The Unexpected Incident

We were going have potatoes and onions and meat in a fire so Lyle, Caleb and me worked on starting on a fire.   It was raining outside so we just made it in the grill.   I had started a little fire going when Lyle thought of a crazzzy idea.   He melted some wax and I lit some paper until it was burning  and then threw into the place where all the wood was.   Lyle then came with some melted wax and poured it on.....   It burned really good so he got some more wax and melted it in a pan.   He poured into the really big fire and....Fwooosssshhh.   The flames came up and he spilled some of the boiling wax on his hand.   Just to let you know this was during Christmas.   What a coincidence.   His hand started to wrinkle where he burned it and it looked kinda've scary.   Lyle says its my turn now but I don't think I'm going to get burned.
Timothy

Our new computer

     During summer 2011 we asked U. Jim if he was going to use a computer that was sitting in the basement.  So he said that it didn't work and that we could use it for parts, and also he told us that if it did work me and Tim could have it for Christmas.  When we got to Lubumbashi we tryed it and it worked so now it is ours:-)><>

Fishing Trip

Lyle, Caleb, Papa, and I went fishing at a pond during Christmas break.   At the beginning I was catching a lot of fish and Lyle was getting jeolous so I told him how to catch a fish.   Well he plopped it in and after a little while the string went in a circle so then I told Lyle to pull.   Flop!  It was a pretty big one.   Me and Papa started laughing and Lyle said"How did you know?"   I replied, "Instinct."   Soon we were catching a lot of fish.   I caught 10 AND THE BIGGEST!   Lyle caught 6 or 5.   Caleb I think caught around eight.   We had those for lunch the next day and they were really good.   Desiree didn't have some because she thought it was too fishy.   We still haven't gotten the tarp for the pond so that is annoying because by the time we get it and get the fish in we won't be able to catch any till another year.
By Timothy
(I (Tim) couldn't get onto my blog so i'm borowing Caleb's)

Staying at home with Papa and Tim

     Right now Mama is going to Kinshasa to do something I forgot.  So it is mostly going to just be me and Tim (I put me in front of Tim on perpous).  Papa is going to be teaching us french, but most of the stuff we're going to do by ourselves.  It's been pretty boring so far:-(>

Tim and my insect collection

     We have been catching many different insects, right now it is kindof insect season and there's tons of dragonflys out every where in the morning.  Most of the ones that we've caught are dragonflys and butter-flys.  we've caught one damsle-fly, it was our first one.  The largest one that we've caught is a butter-fly.

Going swimming out of town

     On saturday Me, Papa, Tim, and Josh went out to swim at a river, it only took 30-40 min. long so that wasn't to bad.  We packed our lunch which Josh said they had a barbaque there, so we had hamburgers.  So we drove off and we get going, and when we get to a highwayish road Josh showed us where one of the presidents houses were.  It was a pretty cool one on top of a hill, so we get on a dirt road and got to a gate and Josh opened it which was more like lifted it up (because it was just a log across with to sticks supporting it).  So then we drove through and Josh got in then we went on and pretty soon we got there.

Playing Soccer at the Orphanage

   (when I use BOY it's on Tim's team, when I use GUY it's on my team)

     Josh told us that he would pick us up at 2:00, but had a delay in his lunch at a restarant.  So at two I started to put on my kleets which were to big for me so I had to put one small sock in the front of my shoe and where two pairs of socks on my feet.  My kleets were supposed to be for Tim but they were to small for him so he gave them to me, so he had to where his teni-shoes.  Well we waited and I was getting really hot in my kleets because of all those socks.  I went outside and sat on the grass and I was getting pretty bored and Elaka came over to me and drooled on me.  Then Tim came out and we talked a little until Tim decided to go in side and read.  Well about right at the door Josh honked, and Tim put on his shoes and we got into the car.  Once we got on the dirt road it was a little more exciting.  When we turned off the road to go on a really bad one that had a ditch in the middle Josh said that there was one part that we might need 4 wheel drive but we never used it.  So when we got to the gate (that was just a big log on two posts sticking up) they came and took off the log and we drove into the garage.  Tim asked  why there was a fence in front of where we parked and Josh said that that was because they had a dog there.  When we got out of the car the boys were all sitting in chairs around some food that they were cooking, and josh told them our names.  After that Daniel, (the biggest and best player) showed us the well that they had dug, and there dog Chuki, who is just a puppy right now.  Some of the boys and us went over to play soccer on the "drive way" which there hardly was.  Josh three other guys including the big guy and I were on one team and Tim and four other boys were on the other team.  At first it was just Josh one guy and me against Tim and three other boys but then the big guy came and we had equal sides.  The first part of the playing I didn't do so well because they knocked me around, and I was still waking up.  About one-third of the way the buff guy scored.  Most of the playing was going on on there side so I didn't get to play much because I was basically a defender, but about three-fourths of the time Josh told me to go up there and play.  So I went up to the front and we were doing pretty well and one time a guy in a white shirt with blue lines down passed to me and almost scored, (most of you guys would probably say I didn't almost).  Then I had another chance but another boy got it instead, but I stopped the ball:).  Almost after that Tipi Mazembe was playing and so they all wanted to listen to that.