Presentation

I'm not sure that anyone reads this anymore (other than my mom, simply because I haven't changed her homepage). However, I promised to post when there was a date set that I would present at church. I'm not one to break my promises, so here you go...

I'm presenting my trip this Sunday during the evening service at First Baptist Church Huntsville at 6:00, in the chapel.

our trip in pictures

I thought I would try to be productive with the time I have recovering from surgery. (Recovery is going well. I'm getting to the point where I have to be really careful not to overdo it because I feel like I can, but my body certainly isn't ready for that. Slowly but surely, though.)

Here are a few (of many) pictures from our trip.

The school where we taught.

After our lesson on creation, the children drew pictures of things God made
Students from Alpha Omega donated school supplies for the children we taught.

I spent my summer loving on these kids.

Because they do not have many school supplies, they teach the children through games, songs and chants.

Visiting a small group.

Sewing project in Kabuga

Girls at the youth conference

Women's small group. These women are amazing.

Bible study group with the Bibles we gave them

Small group

Greetings to bring to America

Worship

We had traditional dresses made and wore them to church the last Sunday that we were there.




I have been asked to present my trip during the evening service at church sometime soon.
I am very excited about sharing my trip with those of you who made it possible.
I will update again when I know the date.

Out of surgery

If you read my last blog, you probably realized that it was not actually me typing, but my dad. He's great, love him! :)

Now it is really me and I am typing from my hospital bed. I'm hooked up to all kinds of things, so typing isn't really easy and this will be short.

I'm feeling really well now (who wouldn't be when you're being pumped with Morphine?). :) The fam is taking great care of me. I'll probably fall asleep soon as this has been quite an exhausting morning and jet lag is still having its effects.

If you are reading this from College Station, I'd LOVE it if you get a chance to come visit. (I'm at the Physician's Center, down University, across Hwy 6, almost to Hwy 30).

Thank you all for praying!

recovery time

It is about 10:30 on Friday morning. Since I am still asleep from the anesthesia, this blog entry will be pretty short. They rolled me in to surgery about 8:00 this morning. They had given me something to relax me before surgery, so I was a little sassy with the doctors and nurses. I was quite the talker. The anesthesiologist suggested that since I just got back from Africa a couple of days ago, I should consider putting this off to make sure I did not bring home a bug or amoeba. I told him that was not going to happen, so let's get this going. Then Dr.Briner came in and we talked for a few minutes, than they wheeled me on out to surgery. It took about 2 hours. Dr. Briner just went into my room and told my Mom and Dad and Kahler and my grandparents that it all went well. I should be waking up soon - they will wheel me into the room where everyone will be really glad to see me. I hope I am not too sick or groggy, because my Mom may not handle that very well. When I am good and awake, I will send someone out for ice cream. That will help me get well faster. I hope to be home by tomorrow, so you can come see me when you get a chance. Well, I should be waking up soon, so I will blog again when I get a chance.

HOME SWEET HOME!!

It's 4:15am right now, but my body is telling me that it is 11:15am and refuses to sleep.

I know it will probably be several hours before anyone reads this, but I wanted you all to know that our plane made it to Houston at about 12:45 tonight (or this morning... I'm still not really sure how you say that).

I want you all to know that I did get an aisle seat on the 9 hour flight from London to Chicago. God cares so much for us, even about the smallest things!

Thank you all for praying. I cannot wait to see you all, the ones who have loved me so dearly and prayed for me so faithfully, in person. The last two months have been unforgettable!

Hopefully, in the next few weeks, I will update this again with a 'reflective' post, as the first question I am always asked is "What did you learn?". That is not a question to be answered at 4 in the morning (especially for someone who is as sleep-depraved as I am). I have a feeling that once I let myself stop, here in a few minutes, I will be asleep immediately. (And I am oh-so-excited to be back in my own bed!)

Keep praying for my surgery. :)

Love you all!
-kt

Delayed...

Well, we didn't make it to London in time. (We didn't really think we would.)

The new plan is to arrive in Houston (still via Chicago) at 10pm on Wednesday. In reality, this is only 3 or 4 hours later than we had origianally thought. Not too bad.

We're both SUPER ready to get home, so pray for the rest of our traveling!
Thank you all for your prayers! Continue to pray for my back. (More specifically, you can pray that I get an aisle seat this time. I had a middle seat on our last flight and was only able to get up and move once during the 9 hour flight, so I'm hurting a bit now.)

Love and miss you all!
See you soon!

On our way...

We made it safely to Nairobi. We now have a 7 hour layover and then we will board for London. (PRAY for the London layover!) Until then, its milkshakes, sudoku and watching "forgein" people. :)

It was so hard to say goodbye, but now that we have left that red Rwandan soil, we're ready to see Houston!!

Keep praying. Love you and miss you all.
Getting closer to you every hour! :)