Our first flat tire, spitting cobra, malaria and a dead guy.

As you can imagine the dead guy was the most surprising and upsetting. We awoke one morning and found a few hundred people in front of our house. Apparently there had been a 'domestic' problem and when the guy got home from out of town he found is wife with another guy and well, she was a better fighter...until the police stuck her keester in the slammer. It just took about 6 hours for them to remove the corpse from the rain spillway in front of our house! As i went to greet some visitors at the back door there was this snake thing also wanting to visit and sitting on our veranda. We proceeded to send him on to a better place but it was a little upsetting to find so close to the house. The flat tire, well, that wasn't a big deal except for the fact it took 3 hours to get it repaired.For those of you who have not heard, our oldest son, Toby, had been sick with a virus for a week and when we took him in for the blood test he came back with 4 out of 5 on the malaria test. He was really sick. He was a trooper and enjoyed the attention. He was so sick in fact he didn't even get in trouble for two days...he received the most current treatment and has recovered really well. We are now awaiting the next 'first'...like packages arriving before we expect them or car repairs going smoothly!

There are a lot of firsts to be had here and i am sure we will have more as time goes by but it is nice to know we are not alone. Through some strange (dead guy)and horrible (friend's kid so sick needed to be airlifted out) circumstances we have been reminded that those these events may be surprises to us, they are not to God. .

Rest assured, HE knows what is going on and although some things are difficult or downright heartbreaking, there will also be the wonderful and unexpected joys.
Like the free use of a truck (while we wait for parts for our truck--now 7+weeks) or the unsolicited kind words from another, or invitations for ministry. Or just a moment of bliss watching the sun come up.

Life goes on friends. Things happen and God IS good. Keep the faith and look for the firsts, God only knows what is coming up!