Mar 15th Update

Greetings, Friends and Family!
I want to welcome all you newbies to this weekly email. Most of you are from Restoration Foursquare in Lacey Washington. Welcome! I'm so glad to have you along for the "ride." It was great to be with you on Sunday. And, Jerry and Judy, it was great to be with you again last night. Scott, welcome - it will be great to see what the Lord is going to do as we continue to seek Him for direction.
So many things happening...and so little time before Abby and I head back over! Here are a few highlights from Budaka this week:

• Hope is back home and doing well. Rogers emailed this morning to say she is playing and laughing again. Praise the Lord that He healed her!
• Mutwahiru goes back to the doctor tomorrow for a check to be sure the leg is healing correctly. He is on crutches, but hopefully very soon will be able to walk unaided. Please keep praying for him.
• I got a text from Rogers on Thursday morning that said, "There's a big snake which entered the poultry house and it has killed some birds already." I didn't get the text till too late to call him back that day. When I called him several hours later, he said the snake had killed 3 chickens, but then they had killed the snake. I have included a picture of the dead snake. For size, notice the partial brick that was used to kill it. Wouldn't you guess that the lump near the head, and the other that is half way down, are 2 of the chickens? Not sure, but it would make sense. Any snake lovers out there? Anyone know what kind of snake that is? (Kathy, I'll bet this picture won't go up on your bulletin board!) So, now we have 177 chickens...and a dead snake.
• The second picture is of one of the "new" classrooms. This is the baby (preschool) class. You can see a couple of our kids, plus many of the new children who are coming to the school. On the right, and standing, is Margret. Charity, Dovico and Christine are also in the picture. Can you tell who is who?

I am currently in Olympia, but will be heading to Winlock this afternoon. Tomorrow night I head back to Hillsboro and then to Eugene on Friday for a few days. One week and 2 days will be taking off for Uganda! Then these emails will come on Mondays...unless the internet is down, there is an emergency in the orphanage, electricity is out, or a multitude of other things ;).
God bless all of you - please keep in touch.
Laurie