Mosquitoe Net

I was so tired the other night when I went to bed. It just so happened that that was the night that the mosquitoes decided to swarm my room. OK... You have got to be kidding me!!

So in reality there were probably only like 3 mosquitoes in my room but at the rate to which they swarmed my head, it felt like there were a hundred of them... Needless to say, I spent most of the night trying to figure out to keep these ugly little creatures from eating me alive. They were so loud. It sounded like one of those really ugly BIG horse flies. But as soon as I climbed out of my comfy, cozy, and nice and warm bed, I couldn't hear them at all. URGH! You would have laughed at me as I scoured the room, trying to be as quiet as I could so that I could hear them and kill them with a flip flop...

No success... Gotta love mosquitoe nets... guess what I was doing the next day? WOOHOO... good night sleep here I come!

This is me trying to make you think I know how to hang a mosquitoe net. It looks convincing... doesn't it?



In reality, I helped... a little... This is my boss here in Zim. Him and his wife have been amazing support to me while I am here. They are from the US as well... Iowa even!



Finished product... and a good night's sleep! YAY!

ICT Forum

This last week was adventurous... Our Appcore team was privileged to be a part of an ICT forum co-hosted by the Zimbabwean Ministry of ICT and the office of the Prime Minister. It was amazing how the Lord made a way for me to be involved with this conference!! Straight to the top of the mountain...



After the long week at the conference, I was looking forward to a restful weekend! I checked out a new church and it was awesome. I don't think it's the perfect fit for me so I am going to keep looking. So, if you can pray I find that special spot the Lord has for me, I would appreciate it!

The plug in my room hasn't been working and so I decided to fix it myself.



I used a screwdriver, a butter knife, a pair of tweezers, and a sharpie to fix it. The electric was pretty easy to figure out and YES I did turn the electricity off at the panel before I stuck the screwdriver in it...



And then I've been having some visitors...

This guy was about 4 1/2 inches long. I don't know what they feed their locusts here but they get SO big!



And these other dudes visit me regularly and I can't usually catch them because they are SO fast. You have to throw your shoe at it where you think he's gonna go. Otherwise you just leave a shoe mark on the wall... And I have pictures to prove the shoe marks! lol.... These spiders are called wall spiders or wallie's for short. I was hanging out with the gardener (Luke) tonight and I showed him another one even bigger than in this picture and he proceeded to kill it with his hand and then fed it to the ants. He said that it would be gone by the morning. I am thinking to myself - I want to kill these ants and you are feeding them! lol... different perspectives!



Did I mention that I HATE spiders!?

South African Potatoe Farmer ... : )

So, I was browsing through this South African Farm magazine a few weeks ago. It's very interesting to me to learn the culture and how the different nations interact with eachother, even though some are only as big as a state in the US.

As I was browsing, I can across a face I knew, Angus Buchan. I had watched the movie Faith Like Potatoes earlier this year, and I just loved the movie and I loved the documentary about the life of Angus. After I watched the movie, I checked out his ministry's website and I receive his monthly email updates. He penned an article for this magazine. I thought it was so cool to be here and see an actual article that he wrote. His life's work became reality as I read the article.



I was talking with some friends and they were telling me they were having this special farmer speaker coming to their church and they really wanted to go hear him... And they said to me - Have you ever seen the movie Faith Like Potatoes? I think it's that guy... And so, next weekend, Angus Buchan will be here in town at a local high school to preach. I look forward to hearing him speak in person!!!! thank you Jesus for connecting all the dots... This is gonna be SO cool!