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Our mini vaca
Our night away into Nairobi for our anniversary was fabulous. As I said before, we began our evening with dinner at Cafe des Arts. They have a wonderful patio dining area that is covered by a large tent cover. It is a lovely place to relax and enjoy good food:...
12 years
This weekend, Ian and I will celebrate being married 12 years! When we first met, my freshman year of college (his sophomore), I had a boyfriend and he had partying and skiiing. Ian was the bad boy on campus with long (past his shoulders) hair and I was the good...
And another baby.
Ok, I guess that was a little mean to post the last blog about a baby and not mention any news of our own. You know, we just lost this last baby the last week of July. That is only 2 months ago. That was our second loss in just under a year. It was a hard thing...
A baby.
This week we welcomed the 2nd baby born to a vulnerable mother at Karibu Centre. Baby Ian. This baby was born to an 11-year old (no, that was not a type-o) girl who was supposedly 5 months pregnant. After 3 days of backache not alleviated by tylenol, we took her...
Kenyan toys
Joseph and Bernard (the cook's sons) spend a lot of time at our house. They enjoy exploring Eli and Lucy's toys and movie media. The other day though, they each arrived with something that peeked the interest of both Eli and Lucy. Home made cars: ...
Sunday lunch
We joined a small group from church. For you non-churchies...that is just a way of saying being assigned a group of friends that you meet with to socialize, and support, and study with. We're trying to expand our social circle a little.....it's a big adjustment to...
The Portland Crew
So it's been a little over a week now since our volunteer training crew from Portland has left. It seems like forever and a day since they were here; so much goes on in each and every day at the Centre that we are just worked and worn out by the evening. Our crew...
Thika Rotary Club
We were invited to a party. We found out when we arrived that it was to benefit the Rotary Club of Thika. And that it cost money. Ooops. Thankfully, I had the exact amount of the entrance fee (to cover the awesome dinner) in my wallet. Here are some pics of the...
Eli did have a 1st day of school
It was just almost a month ago now. Guess I'm a little behind. He loves school. I love his uniform. Easy and simple, no struggles over what to wear in the morning. Yes, I see there are spots, I think he spilled yogurt and I tried to salvage...
The boy who stole my heart
As word gets out about our program, we get a lot of people inquiring on if we might be able to help them in some way. John, the village elder from Gachagi came one day and asked if he might take me to visit a family. I agreed. He took me to visit Halaki, and upon...