Todd, Andria & their 3 cute kiddos; Zeb, Ella, & Ester. We had a good time having these guys over to our home last night for dinner, games & a backyard fire. I have known Todd since college when he & I were camp counselors at Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp during the summers.
Todd & Andria are now missionaries in Rwanda. They founded & are the directors of City of Joy/Rwanda since 2011 when they moved to Africa. They love it & are great with the adults & children there. Todd & Andria have grown a church, school & built their home in the last few years. Today the school has 190 students & 30 are in the vocational school learning to sew. They have 720 goats & 5 cows (donated to the community). Bob & I have hopes that we'll be able to visit them in Africa at the end of the year.
We grilled hamburgers & sang songs around the campfire. Ella is a good singer & such an adorable 5 year old!
Then Bob kept Ella & Zeb entertained indoors with paper helicopters. Pretty fun for a kid to drop them from the 2nd floor & watch them twirl down.
Todd taking a slo-mo video while Zeb gets ready to catch the chopper. I'm trying to post the video 'cause it's pretty cool. Glad the Ellingson's came over to a fun time together!
Thanks for posting pictures of your friends that we talked about on the phone...I hope you will be able to visit them when you and Bob go to Africa, but as your said Africa is a large country!
ReplyDeleteYes...will see if we can pull it off. That's a really big trip!!
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