Visit to Red Lake

July 5th to the 10th we made the long trek to Red Lake to visit the newest member of the McDougall family, "Ivy Juniper". The trip was a long one, but the prize at the end was worth it all. We had a great time holding, cuddling and visiting with Ivy. She is just the most perfect baby. I am thinking that she is the best looking baby I have seen for about 19 years. Josh and Lynne are good parents, they love this little girl.
We had a chance to visit Gloria and Mike as well.

More Ivy Juniper McDougall

We are GRANDPARENTS!!!
Ivy Juniper was born June 5th 2009  wieghing 7lb 4 oz and a beautiful little girl.  The proud parents are Josh and Lynne McDougall.  The proud grandparents  Tim and Mary.

New Baby

We are Grandparents!

Livingston to Lusaka

We left Sakeji and picked Aly up at Chitokoloki.  Mary got a chance to see some of the patients she had be working with at Kariba and we had to pull Aly out of Surgery.  We arrived in Livingston in the early afternoon and went to Victoria Falls.  It was awesome.  The water coming over the falls was amazing.  On the bridge we got showered with spray and a got a little cold.  Then we went down to the Boiling Pot and then above the falls.  Have a look at some of the pictures.  We stayed the night and left early in the morning for Lusaka. 
Today Saturday we just found out we are GRANDPARENTS!  We just had an email from Josh to let us know the newest member of the family is  Ivy McDougall.  Praise the Lord! 

Game Drive

We are still in Sakeji and busy.  Last week we had the opportunity to go on a game drive and hunt at a Wildlife Reserve that borders the school property.  We had a great time.  The reserve has Sable Zebra Elan Dyker Reed Buck Warthog and many other south African wildlife. The drive was great but then the asked if we would like to go on a hunt.  It was quite exciting and we came home with a Reed Buck for supper.
The pictures are of the game drive, the two guides and Mary at the wheel.
We leave Sakeji the end of the week and head home via Chitokoloki, Livingston, Lusaka, London and then Toronto.

Mary at Sakeji

Mary and Tim are finally united again as Mary has arrived at Sakeji.  She arrived on Saturday on a flight from Chitokoloki.  Since she had to pay for the flight out of her savings, she invited Aly to come along for the ride.  Aly got a chance to look around the school, stay for the lunch meal, help Dad at the swimming pool then head back to the hospital at 3 pm.  Tim was busy before Mary got there as he killed the snake pictured.  It was only a small puff adder but he felt heroic.  The kids were out playing in the river, that some men just killed a 8 foot python in.  What a time to leave your camera at home.  Aly saw the snake so there is proof.
It is great to have Mary at Sakeji.  She is shadowing the nurse (Pam) for the next two weeks to see what her duties are.  She has a clinic each morning and does supervision and teaching in the school as well.

Sakeji

Here are some pictures of Sakeji School Mission. The office building has the Sat Dish out front.  The pool is on the campus, with the river water running in and out ( you just have to check for snakes before you swim). There is a picture of scene from the back door of our house here and the play structure.
The other two pictures are of a local school that recieved some school materials from Ontario.  We went out on Saturday after noon and installed blackboards in 4 classroom.  One picture is of the blackboards going up and then a picture of the local men who helped.