings, love and a hug to all!  

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