The Eagle has landed.

They made it!

And by "they", I mean ALL of the disc blades. Can I get a woot woot?!

Oh, and the guys made it too. And were greeted by a dozen delicious African Bagel Company donuts from one of our favorite Muzungus, Rich. More on him and his wonderful wife and their awesome ministry later...

Ok, I know it seems cold and uncaring to worry more about the blades than the arrival of my own dear sweet husband, but if you only knew how valuable those silly blades are. How much care was taken to package them perfectly, and weigh them out to measure precisely how many we could fit in each bag. Only to watch as the TSA tear through our tape and jumble them all up to see if they were explosive I presume? We stood with jaws dropped as if the box of blades were our firstborn.

Alas, the blades and the men and the sippy cups have all arrived, so let the fun begin.

First order of business, finish up with harvest at the Mpanga farm. Here's a glimpse of what that looks like.

Corn pickers have been purchased and are in the process of being shipped,

but for now, harvest is done by hand.

Since Justin's last trip, new housing has gone up! So, this is where the guys will be staying this trip which is a nice break from the tents they'll be enduring at the other farm sites. There is no electricity or running water here yet, but having a real roof over head is a big improvement.

And this is the view! Hard to beat.

Here's a nice shot of the second corn crop before harvest.

 Is this Rwanda or Illinois?

I'm working on a post that has a nice progression of pictures from the very beginning of our work at the Mpanga site and will hopefully get that posted soon. You'll be amazed to see how far this site has come from when we first layed eyes on it.

Thanks for reading!