Still transitioning...

Although we were gone for only 5 short months, there has been quite a bit of adjusting back to life in the States.

We are back in our home, thanks to some hard work from our very good friends. The kids are back in school and trying to get back in the swing of things. They didn't miss a beat picking back up with their friends. I'm so thankful for that!!
At dinner two nights ago Bradley asked, "What country are we going to next?" You gotta love his sense of adventure.

Work for Erik is tough. We have picked up a few jobs and are grateful for whatever work we can get. We are pursuing new avenues and trying some new marketing approaches meanwhile trying to stay as lean as possible during this economy. We know that God is Good and His provisions are enough!!

Merry Christmas!!

As Erik and I reflect on 2008 we start with New Year's Eve...

We were at the Orange Picker lot eating Chili's beside a bonfire, with the Littles, of course. We were looking forward to the final stages on construction and moving into our houses. All the fun times ahead - who would have known that life would take us in a different direction??

My new Zambian phrase: "Only God knows!"

We moved in the house in March. Erik took a trip to Zambia, Africa in May to check out the possibility of building some hostels for the 2011 All-African games. The hostel job did not work out but the opportunity to bring some construction skills to some Zambian men and provide a better wage and quality of life was put on the hearts of Erik and Bob West. After months of prayer and discussion with a Zambian contractor, we moved in August to Lusaka, Zambia to start Z-Con. Although the business did not turn out as we had hoped, we were so blessed this year with such an adventure.

We learned so much about the African people and made many good friends. God taught me a little more about differences, love and the meaning of life. He taught me to rely on Him for all my needs and He would provide and He has been faithful.

We are ready to return home to our family and friends and begin the next chapter with a different perspective. I pray that Erik, Chelsea, Bradley and I always remember this experience and we all grow from it. Thanks for sharing it with us!!

Merry Christmas and God bless you all-
Much love- The Kaspers

The final countdown...

We arrived back in Lusaka!! My friend, Nubia, picked us up and took us to her house for some food and fun. Her husband, Julio, had grilled hamburgers, sausage, steaks- here we call that a braai, not a barbeque:) They had two new puppies so Chelsea was entertained while Bradley played and swam with Nubia's 3 sons. It was a very nice afternoon!
We returned home to a very happy Moses! He was happy to see us and hear all about the "big" city. We were excited to check the progress of the garden and there was a little green pepper. Our first vegetable! Moses said it rained here all week so the vegetables looked bigger and there were also lots of mangoes on the trees. I will hate to miss the harvest:(
I was overwhelmed tonight as I looked around the house and thought of all we needed to pack. We were fortunate to sell most of our things to friends and we donated the rest. We are coming home lighter than we came over here, at least in the luggage department. We still have a van to sell!
We have a lot of running around to do tomorrow then a fun night at bible study with Christmas celebrations. We will hate to say good-bye to all our new friends but feel blessed just for knowing them a short while.

Rhino and Lion Park

I will let you figure out how we started the day!!!

The Rhino and Lion Park was about 40 minutes away so we headed off around 9:00am.

The park starts off with a self-driven game drive. We passed through and saw a cool looking antelope and a few birds but were honestly a little disappointed. We drove into the Lion area and searched all over. The drive was mountainous and there were many rocks that were the color of lions so as we drove over 30 minutes and Erik just finished saying, "I want my money back"- he spotted a beautiful female lion sitting on a rock. She was definitely camaflouged and keeping watch. We called her, "Here kitty, kitty" but she didn't bat an eye. Probably a good thing. Erik was feeling much better.

We then turned the corner and saw a Rhino on the side of the hill, then saw a Mama Rhino and her baby. It was so cool!!

The Park has a Rock mine so we took the Wonder Cave tour. It was discovered by the Italians back in the late 1800s. They mined Limestone for about 10 years then it hasn't been disturbed since, except by tourists. It was cool inside, actually 62 degrees cool- year round.

We then made our way to the baby animal section. We were able to pet a black panther, tiger, and white lion. The panthers just lay there as we pet them and picked them up but the tigers were so fun. They actually sat in our laps and tried to chew on our shoes. It was awesome!!

We had lunch at the cafe and there were 2 baby hippos in cage beside the restaurant. After lunch, many more animals were there to guide us out of the park. We saw many types of antelopes with curly horns, cape buffalo, zebras, warthogs and wildebeest. Erik changed his mind about wanting his money back as we left.

Gold Reef City

On Wednesday we woke up to a beautiful day!! We made our routine(as of 2 days) drive through McDonalds for a Coke Light then off to Gold Reef City, an amusement park. We arrived at 9:30, opening hour, and had quite a queue(a line). Nothing compared to Disney but...all in perspective. The price was 390Rand- around $39 for the whole family. It was great fun!!

We saw a peacock- male, female and baby just walking around the park. Then we were off to the huge ferris wheel. Chelsea and I followed that off with to the Golden Loop. We finally talked Brad into going on a rollercoaster and he had a great time!!

All his fear is in the anticipation.

Erik and I mostly enjoyed the lazy river ride- if only it had been longer and a little quieter:)

We spent all day at the park and were exhausted by the time we left.

Dinner was at Ghiradelli's at Nelson Mandela Square. We ordered pizza and discussed our favorite pizza in Jacksonville. Pizza was not good!!

Aparteid museum

We started the day with an awesome Coke Light from Mickey D's drive-thru. Notice Erik driving on the right side and the drive-thru window all backwards!!

We then headed off to the Aparteid Museum. We learned that Europeans "discovered" South Africa and its gold. Quickly the country was a leader in the Gold business bringing people from all over to South Africa. The current inhabitants of South Africa, the Bushman, were quickly pushed out of the way. One cool statement was made by a native of South Africa- "When the Europeans arrived we had the land and they had the Bible, now we have the Bible and they have the land." It is amazing what greed will do to the best of intentions!! After many hundreds of years of fighting over the land a political party was elected to office in 1948 that established "Aparteid"- basically segregation. People were given different identification cards based on their race and that card would determine where you could live and go in South Africa. The "non-europeans (black)" Africans were pushed out of the good lands and made to live far apart from the "european (white)" Africans. Finally Nelson Mandela became President and ended Aparteid. We left the museum in a downer mood. A lot of the pictures we saw from the 50's and 60's in South Africa are still going on in Zambia, the way the people live, survive, the skinny babies.

We went to the African Market and had fun bartering with all the "salemen". They would ask where we were from- when we said "Zambia" all the sudden we were given the "African" price vs. the American price:)

We went Monte Casino as we heard it was really cool inside and had some great food and shopping. Well, we ended up in the game room for the majority of our time. The kids ran into a walking Christmas tree.

We ended our day with Yo Sushi- we sat at a rotating sushi bar. We ate 10 plates of sushi then headed home for a good nights sleep.

Johannesburg

We arrived in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon. It was a 2 hour flight from Lusaka but when we landed we felt like we were anywhere but Africa.

Johannesburg is a big city with big freeways and lots of malls!!

We rented a very small red Toyota Yaris- we piled our bags in and were off. The kids thought the car was so cool!!

We arrived at our hotel around 7pm and we were starving so we ate at a steakhouse, Bull Run, which is attached to our hotel. We were pleasantly surprised at the reasonable prices for dinner. The currency in South Africa is Rand and current exchange rate is around 10ZAR to $1. So when you look at clothes the prices are about 350ZAR or $35.

Our hotel offers a free delicious breakfast buffet. We walked to the Sandton mall today around 9am. The entire mall is beautifully decorated for Christmas and each store is advertising "Big Summer Sale"- it is still odd celebrating Christmas in the middle of Summer! It was cool here today and overcast most of the day with some late afternoon rain!

After a couple hours of shopping, we went to lunch at McDonalds- Erik and the kids were so happy!! We had our first fountain drink is 5 months- it was sooooo delicious!

The kids had their own money and decided they each wanted a Build-A-Bear so we adopted Nola the Giraffe and Mutale the Rhino today.

We shopped some more then went to a movie at 2:00. We walked to an Italian restaurant for dinner then checked out the small shopping area next to our hotel.

We are off to the Apartied museum tomorrow and some shopping at the local craft market.

Out of Africa!!

After many months of trying to make this business a success we have come to the end of our road (or shall we say Kwacha) and will be returning to America.



We are definitely very thankful for our time in Africa. I have learned so much about the Zambian culture, Africa in general, the life of a missionary as well as had the opportunity to make friends from India, Korea, Belgium, France, Nicaragua, Georgia, Texas and South Carolina. What a blessing to see God's creation all over this World.



Thanks so much for all your prayers and support during our journey! You have blessed our lives and we were so happy to share this adventure with you through the blog!

Grease and Crazy hair

Tonight was Pop of the Tops at the kid's school and the primary classes each had a performance. Bradley's class did a Grease Medley and he got to play Danny Zuko. It was great- his teacher, Mrs. Lucas did a wonderful job including all the children in the performance. I tried to attach the video but it was too big so you will just have to see it when we get home...

Here is Chelsea's crazy hair day...the students were mesmerized as they could not understand how she got her hair to stand so straight. Mr. Gumbay called her Marge Simpson all day. It has been a fun last week of school.

Z-Con

The business side of our adventure here is getting rather tough. Zcon has just finished it's first job- which was a foundation job that took about 3 months. Our superintendent, Harold, did a great job and has quite a rapport with his work crew of just under 50 men and one women (the cook). One of the workers actually named his first child after Harold!! The crew is very happy to be working for Zcon and have said he would go anywhere Zcon sent them. It's great to have happy employees who are truly thankful for each day of employment. This job has gained us a lot of experience, but not a lot of Kwacha. We continue to pray for God's direction in leading us to the right jobs to fulfill our mission while in Zambia- to transfer our skills to the Zambian workers, pay them an above average wage, and treat them with respect.

Cool friends!!

Okay...how many friends do you have that have Zebras running around their backyards? Yeah, me neither but...Chelsea and Bradley have friends named Adele and Kelly who have 2 Zebras in their yard...which is around 26 acres. How cool is that?? They would not let us approach them but they would creep up on you, like in this picture of Bradley and Kelly.

We had lunch yesterday with Mike and Lesley-Ann Borman- Mike moved to South Africa from California then traded in a corporate lifestyle to move to Zambia and become a professional hunter and taxidermist. Lesley-Ann is Zambian born and bred- she had some great stories about how this country has changed.

Exams are over for Chelsea so she began "Spirit Week" at school today. Her class, Year 7, had to dress in all black so she wore a black tank-top with black pants- she said she felt "Goth". Tomorrow is Crazy Hair day and thanks to Erica Tebb's great "plastic cup on the head" hairdo- she is sure to win extra points for her team. The whole school is split into 3 teams all year and have little competitions every now and then to earn points. It creates camaraderie among students in different grades as they all work together to earn points. They are named after the three rivers in Zambia: Kafue, Zambezi and Luangwa.

Brad is preparing for a week of fun with a field trip to the movies, a Christmas party and his Grease presentation. He got a recorder in music class today and is sitting behind me now playing "Yankee Doodle". The Internet is amazing- Erik downloaded many songs for Brad to play on his recorder- including some Christmas carols.

Peace Centre

Bradley and I went to the Peace Centre yesterday. The Peace Centre houses many refuges from surrounding countries. One singing group that performed were from Rwanda. The children at the Centre also performed a puppet show of the Nativity story and sang Christmas carols. Our children performed the Nativity story also but acted it out. The two performances were great!

Remember that it is the middle of the summer over here so we were all packed into a room- 200 kids and a few adults, small room, all curtains closed for a better effect for the puppet show- It was about 100 degrees. So many kids complaining about the heat- I looked down at Bradley sitting on the ground with all his class- he was on the end so there were 3 kids from the Centre hanging on him. He did not complain once- what a sweet kid!

Erik and I were invited to a "Meet the President dinner and dance" Saturday night so we had to dust off our dancing shoes- ha!! The invitation stated that the event was to begin at 19 hours. We got to the Mulungshi Center on time, waited in line to go through the metal detector, ran into Susan and Dave from Bible Study(he works for the National Milling Company- they are from Kansas City). Soon after Jonathan and Rita(Erik's Zambian business parter) arrived, we were seated and the entertainment began- around 20:30 hours(8:30). We heard the Vice President speak, then the President, then there was some tribal dancing and Trina, the African Idol, sang a few songs. We queued(lined) up at about 21:30(9:30) to eat and then Erik and I left. It was a fundraiser for the MMD political party and they donate publically. They would call from the microphone, "Zesco (the electric company) is donating 10 million Kwacha". The donation form was a binding agreement so...we skipped out as the donating began.

Sound of Music

Saturday night was the big performance at the kid's school of The Sound of Music. Bradley's class sang the song that accompanied the puppet show. I took a picture of a few of the kids in his class before the performance. His buddy Somang Kim then some other friends Briyanca, Kaileigh, and Tara.

We also took a picture of the cast to show you how diverse the school is- there are 84 nationalities at the school. It was a great performance and I was very impressed with the talent. Some children were acting, some singing, some in the orchestra and some backstage helping. The drama teacher did a great job including all classes in some fashion.

Harold Keene and Chomba came over for lunch on Sunday as well as the Mutale family. We had turkey with stuffing, ham, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, green beans, biscuits, chocolate cake and pumpkin cheesecake- all from scratch. Erik and I spent much time preparing but it was nice sharing an American tradition with our Zambian friends. We also obtained a copy of the last Monday Night Football game- the Saints vs. the Packers. Erik, the kids and I all snuggled up to watch our first football game this season and did just what came natural...I slept during the first quarter, Erik during the 2nd and 3rd as the kids played Rummikub. Brought back some good memories...Who won the game? Who cares? Just the sound of Hank Williams Jr. talking about "all his rowdy friends" was enough:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15
That Gift is Grace. God gave me a gift that I did not deserve, that I could never be "good enough" to receive. He gave becauses He loves me(and you)- now my life is forever secure in His Grace because I chose to accept it!

As you all- we won't celebrate until Sunday- gather together with your loved ones and name the things you are "thankful for"- I pray that there is some recognition of the life, the hope, the peace, the joy, the promises, the forgiveness that can only come from Jesus Christ.

I am also thankful for Erik, Chelsea, Bradley, of course- Peterson, for our grandparents- here and gone, for our parents, for my sweet aunts who have loved me so dearly and I love so much back, for my uncle who challenges me but loves me anyway, for all my cousins, for my neices and nephews, Cindy and David, Michelle, Bridget and Klint, all my friends who have supported me and loved me through this experience to make it easier, the internet and email to stay connected, Skype and chatting with mom often, Gretchen, Haley and Sheldon living in eternal love. I have so much to be thankful for and so do you, name your blessings one by one...

Have a great Thanksgiving- I love you all!!

The planting has begun...

Moses and I went to the "nursery" today and picked out our starter plants. We chose eggplant, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, cabbage and chinese cabbage. There was no okra so we will try seeds. When the kids came home, Chelsea said, "How are they growing already?" Wow, is it hard to bite my tongue:)

Bradley has a field trip to the Peace Centre on December 5th for a Christmas Party. His class will be presenting "The Nativity Story"- how cool is that!! Bradley's teacher is due to have a baby in February and she has had to prepare 3 performances in 4 weeks - a "land use" skit, the Nativity performance on December 5 and Grease on December 10th. She will be exhausted and ready for our Christmas break.

Bradley's class will also be in the "Sound of Music" school performance this weekend. His class will be performing the puppet show scene. We will be going to the Saturday night performance.

Tomorrow night we are going to Hillsong United performance here at the Lusaka Fairgrounds. Hillsong is a christian music group from Australia and has been touring South Africa and added Zambia to their tour. This is quite a big deal for this area. Tickets were around $5. We are praying for no rain as it is an outdoor concert.

Chelsea's class will have an improv night next Tuesday. We attended an improv night last week with the other Year 7 class and it was really funny. An amateur "Whose line is it?" My kids laughed and laughed.

Things are getting busy around here as the end of school approaches and we begin a peaceful, joyful Christmas season- that is my prayer anyway.

Moses, Moses, how does your garden grow??

Poor Moses has been waiting for me to buy him a hoe so he could start our garden. Well, finally last week, I got the hoe. He has been so busy preparing the soil, building up the beds, and he is now ready for the vegetables so...tomorrow we will buy our cabbage, okra, onions, broccoli, maize and whatever else we planned. He is so much smarter than me...as I plan the vegetables, he says "well, we don't need much cabbage as there are only 5 of us that eat and the rest would be waste"- not the way I think but oh so right!!

We are so excited to see the fruit of Moses' labor- I hope Peterson stays out of the garden!!

I went to the kid's school on Thursday to pick them up and saw a man get out of his car holding a jacket- it was turquoise and black- and had a Jaguar emblem on it.

First of all, it was 3:30pm and quite warm 78 degrees and he has this heavy jacket. Zambians are as bad as Floridians when the temperature drops below 80, we are chilly.

Secondly, to have a Jacksonville Jaguar jacket in the middle of Africa. Pretty funny!! I did not ask for a picture but tried to sneak one in.

Look behind Chelsea and her friend, TsiTsi, and he is holding the jacket.

I also wanted to show you a picture of the boy with the crazy wild hair. Definitely worthy of a note from Mrs. Herring- don't tell her!

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Hospice

I thought about those babies all weekend!! As it was raining here with some thunder and lightning, I wondered if they were scared or sound asleep like my children??
This morning there was a new baby at Mother Theresa's, she was 7 weeks old and had already lost her mother and the aunt that was taken care of her had been put in Hospice. Here, Hospice does not come to you, you go to a Hospice hospital to stay. Mother Theresa's campus has a community school at the front where children from the neighborhood come for school with the children in the orphanage. The middle of the campus is where the nuns live and the little children live. In the back of the campus are two big hospital rooms seperating males and females and housing the Hospice patients, there were about 70 people per room yesterday. The campus also has gardens to sell vegetables and also to eat, there is a workshop where a man was doing some woodwork and a few playgrounds for the children.
As I walked to the babies, I met one of the caregivers in charge of washing all the clothes and hanging them on the line. There were also 3 ladies sitting on the ground emptying cans of formula into a plastic bucket to prepare bottles. So many loving hands needed to care for these children.
I was a little late so Eneka (the Dutch lady) had already gotten most babies out of their cribs and they were outside playing. They were so happy to see me- not really- I was so happy to see them. They were in much better moods yesterday. They played for a couple hours then they would stop dropping off like flies. I would take one baby inside, change the nappy, come back out and there would be another one asleep on the mat. Ok- let me tell you about the nappy- now remember, I am the crazy woman that thought I would have my child wear cloth diapers- Poor Chelsea with the constant diaper rash. These babies have a handtowel folded over in all different directions to fit their size then these clips that stretch that I have never seen before then they would wear the plastic pants over that. Now, as Erik can tell you, I have the Super Sniffer- which is definitely a plus when someone is baking but when there are wet cloth diapers around- it is a curse!!
After the babies were all fed, nappies changed and down for their naps, Eneka took me back to Hospice. We walked into the women's side which was one huge room that had cots everywhere. Each cot was made and had water jugs and cups by it. The women were scattered about the area either eating or visiting the clinic or sitting and chatting. We met one of the caregivers, Loveness, who took us behind some curtains that were hung to seperate the room. There were probably 20 cots with women sitting on them. A few women were just sitting and talking while others were getting a bath. These women were in their final stages of AIDS. It was a picture that I have seen many times- they were soooo thin, some with sunken eyes, some too weak to sit. The nuns give them medicines to help with pain and some antibiotics to fit off viruses. The women did not look in pain just looked very tired. My heart broke for them- What a terrible disease!
The women that were in their early stages of AIDS would be assigned jobs to help care for others. They would cook or sew or garden or whatever to help. They were truly a group of women caring for each other in their last days. As I left Mother Theresa's that day...I began to think that I just saw one Hospice filled with patients, if I were to drive another mile or so...there would be another then another...This Country knows sickness so personally!!

Please pray for the sick at Mother Theresa's Hospice:
1) They have Hope in Jesus alone...
2) They make the transition into Heaven quickly with the least amount of pain...

Weekend Update!!

Saturday morning- Girls off to volleyball, boys off to baseball. Chelsea's team, ISL's U-15 girls, finished in 2nd place. They won their first two games and lost in the final match. They played great and looked much better than the tournament they played in one month ago. It was also definitely more exciting than the previous weekend's basketball tournament. It was a super hot day and finally the cloud coverage came for the final game. Erik and Bradley also made it for the final game- Chelsea was happy!!
We left the tournament around 1:30 just in time to make it to the 2:15 showing of Open Season 2. The best part, air conditioning and popcorn. The kids have a new favorite candy, Jelly Tots- Chelsea describes them as similar to Dots but with sugar on top.
We came home and made Taco Salad as we bought some homemade chips from the Shaw's houseman, Daniel. They were delicious!! We taught the kids how to play Hearts and tried our hardest to all stay awake until the Gator game at 10:30pm. Erik and I made it to game time and were happy to hear the Gators score 21 points very quickly but that was as far as we made it. We kept the internet on all night so as we woke up we could check the score but we didn't wake up again. What an exciting game, according to ESPN's write up the next morning!!
We met a new couple at Bible study last night, Christie and Brad with their 3 daughters from Birmingham. He is working for UAB and they have been here for 2 weeks. Last week we met 2 men from Birmingham that worked here doing medical missions. It is such a small world. UAB has about 30 people living in Lusaka doing HIV/AIDS research.
I also spent two days this week in The Shack. Wow, what a good book! If you haven't had a chance to read it, I encourage you to. I love the way it was written.

Orphanage visit

I finally went to help out at Mother Theresa's orphanage this morning!!
I met with the nun in charge, Sister Ignacio, who took me back to the babies. There were 20 babies lined up in cribs in one room with 2 caregivers. They were all just laying there pretty content except for this tiny little girl who kept crying- she was about one month old- I picked her up and wrapped her in a blanket and she was quiet right away. While I was holding her this other baby kept waving at me- I was guessing the baby was about 7-9 months old because it was sitting up. All the babies have very short hair- they keep it that way- so you couldn't tell boy from girl. I kept looking over and she would wave and smile.
Two other ladies came to volunteer that were Dutch and they have been doing this for 3 years- I was so thankful as I wasn't sure what I was going to do all morning. They told me that they take the babies outside and let them get fresh air and roll around so we would pick up babies and take them out into the hallway to play. I kept looking at that one little girl who was always smiling and I finally asked the caregiver what her name was- It was Elizabeth!! She was beautiful. I still tried to stay away but when she woke up from a nap and was crying I had to hold her. She snuggled right up to me. I loved it!!

What a week!!

My mom sent me a great email about the seasons in our life and I feel as though we have been through all the seasons just this week...
On Wednesday, Michelle's father, Chelsea's best buddy, passed away. Martin Dillon was 54 years old from Ireland working for Project Concern. He lived in the States, Uganda, Kenya, Ireland, and Zambia always looking for a way to help others. He leaves behind his wife Rebecca, daughter Michelle 11 and son Chris 9. Please pray for this family as they fly to Ireland today for the funeral and then on to the States. They hope to return in January!
On Friday- Erik and I picked the children up from school. Bradley told us that he had something to tell us when we all got in the car- He is to play Danny Zuko from Grease in the Year 5's Top of the Pops show in December- he said I will need a black leather jacket and black T-shirt. This is just a mix of 4 songs from Grease and they will be miming the songs. We did have to change some of the lyrics to make it more suitable for children:)
On Saturday, Chelsea and I sat around all morning at the basketball tournament waiting for ISL to play. After 3 hours, our girls took the court to get beat 3-8. The bonus about waiting around so long was Erik was able to get to the school after baseball to watch her play. Brad spent the afternoon playing at the Cook's house while Chelsea, Erik and I tried a new cafe for lunch.
Sunday we were once again blessed with a wonderful sermon by Pastor Walker. You know when you've been struggling with something and you go to church and the preacher teaches from the Word specifically to those issues- God is talking to you!!
We then went to bible study where John continued on in Mark 7 about the Pharisees fussing about the disciples not washing their hands. Jesus goes on to tell them that "What comes out of a man is what makes him "unclean"". Let's make sure we always look to the heart of a man!!
This morning- I met Patricia in the school parking lot and she delivered a beautiful tub of fresh vegetables to me- My car smelled so good. Now I need to know what to cook? I got 3 bags of fresh lettuce, 10 fresh eggs, spinach, broccoli, herbs(I would name them if I could- I did recognize Rosemary, Basil and Oregano, I think) eggplants, baby zucchinis, baby green peppers, green beans, scallions, and radishes. So I'm planning Eggplant parmigiana, chicken with rosemary along with roasted potatoes and spinach, maybe chicken, spinach, cheese casserole?? Send any ideas especially for the scallions and radishes.
One more thing...Lee and I had another mother join us on our "prayer walk" this morning. Her name is MiSun- she is Korean and has been a Christian for 7 years, previously Buddhist. As we prayed in English, she would pray in Korean...I got a glimpse of Heaven this morning as I looked around at Christians of different background, culture, and race.
I thank God for allowing me to see the diversity!!