Grandma and Papa Visit

This is Lincoln writing. The last two weeks, my parents were here for a visit. It was really good to see them again and for them to spend time with the kids. We did a lot of fun stuff with them. We took them on a safari and saw all of the coolest animals, which is unusual to see them all in one day. We saw giraffes, rhinos, wildebeest, impala, zebra, lots of different deer variations, ostriche, and for our first time, we saw lions in the wild. It was an excellent day. We did a lot of other fun stuff, but most importantly they spent a lot of time playing with Madison and Kyler.
They also got to go with Derek and Rebecca to feed the orphans in Phokeng, and with me to Freedom Park to pray with people and bring food and water. My dad also spent part of a day with Dr. Neil in Freedom Park. I think that it was a really good experience for them to see what we do. No matter how many pictures you see of poverty, and no matter how many stories you hear, you can't comprehend it until you stand in one of those tiny little shacks on a 100 degree day, see the flies buzzing everywhere, smell the mix of body fluids, sweat, parafin, trash and smoke. Then you can understand the effects of poverty on disease on real people. I'm glad that they had an opportunity to be here and share our lives with us for a short time.

I like the second picture here, because Kyler is holding the mirror so that my mom can do her hair. As we've said before there are no outlets in our bathroom so you have to do your hair in the bedroom. Kyler is being Grandma's little helper.