PICNIC ANYONE?

PICNIC ANYONE?

OUTHOUSES, PUKE, AND A HAT IN THE TOLIET

OUTHOUSES, PUKE, AND A HAT IN THE TOLIET: A day in life of Auntie jenny and The African Children's Choir traveling through the mountains of BC.




So today was an interesting day. We had a 5 hour drive through the mountains. We try to stop every 2-2 1/2 hours for a potty break. This can be pretty challenging sometimes. The best place to stop is a rest area because they usually have lots of toliets and when you are taking 26 kids to the bathroom the # of toliets is vitally important. But many times their aren't rest stops available so we try for restaurants or as a last resort, gas stations. Gas stations are usually pretty funny because if it is a town small enough to not even have a restaurant then it is a teeny tiny town. Usually the kids end up singing for all the workers and end up with some kind of free food. Today we had a different experience. We saw a sign for a rest area so Vic pulled the bus in. Back in the trees we saw 2 little outhouses! So all the kids piled out into the snow to freeze their little kabinas (rear ends)!

The next funny thing that started happening was that about half the choir began to get sick from the winding roads. This is not new to us since when the kids first came to the US they had very rarely road in a vehicle. We have a little system and hand out ziplock bags when kids are feeling sick. If they vomit they vomit in the bag, zip it up, and then one of us throws it in the trash. Somehow Terese ends up spending alot of time being on "puke patrol". Today I somehow got way too involved and ended up delivering 5-6 bags of puke to the garbage can. Not so fun!

Since this was a long drive we ended up having a second potty break. For this one we stopped at a Dairy Queen. I was pretty happy because I hadn't had a soda all day and they actually had Mt. Dew. The next thing I knew Julian came to me saying her hat fell in the toliet! What a great day!

JENNY AND ENID

JENNY, WASHO, AND ENID

Kootenay Pass BC Canada

A few comments I heard during our drive through the beautiful Kootenay pass: "AUNTIE, HOW DO THEY MAKE THOSE MOUNTAINS?" "IT IS SNOWING AGAIN?" "DEER! DEER! DEER!"




THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY INTERESTING SIGNS WE SAW AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER FAVORITE
WAS A WARNING AGAINST AVALANCHES!

VIDEO OF DRIVING

CLICK BELOW TO SEE A SHORT VIDEO CLIP OF MY FRONT SEAT VIEW OF THE OUR DRIVE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE A BALD EAGLE UP IN A TREE!

Kootenay Pass

PINCHER CREEK, AB CANADA

I stayed 2 nights with Julian, Jackie, and Bridget on the ranch the other night. "Uncle" Mark took me and the girls on the tractor to the barn to see the new calves. Pincher Creek, Alberta Canada

All dressed up

All Dressed Up!

Faulanta

Harriet and Auntie Jenny

Auntie Jenny and Jerome

Auntie Jenny and Jackie

Did you know the ACC's main office is in Canada? The staff in Canada sent us a "Welcome to Canada" box last week. It was full of Canadian flags, chocolate loonies, and some fake "lumberjack" mustaches. Here's the fun we had:
JACKIE

JOSEPH AND DAVID---CANADIAN LUMBERJACKS!

ACC #30 LOVES CANADA!

SARAH

HUDSON

Feel like Chicken tonight?

Did you know I had a Cafe?

Estevan, SK Canada

The Boys dressed for concert

The Boys in their costumes looking smart!

A Horrible Discovery

I made a horrible discovery today........They do not have DIET Mt. Dew in Canada. I can't believe we've been in Canada for 9 days and I am just now figuring this out. I wonder how far of a drive it is to the border.......?

HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?

HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?

This is the question I got while standing in the Wal-mart check out line in Lethbridge, Alberta Cananda this evening. The middle-aged, middle-class looking man had noticed the 12 pairs of boys tennis shoes (or "runners" as my Canadian friends call them) in my shopping cart. I contemplated how to answer.....finally I said, "26. I have 26 children." He gave me a weird look so I continued on by saying, "I'm traveling with the African Children's Choir. These are just the 12 boys shoes. I haven't found the girls shoes I want yet." So while we continued to wait in line he asked me the questions everyone asks me...."Where are the children from? How old are they? Are they orphans?" After he went through the check out line himself he stood by the cashier just watching me. After I used the 4 Wal-mart gift cards that had been donated to us from Host Families the man stepped up and paid the rest of the bill which was over $100 dollars. I love how God meets all our needs....even in the Wal-mart check out line!

WELCOME TO CANADA CHOIR #30!

WELCOME TO CANADA CHOIR #30!

JANE AND MARVIN

In Canada

A FEW OBSERVATIONS OF MY FIRST FEW HOURS IN CANANDA

1. They still have pay phones here

2. There is a picture in my hotel room that quotes John 3:16

3. I don't know how to set the temperature on the thermosat in my hotel room because I don't understand celsius

4. People here really do say "a" after just about every sentence

5. I still haven't learned how to spell sascatchawon
saskatchowan
saskatchewon

Auntie Jenny and the Pastor

Jackie, dressed as Auntie Jenny in my coat, shoes, nametag, completed by a toy elephant for a microphone. She is giving my speech in this photo....trying to take my job!

and here is Jacob acting as the pastor telling the audience that we will now pray

Praying for the offering.....See these kids don't need all of us Aunties and Uncles!

New Sunday Church Clothes!

NEW SUNDAY CHURCH CLOTHES

Winter Wonderland

We had a beautiful snowfall
during our time at
Covant Cedars Bible
Camp over Christmas.
Some girls and I went
for a tromp through the
woods one afternoon and
I captured these great photos!





ENID


MARGARET

BOWLING DURING CHRISTMAS BREAK

During Christmas Camp we went to a nearby town to go bowling. This was the first time we had gone all together although some of the kids had gone with host families in the past months. I was suprised we didn't leave holes in those bowling lanes! Many bowling balls "bounced" their way down the lane to the pins! I had to laugh when Faulanta, concerned about my low score, told me to "catch (which means hold or take) this ball Auntie Jenny." and then gave me the red bowling ball declaring that it would work well for me cause red is the color of Jesus blood and he died for me! I also thought it was pretty cute when a few of the kids were a little disappointed cause they thought they were going to get to keep the bowling shoes! I love how every activities is such an adventure with these kids!

DANIEL

MARTIN

SARAH

African Children's Choir Christmas