I was standing in the kitchen Tuesday evening. Mom had left for New York earlier that morning. This meant that Damarise and I were now in charge of Mom's stuff, ie. starting the dishwasher, doing laundry, cooking meals, etc. I had just finished the dishes from dinner and realized that the dishwasher needed to be started. So, I poured in the dish soap, closed up the dishwasher, and pressed start.
Next thing I know, Andrew is in my room saying, "Hannah, I think you should come down to the kitchen and see something." The picture on the left is the scene I saw, only, imagine more suds. They were pouring out of everywhere. I could not believe it! Andrew and I quickly got the suds mopped up and then placed a bucket under the dishwasher to catch the rest of the suds. I had a Bible Study that night, so I didn't stick around to see how the dishwasher did. Andrew was a dear and cleaned up the mess from the dishwasher while I was gone. He ended up bailing out soap suds from the dishwasher because the bucket that we placed under the dishwasher was filling up to fast. He was a huge helper :)
Fast forward to the following day. Damarise did dishes that night and she started the dishwasher. From what she told me, we both did the exact same thing, but when she started the dishwasher it ran fine. No soapy suds came gushing out of the machine. I began to wonder what I possibly could have done wrong.
Friday afternoon the dishwasher was full yet again, and Andrew and I were the only ones home. So, I braved starting the dishwasher. I filled it up, shut it, and pressed the start button. Within minutes we were back to what happened Tuesday evening. The tile floor was beginning to look like a snow covered floor and this time the suds would not stop. Andrew was once again a huge helper and swept the floor for me that way I could mop the floor with all the suds pouring out. It worked well. Eventually the dishwasher went to dry mode which made Andrew and me rejoice!
Saturday night, Mom was back home. This time she started the dishwasher. Dad told me that I should watch her to see what I was doing wrong. So I watched. Maybe you dishwasher experts have already guessed what I was doing wrong, or noticed what I did wrong in the first paragraph, but for those of you still guessing....
I watched Mom grab a box full of detergent. Wait, wait, wait! A box?! I quickly asked, "Is this the stuff you always use?" She of course replied yes and then asked me what I was using. I grabbed out a bottle of, what I thought, was dishwasher soap. Unfortunately, the bottle only read dish soap. Yes, I'd been using dish soap in the dishwasher, which apparently creates LOADS of soapy suds.
So, for all, or any, of you who ever thought running a dishwasher with normal dish soap would be okay, I'm here to tell you, from experience, that it doesn't quite work. You'll end up with something that, as Dad said, "Looks like a scene from 'I Love Lucy'."
Happy Birthday to my amazing Mom! Today she celebrates another year of life that God has given to her. 
I was standing in the kitchen Tuesday evening. Mom had left for New York earlier that morning. This meant that Damarise and I were now in charge of Mom's stuff, ie. starting the dishwasher, doing laundry, cooking meals, etc. I had just finished the dishes from dinner and realized that the dishwasher needed to be started. So, I poured in the dish soap, closed up the dishwasher, and pressed start. 
Today is Dad and Mom's 22nd anniversary! How cool is that?! :) I am soo overly blessed to have them as my parents! They are loving, kind, caring, hospitable and godly! And definitely people I admire and look up to! :D Thank you Dad and Mom for everything you have done!!! I love you both very very much! Have a great day celebrating twenty two years of marriage!
About a month ago, I wrote about Mom listening to the Mozambican radio stations. Well, yesterday, while I was doing school, I couldn't resist taking a picture of both Mom and Dad listening to the radio together :) It's cute to see them both sitting there with earphones in trying to understand what is being said. Yesterday they listened to someone talk about malnourishment. Lots of big words in there! Way to go Dad and Mom!
This has been a usual scene in our house recently ;) Mom, although it's usually Dad, with earphones in, listening to the radio :) They're trying to hear as much Portuguese as is possible :) It's funny though to watch them walking through the house with radio in hand, just listening away :) Hehe. And what is on the radio?? There are only 2 radio stations in Portuguese, and normally it's just music on, but every so often Dad and Mom get the joy of hearing a talk show :) And that is a lil' glimpse of what Dad and Mom do to learn more Portuguese :)
This morning we decided to have our cousin over for brunch! I don't think I've told the story about our cousin.... If I have sorry, here it goes again. Anyways, while Mom was in the States for Nana's funeral we went to an Easter service at a friend's place. They had invited all the missionaries in the city so a lot of people were there. There was one girl there who we hadn't met yet, so Dad and her got to talking and asked where she was from and she said some tiny town in Iowa (i think...) so Dad asked the name of the town and lo and behold it was the same town where Dad's Dad had grown up! Woah! So she told some story about our (Somehow extended) cousin that we have heard a ton of times and she said that the story is about her Grandpa! How cool is that?! Anyways, so a couple days later she came by and said that she had called up all her relatives and did a lil' research and found out that we are related!!! We're like first cousins or something like that! Anyways, we were pretty thrilled to have a blood relative here! :) It's pretty amazing! 
The red carpet entry for mom;) Just kidding, we aren't sure who it was for, but it was next to a private jet... hmm someone rich!
Mom coming off the plane:) Can you spot her? :) She's waving:)
Dad and Mom's hug:) Yeah!!! Back together at last!
