Happy New Year!

here's a shot by Mr. T. He's pretty much pro with the pics. So check out his link on the right. He sent us this photo, so that's why we can put it on now. more too come...


It's been a while since we last posted. I'll try to update you a bit on what we've been up to. Pictures would be the perfect way of describing everything but the computer I'm on won't allow me to do that. Again we promise a great slide show when we have the chance.

It's surprising that Christmas and New Years have passed already. It was different being away from home at Christmas but we managed to celebrate quite well here, complete with a turkey dinner! We even did a couple gift exchange games! It was very nice to be with Doug, Deanna and Maddy for this time as well.

We spent boxing day playing ultimate frisbee with some of the youth guys from Gitega (where Doug and Deanna used to live). While swimming in the water after the game to cool off we saw a hippo swimming past us just a little further out in the water. Pretty cool, and a little scary!

We then headed out to Tanzania to a beach house for a few days with the Hieberts and Brandon, and just got back yesterday. The place was incredible! We ate amazing fresh fish, tons of pineapple (beats any pineapple I've ever tasted), swam in incredibly warm beatiful water, jumped off of huge cliffs, watched beautiful sunsets, played Cities and Nights non stop, and at beans and wieners for our New Years dinner. It was a great way to bring in the New Year! We are so thankful for the time we had there. It could possibly be the most beautiful place I've ever been!

There's a bit of an update on what we've been doing....more to come soon. We plan to leave Burundi on Friday and we'll be back on the road again traveling first to Rwanda and then to Uganda. Thanks for your posts and emails. It's really great to hear from you all.