Were Back!!!

Back in Lesotho that is. We finally arrived after almost 40 hours of travel from my parents house in Flagstaff to our house here in Maseru. I would like to tell you it was a fun trip and we enjoyed traveling in the airplane, but we didn't. I suppose anyone traveling that long with a toddler and a 10 month old would tell you that. Overall everything went extremely well. The first flight from Phoenix to London went great with the kids sleeping almost the entire time. Daddy doesn't sleep well on planes but did get a couple short cat naps in. Mommy fared slightly better, but still not enough.
The second flight was a little tougher with the kids not really wanting to be on an airplane anymore. Evi started to get pinkeye that kept getting worse as time went on. Within the first hour after getting home we took Evi to the Baylor clinic and got some eyedrops. The next morning they were gone. Two days later Caleb also developed a bout of pinkeye and is just about recovered. The kids and I are also fighting a little bit of a cold. I think it is the trasition from Arizona to Africa.
We moved into our house with beds made Anthracite heater started and a warm meal in the kitchen. This was great and as soon as it got dark we all headed to bed. We arrived just in time for winter, with it already snowing in the mountains this last week.
This last week has been busy with moving back into our house, unpacking, buying groceries, dealing with passports, border passes and a myriad of other things that had to be done. On highlight for us has been the addition of "high-speed" internet to Lesotho. This is great, as it is cheaper that we used to pay for our monthly dial up account, Although for our 512K connection it is still over $100 a month. Because of this we hope to do a better job of adding photos to our Flickr photo site and updating our new blog. Tomorrow I hope to find my camera and have some pictures from the trip back.
Thanks for praying!!

Next stop: Lesotho, Africa

Well, we are on the way out the door. We are driving to Phoenix, Arizona and then hoping on a British Airways flight to London. After a 4 hour layover we will depart from London to Johannesburg. Please pray for us while we travel and next time you hear from me will be in Lesotho.
The Hulls Family

Next stop: Lesotho, Africa

Well, we are on the way out the door. We are driving to Phoenix, Arizona and then hoping on a British Airways flight to London. After a 4 hour layover we will depart from London to Johannesburg. Please pray for us while we travel and next time you hear from me will be in Lesotho.
The Hulls Family

one more week

We are finally beginning the final preparations to return to Africa. In only seven more days we hope back on the airplane and make our return trip to Lesotho. Leslie and I were able to have an awesome vacation and short break from the kids. We really needed to spend some time with ourselves.
For those of you in the Flagstaff area there is also an open house/farewell for us on Saturday the 12th at the home of Danny and Amanda Finney. We would love to see you anytime between 3 PM and 7 PM on Saturday. Check out the link to their address on the right hand side.
We also have a huge praise for Evi. Yesterday was the first day that she did not have to change her bandage. After 8 months of daily dressing changes we are very excited that her leg is almost completely healed. Please continue to pray that it would not open up again and that there would be no more major wound issues.

We look forward to seeing you Saturday,
Danny, Leslie, Evi and Caleb

Vacation Time

Leslie and I are fortunate to be able to take a little vacation before returning to Lesotho. Evi and Caleb are staying with my parents and are going to have a great time with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We are going to be taking a cruise on the Mexican Riviera. We are looking forward to the break, but it is difficult to leave Evi and Caleb at home after everything we have gone through these last 8 months. Please pray that we would be able to relax and spend some time together as a couple. We look forward to sharing about our trip when we return.
Danny & Leslie

Countdown to our return....

It is hard to believe that almost 8 months ago we began our journey from Africa to the hospital in Dallas, Texas. We can look back now and see how God has provided for and blessed our family in so many ways. Here is a list of just a few amazing things that God has done since Evi's accident
1. He saved our precious daughters life.
2. He provided a instant church home and a place to live for our entire stay in Dallas.
3. He provided the worlds best place to be for pediatric orthopedics, to accept Evi as their patient.
4. He provided an army of prayer warriors around the world to pray for Evi and our family
5. He provided a vehicle for our entire stay in Dallas
6. He provided a great Sunday School class who adopted us and helped us out in so many ways

As you can see, we have a God who is our provider. As tough as this experience has been, he has held our family is his arms and held us close. What a mighty God we serve!!!
We leave for Africa on May 15th, and are anxious to return to Lesotho. Please keep praying for us and praise God for the miracles in little Evi's life.

Farewell Dallas!!!

Hello – We are writing this on the eve that we leave Dallas and begin our trip back to Lesotho. Well, at least we are almost on our way back to Lesotho. We will be traveling to Arizona for the next several weeks and will be departing for Lesotho on May 15^th. This last week has kept us very busy.

On Easter we were spending the afternoon with some friends. Evi was having a great time eating some cake and a chocolate chip and walnut cookie. The trouble started about an hour later when she started to feel a little sick. We left and in the car on the way home, Evi started to experience some major wheezing and breathing trouble. We assumed it was asthma because of some previous problems. We hurried home and gave her a puff on her inhaler and were able to get her breathing under control. Shortly after that she began to itch, and it got worse and worse as the time went on. We took her shirt off and noticed that she was almost completely covered in a rash of some sort. We then made a trip to the emergency room and spent 3 hours on Easter at the hospital. After a shot of Benedryl and some steroids, she started to feel much better. Yesterday we took Evi to the doctor and she was tested for allergies. We learned that Evi is allergic to walnuts, pecans, pistachios and hazelnuts. We are very thankful that we were able to determine what she was allergic to and that her reaction on Sunday wasn’t even worse.

The rest of the week has been stressful and busy as well. On Monday I awoke to write all of you an e-mail. I turned on the computer and all I got was an error message. After a couple days of troubleshooting and the advice of others, I was able to locate the culprit and was able to replace the broken parts. Then I had to reinstall everything on my computer. We have spent much time saying farewell to new friends, packing our bags, and numerous other things. This morning we also got word that our cat in Lesotho got run over by a car. Leslie and Evi were very much looking forward to returning to Lesotho and seeing our cats again, so they were of course saddened by the news that Calico had died.

We look forward to visiting with all of you while we are in Flagstaff and are planning on a farewell get together on May12th, the Saturday before we leave. We’ll pass along details about time, location and other info once we get it all planned..

Please continue to pray for us this next month.

1. Evi’s leg still has some wounds and needs some additional healing.
2. Travel from Dallas to Phoenix on Saturday
3. Plans as we prepare to return to Lesotho
4. Finances to cover our return airfare to Lesotho (let me know if you have any questions about how to help us raise money for our airfare back to Africa)
   

We once again are reminded about how God has blessed us with a group of people committed to praying for us. As we prepare to leave Dallas I am thankful for the abundance of prayer on our behalf.

March 23, 2007

Hello from Dallas. Our family is enjoying the warmer weather and the many things to do in Dallas. Evi is also continuing to do great with her new leg. She is progressing to the point where she can almost wear it all day long. This is great news and means that we are close to being able to leave Dallas. Yep, after over 6 months in Dallas, we are now beginning to plan our departure to Africa once again. Our current plan is for the hospital to release Evi for good sometime in early to mid April. We will pack up and fly to Arizona in order to spend some time with family and friends in Flagstaff. Then we are hoping to depart for Lesotho sometime in mid May and are already looking for our tickets. God has continued to bless our family and our time here in Dallas. Leslie especially has had lots of time to get involved with women’s groups at Park Cities Baptist Church, and we will both miss all of the new friends that we have made here.

For those of you in northern Arizona, we can’t wait to visit with you before we return to Lesotho. We are anxious to return to Lesotho and return to some normalcy in our lives. Lately we have enjoyed spending time with the Westom family. They are an MAF family in Lesotho that are currently in Dallas for furlough. They have three young girls and it has been great for Evi to play with some friends from Africa. We also covet your continued prayers during this next transition.

Prayer:

• Evi’s leg still has to heal completely before we can leave Dallas. There are still several small open wounds that have not closed up yet.
• For travel to Arizona and then to Lesotho. We have to purchase airfare, pack our bags and complete many other miscellaneous tasks.
• Finances to help cover our return airfare and cover other costs related to returning to Lesotho.
• Health of the entire family. We have all been sick this last month.
  

Praises:

• Evi is able to wear her foot longer every day.
• Park Cities Baptist Church has been a HUGE blessing to us; thank God for their willingness to adopt us while in Dallas.
• We have already located two prosthetists for Evi that are within a two hour drive from Maseru. Scottish Rite Hospital will also be helping us out while we are in Lesotho.
• A great apartment that has tons of places for Evi to play and walk so that we can do her physical therapy.
• A great team of people standing beside us lifting us up in prayer when we are weak.

Evi's New Foot!!

February 21, 2007

February 12, 2007

The last few weeks have been extremely busy. We drove 1000 miles with the kids to Tennessee stayed for a couple of days and ten drove 1000 miles back to Dallas. We enjoyed spending some time with Leslie’s family and visiting friends in the area. Once again we are in a holding pattern here in Dallas as we continue to wait for Evi’s leg to heal. There are still some areas from the skin graft 5 months ago that are waiting to heal. We are continuing to pray that these spots will stop fighting and begin to heal.

Last week the Orthopedic Surgeon, physical therapist, wound specialist, Prosthetist and others met together with us to talk about how they are going to proceed. They were able to talk about Evi’s leg and the best path to take for her ultimate healing. As a result, they decided that maybe we should go ahead and make Evi’s first prosthetic so she can begin to use her knee that has been kept straight in a cast for over two months. She is so excited and can’t wait to get her new foot, and has already asked if she can paint her toenails. After getting her new foot, we are scheduled for physical therapy twice a day until she learns how to use this foot. We also have to wait until her wounds completely heal, as this will change the size of her leg. After these heal we will make Evi’s next prosthesis and hopefully leave Dallas for good. As much as we have enjoyed our time here in Dallas and have made some great new friends we can’t wait to get back home.


Please continue to pray for us and for the MAF family that is in Lesotho continuing the work in Africa.

1. Pray that the wound would heal completely
2. Pray for Evi as she learns to use her new foot
3. Praise that the end is in sight
4. Praise for how God has provided friends, a car, an apartment and met all of our other needs.
5. Pray for Lesotho, Elections are held on the 17th of this month
6. Pray for Lesotho, only two pilots are in Lesotho to fill the flight needs
7. Praise for Evi’s spirit during the last 5 ½ months

We so appreciate the love and support from everybody. God has truly blessed us through your prayers and love of your families through this experience.