Evi's new foot...

Well after over a month and a half of surgery, recovery, and the making of Evi's new foot we are almost to the finish line. Yesterday we received the final copy of Evi's new foot. We will wear it for all of next week so that she can make sure there are no problems before we return to Lesotho. Scottish Rite Childrens Hospital has been absolutely fantastic. Dr. Rathjen; Evi's surgeon went above and beyond to take care of Evi. She is healing magnificently, and the wounds are almost completely healed. Evi's Prosthetist has given us enough supplies to cover almost any problems that we have with Evi's foot the next couple of years.

Lesotho News:
You may remember that we had a break in to our house just a couple of weeks before we came to the states. That time they were able to steal $350 from my wallet without ever actually getting inside the house. Last Sunday we got word that our house was broken into again, although this time it was much more serious. Praise God that David, who is house sitting for us was safe. Here is my understanding of what happened.
They climbed a telephone pole next to our fence and was able to clear the barb wire on top of the fence. They then managed to break into three of our storage and tool sheds and even ripped some of the doors completely off the hinges. They then used my tools to remove a small window next to my front door. They then reached through the window, and opened the window above the small window. They then used a hacksaw from the tool shed and cut through two 1/2" burglar bars and pryed them back so one of them could crawl into the house. Once inside they attempted to bypass the security alarm by cutting all of the wires going into the alarm box. They also cut and removed a motion sensor and a door sensor above the front door. All of these should have set off the alarm, but the alarm appears to not be working properly. They then attempted to try and remove the sensor above the kitchen door to the outside and the alarm finally went off and they took off.
The alarm should send a signal to the security company but this was not working as well. It took over 30 minutes for the security company to get to the house after they were eventually called. The police came as well and showed up a long time later because they had to walk to the house. At first it appeared that nothing was stolen. But now it looks like either a tote of clothes was taken out of the storage shed or they removed the clothes and left the trunk, we aren't exactly sure yet. It also looks almost all of my power tools are missing that I just bought about 4 months ago. In the midst of all that was stolen we are extremely thankful that David was safe. MAF has hired a night guard to watch the house at night until we return later this month. The scary part for us is that there was somebody actually inside our house, and no alarm ever went off. Right now it looks like the best way to secure our house is to purchase a couple of dogs to watch the house. So when we return we will be shopping for a couple of dogs.