by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 14, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
That was the title of Eli’s school Christmas concert. I was pleasantly surprised by the content of the concert which very much had a “Christ”mas theme! I was surprised because a great deal of the families that attend Eli’s school are either...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 2, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Travel
Part 2 of our family vacation was a 5 night trip to the beach. We used a missionary specific travel agent in planning our trip and got a pretty good deal on an all-inclusive family resort (I’ve never been to an all-inclusive before). The morning after...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Nov 27, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Travel
Or at least that was Lucy’s version of our trip. Since arriving in Kenya in May, the extent of our exploring has been limited to day trips within driving distance of Nairobi. We have been looking forward to Ian’s parents visit because it means we have a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Nov 2, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Uncategorized
I’ve never been real keen on the idea of Halloween….except that I love the whole costume and candy part. Around the first part of October, we received an email from the Embassy warden, who is basically an American in our area of Kenya assigned to keep...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 24, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kids
That’s the phrase a Kenyan will say to us if they haven’t seen us in a while. It’s kind of cute. I usually hear it from Godfrey, the guard at the gate to the Del Monte plantation that surrounds Eli’s school if I’ve been using a...