Preparing for Baby Bakers

The time has come once again for a big change in the lives of the Bakers!

In a few short days we will be heading up to Johannesburg until the end of February. It is definitely going to be a different life than the one we have been living the past 6 months. As much as we have enjoyed acclimating ourselves to the simple, serene life in Lesotho, we are excited for these few months.

Being in Johannesburg will give us a chance to connect as a couple and spend some quality time together before our family suddenly becomes three! We will also enjoy quality time with good friends and church family during the holidays.

As January approaches quickly, we are so looking forward to the arrival of little miss Harmony Kgomotso. In February Leah’s parents will join us for three weeks to meet their very first grandchild.

We will be in South Africa for almost a full three months as we will be meeting more regularly with our midwife from the beginning of December as well as awaiting a birth certificate and passport for Harmony. Unfortunately these documents can take many weeks. As soon as we have them in hand, however, we will make the trek back to Lesotho and will hopefully (prayers appreciated!) be moving into a new house with running water!! Praise the Lord!

As an LXP Lesotho family, we celebrated an early Thanksgiving last Friday! We were quite impressed with the accuracy of our “Lesotho Thanksgiving”. We were able to find almost everything to make it as close to an authentic American holiday as we could! We also invited two American peace corps volunteers that are currently serving in the Butha-Buthe area. We had such a great time fellowshipping together, reflecting on how the Lord has taken care of each one of us over the past year, and of course eating to our heart’s content!!

While we are gone, approximately 15 LXP Lesotho youth leaders will be going on an outreach into the mountains to spread the Gospel to unreached peoples.  For more info see lxplesotho.com, and be sure to keep them in your prayers.

We will be going into the village later this week to say all our goodbyes for now as well as conducting the final computer class of the year.

Truly loving Africa,
The Bakers