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Not sure if I should look at it like this😀👍, or like this😱. Guess it depends on which number i dwell on.  My mom sent a scrap book of verses and quotes with us on our trip.  There was one I really loved, and made sure to point it out to Sarah😀.

" The more you think about God's goodness, the less you think about your worries" 

How true.  I mean, really if you think about it, you really can not think about either one at the exact same time.  So you obviously will spend less time on yourself if you're pondering on God.

Our first full day here, we tried not to do much as to rest from the longest plane ride my body has ever endured.  We just went out to eat a couple places and visited Lilies Leaf.

Above is the Lilies Leaf farm.  This is where Nelson Mandela and others from the ANC would gather to do radio broadcasts, print literature, and plan against the apartheid government.  This is also where the government arrested many of them.  It also started the trial that put many in prison, including Nelson Mandela for 27 years. This was all back in 1963 when they battled many of the same injustices that the U.S. did.  It was a great little history lesson of SA for Sarah and myself.

Above is a great quote from an emperor of Ethiopia.  Before I even read the quote I read the name, and knew exactly who it was.  When Sarah and I went to Ethiopia, our wonderful friend Abel, taught us so much on the history of Ethiopia. I read this quote and just needed to post it.

Not sure why neither one of us could sleep, but day two started out with us being zombiefied.  

We made it through. 10:00 a.m. was what we were waiting for, for months.  We finally were able to hug her, and see that huge smile in person.  We spent the next four hours wrapping presents, taking pictures and being silly.  It was great. This is where that quote my mom gave me comes in to play.  We were able to focus on, and physically touch His goodness, putting our worries of back home aside, and forgetting about our other kids.😊. If you know me, you know I'm joking about forgetting.  You know that, that is just me trying to be funny.  You know I could never forget about those wonderfully, awesome terrors back home😊.  I can just hear them now.

"Geez. Thanks dad."

Yeah I love you guys😊

Now, as you can tell there are not anymore pictures below.  Yeah I'm sorry.  Unless you are a part of the "special elite", you won't see any pictures of her until after April 10.  

That may be my tactic for you to keep reading this😈

Thanks everyone for the prayers and support of us here and our family back in the states.

Rock on

J