New things in our lives....

A little update for all our friends and family!!!

Kathryn: I will be starting full time studies with Athabasca University april 1st. I am doing a 3 year Health Administration Degree! I will be studying while we're in Zambia as well.
I also had a huge hair change:) I am blond with brown streaks... it's fun. And I guess I only live once, so gotta be blond once in my life time:)

Vinjelu:Has quit his job, where he has been working with Youth. He enjoys his work there with the youth, but the shift work has just gotten too much for our family. Vinjelu is almost constantly tired when we can spend time together. So he will be working on a Dairy far one of our friends owns for April, or untill we find something else.

Seth: Is growing of course! He is now 22 pounds, sitting at 50% for his hight, and 25% for his weight. So he is a little on the small side... but who didn't expect that :) He has been walking confidently since Mid January, now he does not even want to ride in a stroller, or be carried, he feels he should be allowed ot walk everywhere, even from the house to the car! He is a busy boy! Seth LOVES other kids no matter the age, where ever we go he walks to other kids and try to play, talk, or get their attention, this sometimes scares the other kids. I am excited for when our second baby will be able to play with him! HE has 7 teeth, they are not coming in very fast, but he is eating what ever we eat.
He does not mimic what we do very much, he has his own words and uses them ALL the time, he is very vocal about everything, sad, happy and board emotions! He does say "mom" for me, "dad" for vinj, and "mama" for my mom (grandma Hutch) and "Ya" when you ask him a question. But nothing else english comes out of his mouth. we think he might take longer to actually use words too because he is learning Nyanja and English at the same time.

Baby:Is doing good as far as we can tell, the only thing the doctors have said i the baby is a little small for it's age. I am not worrying about this though. He or She moves around alot, although it's rare Vinj can feel the movements, I am thinking the baby is just further back this time. I did see the baby kick physically saw the belly move up and then down! We will be going to find out what we are having on March 23rd, and having a 3D ultra sound with pictures too. So we are excited about this! OUr baby is Due either on the 18th or 19th of July.

The mission Side of us....As most of you know we are getting ready to leave for Zambia this fall. We are doing fund raiser to raise money to build staff housing on the Lusaka base for our family, and any guests that come to volunteer as well. This budget is between $15,000- $20,000. We are aiming to raise $25,000 for the house, furniture/ appliances and a vehicle. Obveously we are working and saving towards this as well.
We should be moving to Zambia between October and December, which ever works the best for flights, and the staff housing being built.

Music:OUr band name is anotherway Mission, you can find our web site at www.anotherway.ca You can hear weeping on our web site as well.
We have been playing about 2 times a month for big fun raising events. We played in Calgary last weekend, it was a benefit concert for Hope for Streets building project in India. We are playing on March 20th at CLBI in Camrose which is also a benifit concert for the homeless. We have fund raiser for Zambia coming up one in Regina on May 8th, and will be having another one in Wetaskiwin, and hoping to have one in BC as well. We should also be having one in Edmonton as well. We are playing at a Baptist church on highway 13 just past wetasiwin on April 3rd for a youth.
We have flights booked for Nashville leaving on July 28th, and returning on August 4th. We will be competing for best song, and best performance while we are there. If you did the calculations our departure date is only 10 days after our baby is due... please keep this in your prayers!!!

I think thats it for updates... for now!

Oh one more thing exciting. One of our friends bought me (kathryn) a new acustic/electric guitar! It is beautiful, and a HUGE blessing for our music ministry as well!
The same friend has increased his missions support for us to $250 a month, which is also an answer to prayer, we know God will take care if us!!!

Scalliwags

Vinj and I were invited out to play at the open mic at Scalliwags in Camrose last night. The party was starting at 10:30, we only made it there by 11, so we could put Seth to bed and make sure he would be sleeping while we were gone.
It was one of vinjelus friends birthday party, Tammy from work, shes an awesome girl, and for some reason loves our music.

So we got up at around 12:40 and did a set, and everyone loved it:) We got lots of cheers, after we were done, Tammy got up and demanded everyones attention (a little inebriated at the time...) she told everyone how amazing vinj and I were, and that our music amazing and it's going to go far, she started crying, and apologized for swearing so much since we are christians and all :) it was really touching, and we are so happy to be there for Tammy, and sing for her on her birthday. Lots of people asked us to come and again and play on a Wednesday night, and I think we might just do that.

update on life :)

Here are some random photos of vinj and I.
Two of my favorite pictures!


We still dont know where we are moving to on the 28th.... but have two options, one is still at the girls house, it might work out... and so we will see. It's been really stressful week, which has contributed to me feeling very sick this week as well. But we are packing! And I am glad of that. We are packing lots of bins to store stuff while we're in Zambia, so we are actually getting things done for the ned of the year as well. Which makes me feel a little accomplished.



on an exciting note, we will be finding out what we are having on Feb 25th! Thats going to be awesome!

Seths First time Swimming!

This was just a perfect moment!


I loved swimming with Seth, he LOVED it, we were there for 2.5 hours! He had a good sleep that night!


I went down this slide, it was fun and fast, I would not have even imagined going down with Seth. But then our friend took her 15 month old down and he loved it... so we thought why not I guess. So vinj went down with seth... but then when vinj put seth in the air so not to go under, he fell... hence his leg in the air and his head under water.


Seth Went down this slide over and over again. He is getting much better with water in his face, he was so brave, and had so much fun!

Moving on....

New things are happening, as always in the life of Vinj & Kath!
We gave our notice to our land lords on the 1st... and so we will be moving on February 28th!

We are doing this because we are no longer able to save with me (kathryn) not working, so we need to move in order for us to be able to save.

Right now we are waiting to hear from a girl who is living in a big house and was willing to share the house with us a couple months ago, and it may just work out. But thats not for sure yet.

I am actually excited to move, (although I didnt really want to at first) I have been feeling really overwhelmed with the amount of house work that is needed to keep our big house in order, and have still been trying to find ways that I can make money. But the best thing for our babies health and my health is for me not to work and rest alot in the day. So the idea of moving in with people who share the cleaning and cooking responsibility is really appealing to me. Also only really having to focus on keeping our rooms and bathroom clean. So we will see. This is also alot more manageable for vinj to do if I am too sick.

So thats that, if you can come help out near the end of the month, we would sure appreciate it!

Vinjelu & Kathryn Muyaba

Click on this link and find info on our upcoming shows! This is also on our facebook page. YOu can become our fan on here as well:)

Anotherway Mission Album Cover

Heres a few of our choices for our Album Cover.... give a vote for your favorite.