Happy Saturday.
Troy has taken Dad and Tipap to the market to find the chairs. Dad has never seen the market here, so he'll come home with observations I'm sure.
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We're planning to work our buns off today and get totally ready for Tuesday's team so that Sunday we can go to church and Monday we can have Big Poppy (Grandpa/Dad) take us to the beach before the marathon of work begins. The team arrives Tuesday, the Founder comes Thursday, a couple comes mid March and we'll have visitors on property until March 21. During this time we have the Lifeline convention, which I would love to tell you all about but we are totally winging it. We've never lived here to host one and we are learning as we go.
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Apparently about 1,000 people come for a three day event with concerts, church services, a showing of the Passion of the Christ on a big screen (read: white sheets draped over a building) and I guess we are buying a cow to kill and eat. (or not eat depending on who you're asking) Troy is Mr. Party Planner and is all over the planning of this event ... it reminded me of my days of Catering Sales and planning weddings at the Radisson. Except we never bought a cow to slaughter nor did we shop for gigantic pots and plastic ware for 1,000. On a positive note, there are no high-strung brides freaking out that the napkin color is not the exact shade of teal. If there are no napkins, no one will even notice. It will be an adventure, that's for sure. People camp here and sleep in the school classrooms. Or so we're told.
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Uncharted territory, here we come.
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In order to make a Monday a "Grandpa's buying at the beach day" we need to use some strateeegery --- we'll move furniture around, make beds, plan menus, cook and freeze some meals and get organized today. Free beach day is great motivation. Isaac's already got Papa on the hook for the place we never go because it is too spendy. :)
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I thought Lori and Licia's blog entry from Friday was amazing. Go check it out. Twins were delivered and there is a picture of Tou Tou, the amazing guy we told you about that walks on all fours. To Lori -- for an uneducated opinon, I would say I agree that there is some issue with the facial features of that baby and we have seen that exact thing here, we have two or three kids in the village with those same features. Hopefully some medical wizard will know what causes it and fill you in. Then you can fill us in. :)
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The photo is of the prayer rock. A good place to start and/or end your day here.
