Haven of Hope

We mailed a package to Matt and Crystal Kehn in Mbarara, Uganda earlier this month with various baby supplies and a few letters to hand out to some of our friends. Matt and Crystal had their first child, Asher, a year and a few months ago, in Uganda. Which I think is both wonderful and amazing. More recently, in April, the Kehn family grew again when they began the adoption process of Stephen Twinomujuni Kehn, a newborn baby who was abandoned at birth. Stephen, along with so many other abandoned babies in Uganda, was born with HIV/AIDS. This is a new step in Matt and Crystal’s ministry in Uganda and they can use some help and prayer. Please visit them at their Haven of Hope to find out how you can help.

Also new to the world is Pearl Ahurira, new daughter of our friends Herbert and Sarah also in Mbarara, Uganda.

Mukama Asiimwe!

June

Since its June, I suppose this’ll be a June update (I’m not sure what happened to March, April, and May… oops!).
~June 7th was our 8 month Day (I prefer to save Anniversary for the yearly count).
A few days later, on Tuesday, June 10th, my mom, Wally, and Gwen came up to Minneapolis to visit us for six days. Tyler and I both had to work so they got to do a bit of exploring the Metro area on their own. We showed them a lot, when we could. Mosaic walls for my mom, Mickey’s Diner, The Walker, The State Capital, The Cathedral, Minnehaha Falls, thrift stores, some of the lakes and the beautiful houses around them, a show at The Gurthrie, and a lot more. I think they had a good time. :)


~On Saturday, June 21st we took the MegaBus to Chicago, arriving in the evening and heading out to my dad’s house. We all woke up early and got headed up north for the family picnic. The weather consisted of a storm cloud that gave us wind, cool air, rain, and hail! Us crazy Minnesotans, expecting warmer weather to the south, didn’t bring coats or sweatshirts and had to borrow some. The mosquitoes were terrible! But at least they didn’t have malaria. :) We ate some of Pat’s wonderful breakfast, took a lot of photos, went for a walk, and had a great time. Later we headed to Oak Park where we stayed the night with Rachel and Doug but also got to chat with Ash, a friend of mine from college. On Monday we wandered around Chicago, feeling a little chilly at times, and I got to see a few more friends, Ashley, Heather, and David. Then we hoped back on the MegaBus at 10:30pm. I was getting sick over the weekend and failed to sleep on the bus, so now I’m here, home sick from work because there’s an elephant in my head. It’s always great to go back and see family and friends, I just wish we didn’t have to be so rushed! I also wish the MegaBus went to Iowa…
~Now that the weather is acting more like Spring/Summer (and nicer than Chicago), Tyler has been driving the moped motorcycle bike thing to work and I’ve been riding my bike. Tyler’s trip is less than five minutes away from home, so the gas goes a nice long long way. My ride is about 4.5 miles one-way and it has typically been nice enough to ride each day rather than drive the car. Although I get to work really hot and sticky… I’m realizing I don’t exactly ride for leisure, I’m always pushing myself to go as fast as possible, which results in more hot and more sticky. 17 minutes is my record so far, I think.
~Hopefully this coming weekend we’ll be going camping. It’s the Minneapolis Pride Festival and Tyler says it gets really crazy, especially around our neighborhood. It’s the third largest Pride Festival in the country… so we’re planning on getting out of town to avoid the whole crazy, and to enjoy some nice Minnesota summer camping. :)
~Also, gas prices in the Twin Cities Metro area are wonderful. $3.89 is today's average. Everyone should move here. Come on.