Technology - Sometimes for us, sometimes not

So, I'm sure many of you (COUGH Brenda) have been wondering what exactly happened with the blog - where was everybody at? Well, even with a super awesome amount of technology, including smart phones and Jack's iPad, we couldn't quite get it all in sync, and on top of that, JR wanted to be busy from sun up to sun down. So without a dedicated laptop that someone could take to their room, and with everyone being so tired, well, not too much time to blog, let alone explain to Aaron how to use an iPad or to troubleshoot Jack's email problems on his iPad.

All that being said, we should have a pretty sweet video to share once we get back.

So, some funny moments to share...

Joel tried to do a double bounce backflip off the raft in the Nile. He didn't take into account that if your foot is wet it will slide on the rubber raft. So one jump, foot connects with raft, and a very nice slip lands Joel on his back and bouncing off the raft from his back and into the Nile.

Also, there is nothing on the planet, aside from Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" movie, that Hannah does not love. Things including, but obviously not limited to: dogs, cats, Twilight, that shirt, those kids, that really cute kid, Justin Bieber, dancing, Gilmore Girls, the Nile, the food on the Nile, flipping over on the Nile in a raft, rafting the Nile, baby goats, baby lambs, baby dogs (safe to assume anything that is a baby or tiny in size)... The list goes on and on and on and on....

Hannah also almost died on the Nile, but A.J. saved her.

Hannah also performed the ritual betrothal dance with a 7-year old. One Ugandan mother is very proud of her son.

Pastor Aaron can't remember the words to the doxology anymore...

Emily, while trying to throw water on me, don't know why she would want to do that, missed me and doused Chip, covering his whole right shoulder and hat, with water. Chip yelled, "what did I ever do to you?!?!?!"

Emily, also, apparently, is easily freaked out if you stand outside her bus window without her knowing you are there until she turns around, screams, and smacks the window with her fists. She also, apparently, is unable to learn that someone might do the same thing twice to her and thus not freak out when it happens again...

Sodas in glass bottles are only a quarter, in a plastic bottle they are about 60 cents.

Neither Emily nor Chip are good at haggling prices at the gift shops. I thought Chip's blood pressure was going to explode as he tried to negotiate for a better price. Emily would just accept whatever outrageous price was offered. Jack, A.J., and Rome haggled their way to some great deals.

But that is about all I got for the evening since Ashley needs the iPad.

Hope you all are well and trusting in th Lord Jesus Christ.

At least we can tell you all our stories when we get back.

- Matt