whew!

Hello all of you dandy readers! We got back from the trip yesterday and simply not stopped since, which is of course why the witty, pithy, colorful description of our trip that I have every intention of writing is going to have to wait, my sincerest apologies.  When we got back we found that the dog we have been looking after was sick, right now it just looks like dehydration, but since we don't know what is causing it and he isn't very much fluid down, that has taken up a big chunk of the day.  We are also in the middle of getting mom and dad here, they are currently in the middle of flight 4 of 5, so very close! YAY! Please be praying for continued strength as they finish up. But soon dear readers, whoever you may be, soon I will deliver a full account of a very adventurous week of ox carts and staring children and rice and candlelight and broken down buses and really big smiles! God Bless!