Happy Birthday Esther!

Happy Birthday Esther!

  Yes, she is a teenager.

  It has been evident for a while that this girl is ready to be a full-on teenager, and it is finally reality.  

Thankfully, I LOVE TEENAGERS. 

Because here in a few days I will have 4 of them in this family.

 I love so many things about teens.

They are a bit reckless and crazy, and they live out loud with passion and they think they are invincible! 

 They live like they will live forever.

Teens that have their hearts right and their lives sold out for Jesus are the most effective people to get the Good News out because they live without all the fear and the stuff and the burdens that tend to creep in and weigh us down.

We celebrated and celebrated in total Esther style.  

We enjoyed friends, and chipati, and dancing, and ice cream, and music, and it just goes on and on!  

We have had Tucker,  one of our bestest friends in the whole Ugandan world, come stay with us for a few days,

Charlie and Tucker are friends and brothers and they have spent time together on both sides of the world. 

 and our Minnesota daughter, Catrina got to come for a sweet visit. 

Catrina lived with us for 10 months a few years ago..and it does my heart good to know she is willing to come back.  lol.  We didn't scare her off.  :)

 It was a true world wide celebration.  

We have so much to be thankful for and I can't think of a better time to remember that then

 Miss Esther's 13th Birthday!!