The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music, the movie.

Mackenzie was sitting at the table (not eating her supper!)

singing "bring us back to Do, Do, Do"

As in "Do a deer, a female dear.

Re, a drop of Golden sun,

Mi, a name I call myself,..."

Grandma would be so Proud!

Mackenzie asks to watch the movie often.

February 2006

Post Broken Arm

Do you see the little crooked?

The doctor said it will go away in a few months.

She is fine though. Just another story to tell.

Battle scars!

February 26, 2006

Buddies!

Just Playin'

We are gettin' good at playin' together.

Mackenzie keeps Luke "out of trouble"

most of the time.

Mack- 3 1/2 years

Luke- 10 months

Feb 2006

Look, Hair Clippies!

Look, Hair Clippies.

I have enough hair for hair clippies.

Momma said I can have a hair cut when I get more hair!

3 1/2 years and this is how much hair I got?!

What a bummer!

Feb 2006

A Bit Concerned

Mackenzie is a tad worried.

She was told about the drill they use to get the cast off.

Post Script: She screamed worse getting the cast off than getting it on!

She does NOT like powertools.

She screamed the WHOLE time they drilled off the cast!

I have NEVER heard her scream like that.

It just breaks a momma's heart.

I held her tight and tried not to cry myself.

She asked if we could Please "get out of this place" as soon as they finished.

The bone still looks a tad bent,

but the doctor says it will stretch out in a few months.

She needs some muscle and fat on there too.

February 2006

Mackenzie's First Broken Bone

Just a few more hours!

Mackenzie did great.

She only asked if it was time to take her cast off

ONCE!

Right at the half-way mark.

She is truely a trooper!

February 2006

Two Teeth, Ten Months

Great Grin! Two Teeth, Ten Months!

Luke

February 25, 2006

Bean Boy!

Bean Boy strikes again!

Yeah, gimmie more!

Luke, 10 months.

February 2006

So Much News

There is so much going on here. How can I ever keep you up to date?

We have just received and sent out another team.

This time, a Medical Team to Rosita.

Granny Viola could not go.

Her muscles are protesting right now.

Grampa is gone again. He was not even here for 18 hours!

Just long enough to do laundry.

(of course, he did not do his own laundry!)

Hazards of Mission Life.

Luke stayed standing on his own for a few seconds this week.

The airport weighed him at 21 pounds.

Yes, the airport is our "official" scale.

I won't tell you what it said I weigh,

but I will say I am at my goal!

Go, MOMMY!

Luke only has those two bottom teeth still!

I can't really complain.

Daddy says Luke won't get more teeth 'cuz he still wants Mommy Milk!

I don't mind!

Alex Gilbert, Servin' up the Good Stuff

Alex Gilbert

One Week Old

Servin' up the Good Stuff

Feb 2006

Mack and Luke's new cousin

Uncle Corey and Aunt Kelly

and new cousin Alex

Gilbert

Alex, one week old!

Birthdate: Feb 16, 2006

7 # 4 oz, 19 inches

1:24 pm

Alex Chandler Gilbert

Great Picture!

The Sea of Mud

The Sea of MUD

They did know what they were getting into!

This was Before the Dump truck got stuck and

Before the nightime falling off the bridge incident!

They are big boys, they can do anything!

They PULLED others through

the mud earlier in the day.

February 2006

The Daytime View

The daytime view of the messy bridge.

They did know what they were getting into!

February 2006

A Better View

This is a better view of the Dump Truck falling off the Bridge.

Doesn't this look fun?

What did YOU do this weekend?

February 2006

About to Flip!?

Yes! The dump truck is flipping off the bridge one way

and the tractor is flipping off the bridge the other way!

Yes, it is night time too.

This is what the Palmer Boys do in their spare time.

Praise the Lord no one got hurt!!!!!

February 2006

Luke, My Carnivore!

Luke, my carnivore even before he had teeth.

Yes, that is a huge chunk of cow!

No, he does not have any teeth!

Yes, he is LOVIN' it!

Luke is 7 months.

November 2005

Mackenzie Workin' 3

You think we work her too hard?

Note the church shoes!

January 2006

Mackenzie Workin' 2

Mackenzie plantin'! Put that girl to work!
January 2006

Mackenzie Workin'

Mackenzie Planting seeds. Put that girl to work!

January 2006

Work and Witness Teams

Work and Witness Teams come to Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. A team left this morning and another team arrived on the same plane! We are back to back with teams for 4 consecutive weeks. And that is only the teams that come to this side of the river. Teams also come to Honduras to do work there.

What do we do?

First and foremost, we tell, and show, the villagers the Unconditional Love of Jesus Christ.

How do we do that?

We assist pastors in training and relocating to pastor other new churches. We train pastors in discipleship, mentoring, and animal care. We assist new congregations in building their first permanent structure. We take teams to villages far away to show the villagers the first ever film in their Heart Language, Miskito, the JESUS film. We do medical clinics. We assist in a Seed Program to help local villagers protect their seed until the next planting season. Our presence shows we care!

What is our Goal?

To promote a sense of ownership of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To move the Miskito people in such a way they GO and TELL.

Why do we do what we do?

The book of Matthew in the Holy Bible tells us: "Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" Matthew 28:19

These were Jesus' words to the world, a commandment.

Mackenzie, feeding Happy!

Mackenzie feeding her baby goat, Happy, everyday.

The goat's momma did not do a good job so Mackenzie took over!

January 2006

Baby Goat, Happy!

Mackenzie on her new teter-toter with her baby goat, Happy!

January 2006

Christmas 2005

Jeremy, Summer, Mackenzie, and Luke

Christmas 2005

Great is the Lord!

The Lord is Great! Jeremy is out in the jungle with a team. After an incident involving a bridge, a cliff, lots of mud, the tractor, the dump truck, a chain and the pick-up truck, he called to say he loved me and he was ok. Praise the Lord for his angels watching over us.
Pictures will be posted after he gets back.

First time!

This is our first post on a blog. What do you think. Pictures and stories will be abundant. Just getting started. I loved Corey's and Becky's, I just had to have one of my own.

Love to hear from everyone.