Tuesday, April 17, 2007

300 Cows for Ellie? Tempting, but ...

From Kevin, via satellite phone:
(About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sudan)

A personal message for Ellie's dad, Paul:

Ellie received three marriage proposals today. The three would-be grooms are offering you up to 300 cows for your daughter's hand in marriage.

Paul, if that's OK, I will do the wedding tomorrow, and then you'll receive 300 cows. (laughs)

It seems like a lot of men have been proposing to Ellie--I think she's getting tired of it!

Seriously, Ellie's doing really well. She's been enjoying her time here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It will be great to see and here in person your experiences. Praying for you.
mom & dad

Anonymous said...

kevin,

We are contemplating the offers. Having been here taking care of the remaining 7 dogs of the up to 100
sled dogs we have had since Ellie started collecting them at 9 years, we are tempted. You can eat cows.

But, she is worth more than the 1,000 cattle on the hills so bring her home!

Paul