Birthday Fun!

Last week was Donald's 28th birthday, so Kelly planned something fun to celebrate. The first surprise was meatloaf (his favorite food after lasagna) for lunch that day.  After lunch, we went to a local village to celebrate with about 120 Malawian children.  Talk about a party!  The children at Malikha village meet every Friday to have Bible lessons from ABC (African Bible College) students that can speak to them in their own language.  The outreach is called Live Love.  The name of the outreach is perfect because that's what Jesus calls us to do; love God, love our neighbors, and live it out.  We brought candy for the children and Donald brought a football (American) to toss around with the kids.  We had a lot of fun!  DR probably had the most fun because he is treated like a celebrity in the village.  The children follow him around, hold his hand, and play with his soft, blonde hair (rare in Malawi).  Overall, Donald's village birthday party was a success.  Later that night, we had several of our new friends over for coke floats, cake, and games.  We had a fun game of 4 men on a couch, which brought back memories of FCA and church friends back home (We love you guys!).

We hope you enjoy the video and pictures below.

God Bless,

The Hodges family