A quick update!

Fun Fact: Here in Burundi, to be told, "Wow, you're fat! Have you gained some weight?", is a compliment. If you're thin here, it means that you're potentially an aids patient. It's a very different mentality from the USA, where one always asks the opposite. You always tell someone that they look thinner.

Just, you know, a fun fact/warning.

This week has been encouraging! God is teaching me much about service and wisdom and asking Him for things.
It is so essential that you actually ask God to supply your needs. Of course He knows them, but there is a sense of blessing and more of a connection with Him when you acknowledge that all good comes from Him.

ALSO, a prayer request!
Ken and Melli have been working to naturalize their 6 youngest children (you know, all of the US Citizenship stuff). They have everything paperwork-wise in, but they are finding out that the processing time is going to be longer than expected. 7 months as opposed to the 2 that they were told. Please pray that everything goes through, and that it all works out. 

I have been given some new nicknames...the preschoolers call me Ma-makenzie.
 SO CUTE. Ah, it's fun. So rewarding, too!
As they have still been calling me muzungu (white person), I have been correcting them by saying "Muzungu hehe?" (where is the white person?) and then saying "Jewe nitwa Makenzie!" (my name is Makenzie)

Also, if you haven't read the Space Trilogy books by C.S. Lewis, (Out of the Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength, and Perelandra), I highly suggest you do. They are really well written, and give a great spiritual allegory. So if you're looking for some fresh reading, seek those books out. It's a very good read.