Erin is 11! by Charlene

Well, we've just finished celebrating what will be the last African birthday for our family. As it turns out, classes were cancelled for the primary school on April 16th (Erin's birthday) for her student-led conferences. Erin got to sleep in a little later than usual and we enjoyed seeing her present all of the work that she's been doing this year. After spending an hour at school with Erin we took her out for cappuccinos/hot chocolate and donuts. She had her party with her friends on Friday and she invited her friends over for her dad's legendary home-made thin crust pizza and we went out to the movie The Game Plan - great fun!

Erin enjoying a mid-morning donut on her birthday.

Erin and her friends at school when we brought in a cake to share

In some ways this three years has gone by very quickly but in other ways - not so. We've been away from home for three Christmases, three Easters and all of us except Danica have experienced 3 birthdays away from home. We are looking forward to moving home and embracing our old family traditions and possibly incorporating some new ones as we think about our future in Winnipeg.

Our colleague Amy recently blogged about having company from home and her story about Grace that you can read here. I really appreciate Amy's insight to the local community and her gift of writing about her experiences.

Zambian Idols - By John

Well, today is a great day, the day that Dave and John went nation wide on a music video. The real story is that when Dave and Ruth came to visit we spent a day at a place called Adventure City. While we were there a video was being shot, and suddenly we were asked to join, which we did. What you see is the outtakes where Dave and I are shown, and also where the kids are shown. The actual video is over 14 minutes long, so I haven't downloaded it.




The video was produced by a local Lusaka church, and I promised I would mention them in case anyone wants to support them or buy the album. Apparently it's a very popular video and is being shown on three Zambian stations (there are only four).

Pentacostal Revival Ministries
P.O. Box A1-13-38
Chilenje, Lusaka, Zambia

Let me know if you want a copy or further information.