For those who don't know, Brian was born in Zambia as his parent's were missionaries there until he was 6 years old. In Africa, sons are considered a special gift and father's are honored greatly when a son is born. The tradition, as I understand, is that an elder in the community names the newborn baby boy. Because Brian was born there, he was given the name Bupe, which means "Gift from God." He is still known in their home village of Mbala as Bupe. We decided when our first son was born that we wanted to carry on that name, so he is Lukas Bupe Albaugh. Jaron was born right as Gracewell Mwansa was visiting from the UK. His home town is in Zambia and he works alongside Lee with NESTeam among many other organizations helping the area. Gracewell prayed for and decided on a name for Jaron and we were so honored to receive that blessing on Tuesday night! The name he gave Jaron is Nkumbu, which means "The Grace of God" This is just further affirmation that our baby boy is a very special gift! Now all 4 of our children have "Gift" or "Grace" in their name! Lukas (Bupe=gift), Haylee (Grace=gift), Hannah=grace, Jaron (Matthew=God's gift and Nkumbu=grace). We have 4 precious GIFTS!!!
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