The kids and I send our love, hugs, and thanks for each of your prayers and support. Without you we could not live and work in Mozambique.

We will soon be getting the adoption papers and then start paperwork for our travel home to Texas. Pray that we will get all paperwork soon and the immigrant visas will be done in 3 months are less.

God provided the finances years back for airline tickets for Popo and Homigueto so we are praying they will be coming with us and our tentative plan is this October after school is out.

Angie Family Update

As you can see blogging has not yet become a daily or even weekly thing for me. I really want to and try to but there is so much going on with ministry and family and then me time so my on my list of goals this year is to keep you more in the loop on what God is truly doing in our family.

Yesterday was Popinho's 2nd birthday! So hard to believe he is 2, not yet walking a bit lazy, although he is trying. He is talking a bit, and scoots all over the place.

Enia is 9 years old in 4th grade, loves school, loves her little brother and is a big help to mom. She is trying to balance her feelings of being Mozambican and American. She is a beautiful!

Homigueto is 11 and in 5th grade. An awesome young man and very smart. He has such a sweet personally, encorager and helper.

Popo is 24 years old, a big help to me with the kids and ministry! He will son be completeing his first Archecture Course and has won second course at the local University for 1 year 6 months PAID for!!!! He is very proud of himself and loves Jesus!

I am doing much better, earlier this year I was diagnosied with Rheumatiod Arthritis they are thinking this may have been due to the numerious times I have had malaria. There is no way to be certian but it seems to fit and make sence. I battle pain daily some days less than others but pain none the less. I am learning what I can and can't eat, what effects me and what does not. That is a hard thing here in Moz. because I can't seem to eat that much.

God is good and helping me walk through this and I know that I have many people praying for me and that makes a difference and is a blessings.

Much love ,
Angie and Family

March 9, 2008

Hello,

It has been a long time since I have updated our blog site. Life has been very busy, with everything I do at the Hope House, then home being mom, homework and housework. I do have a housekeeper, this helps me out a lot and provides a job for someone, yet there seems to always be a mess around somewhere!

This year Enia is in 3rd grade, she turned 8 years old last November. So hard to believe and such a smart and good little girl. Angie is busier than ever, finances, teaching, (trying to teach biology in Portuguese), fund raising ideas, communications, Bible study, and so much more I could fill up the page but I don't want to bore you.

We have a new addition to our family. Popo has been like a son to me for years and when he took Homeguito in I had another son, I will not legally adopt them but they are my family. Popo's sister had a baby boy and she named him after Popo, I did not expect to care for him or adopt him but his mother says she can't take care of him, she lives in South Africa and does not come to visit often. She and the family have given me guardianship and I will be adopting Popinho as well. Popinho has been with us since he was 5 months and he will soon turn 11 months!!!!!

Enia's adoption is still on going although we think that we are in the last part of it. Waiting once again on a court date. We are praying that the judge will grant Popinho's adoption at the same time.

Continue to pray for us and that all adoptions will come through, immigrant visas will take less than 3 months, as well that we will all be able to travel to Texas this year for a visit. It will been 3 years this June since we have been home for a visit!

I will post pictures soon!

Angie and Family!

CARE PACKAGE

Hi all!

. A friend told me about a blog site for missionaries and I decided to sign up our blog site. Jim the guy with this great idea asked us to put in a post about CARE PACKAGES and how we could get them, what we would like to get etc. Many people ask me what I would like in a package and so I thought this was a great way to let people know what we like and could use, so below are my ideas:

I am content without Hershey’s Chocolates and goodies such as that, especially my waistline and hips. I already have a hard time with weight watching due to the high carbohydrate meals we have here in Africa. Items that would make me really happy are things such as

- Sugar free hard candies that last a time in your mouth (there is one coffee flavored) it makes me feel like I am having a Starbucks. There are many different kinds and any would be a treat.

- Mints, gum, peanuts, sunflower seeds, small things that don’t take up to much space, weight and want spoil. Tuna in a foil package works great even over long distance travel and oh how I love it. I could always use medicines such as Tylenol, Alka Seltzer Plus Cold, Pepto Bismol tablets, Band-Aids, Neosporin ointment, or anything for minor healing aids.

Soups, spaghetti, chili, enchilada packs, taco seasonings, the dry ones that you add water or tomatoes too. I can’t remember all of them but these are the ones I have received that I loved.
Dried spices like oregano, cilantro, basil, chili powder, Garlic salt.
Garden seeds (all kinds) work great for our garden and because they are dried, there is no problem getting them through customs.

We could always use clothes and shoes for Enia, who is now 7 1/2 years old and taller than ever. She can still wear some of her size 6 jeans in the waist but the length has become a problem. So size 7 or 8 in shirts but 7 in pants. Shoes oh that we grow out of fast size 1 to 1 ½. She loves Pink!

We also received things like good family videos, kid’s educational material like leap frog or learning CD’s. Enia is learning how to use my computer and doing very well at it. SCHOOL SUPPLIES has been a very big help!!!! Things like:

- Pens, pencils, colors, markers
- For VBS colors, markers, glitter tubes, creative ideas

Other special things like for me:
- Teaching tapes, new music CDs. Like Joyce Meyer’s, Beth Moore, Jason Upton CD’ and others.
- T-shirts for my ministry I do for the youth here in Mozambique. I have 9 youth at present and all
sizes as we also have soccer teams in the community that we work with and share Jesus.
- Soccer balls, basketballs with no air in them.

It is nice to get nice lotions that smell good but they don’t need to have a strong sent to them or they will attract mesquites. Toothpaste and tooth brushes are a great help and are always appreciated.

Items can be shipped to:
Angie Wheeler
Suite #26
Private Bag X11340
Nelspruit 1200
South Africa

Blessings,
Angie and Enia

Blessings

Hi to each of you and wanted you to know how sorry I am that I have not updated my site very much over the last few months. Things have been really busy and when the Internet connection is down I can't update things.

I am working on updating and new pictures so keep checking more news is coming!!

Blessings,

Angie and Enia

Update Enia

Hi

Enia is doing much better today although I am making her stay in side, not running etc. she is not too happy about that but doing as mom says. Praise God it is a cooler day! Yesterday it was up to 102 degrees F for about an hour give or take.

Enia has also lost another tooth. Growing up fast she like losing teeth and getting in bigger ones. We all want to grow up too fast don't we. School is going well and Enia's writing is improving, I am so impressed at her desire to improve and set goals. I was really excited as she has accomplished this on her own, she asks for my help and listens but she has done this mostly herself.

Yes I am a proud mom!

We have heard that within the next 2 weeks we should have the date of our first hearing in regards to the adoption. Pray for us and for the Judge. I am praying all is dealt with in one session and we can get paperwork done and plan our trip home to the States.

Tentative plans for travel home are at the end of October/first part of November. It truly depends on the ending of the school year as Enia and Homeguito have exams. We are still planning and praying that Homeguito and Popo will be able to come home with us!

We love you and write when you can!!!!

Angie and Enia

March 22, 2007 The explosion

OH how loud and frightening those explosions were. I honestly thought we were being bombed. It rattled the windows and walls of my office. At home it sounded as if it was going to take the tin roof off. Enia was so scarred and in tears. She was not only dealing with the fear of what she did not know or understand but was not feeling well.

That night Enia began to run a very high fever. She had been complaining of a headache but I could go now where to get her tested for malaria. The clinics we usually go to were closed or full from the explosion victims. IT was best to wait. I kept her fever down with Tylenol and wet clothes, cold showers ( not so bad as it was so hot.) Enia slept with me which was not only a comfort for her but me as well. We continued to hear the bombs way into the night.

At 3 am I woke up and she was so hot. I woke her up for more Tylenol, but wanted her to have something in her stomach so I made her eat a banana. It was quite funny as she is lying on my pillow with her eyes closed, half asleep, eating a banana. I had to remind her to chew. The fever went down and we went back to sleep.

Because of all the confusion the kids did not have school and Enia was relieved as she does not like to miss school. She went to the clinic and it confirmed what I thought, she has malaria. Malaria is ranked on a scale of 1 to five, this determines from the blood the amount of parasites and Enia was at level 2.

Keep us in your prayers!

Angie and Enia