Giraffe Center (part 1)

Giraffe Center (part 2)

Andrew's first kiss! =)

Kelly is the giraffe that bit my Mom's finger when my parents were here visiting.

Anna decided she wanted a kiss.

Andrew went back for a second kiss from Daisy. I said "yuck".

Elephant Orphanage

A blind rhino they are trying to take care of

Moving!!!!!

Things are moving right along. The house in Nanyuki is not finished being worked on, but it is ready to be moved into. This week we have been at the house down in Nairobi packing up everything. We are scheduled to load the truck on Monday and drive up to Nanyuki and unload on Tuesday. Please pray that everything goes well.

This week I found out that the container is due to arrive in Mombasa on March 2^nd. Continue to pray for its safety and that we don’t have any problems getting it through customs. Friday I went to immigration to check on the renewal of my work permit. Nothing has been done on it yet. It has been a month since I started the renewal process. I am praying that something will be done in the next week or two. I will need it when the container arrives and has to go through customs.

It seems like it has been work, work, and more work since I arrived back here. So on Friday after checking on the work permit we stopped working and celebrated Abigail’s 20^th birthday. It is actually this Sunday. We spent the day at the Elephant Orphanage and the Giraffe Center.

One of the many beautiful sunrises at my new house in Nanyuki.

A view of Mt. Kenya in the evening from my house in Nanyuki.

Pictures

Ruth, one of my first friends in Kenya. She is married now and has a really cute baby girl.

My sisters and I singing a special during the Missions Conference at the Bible Baptist Church in Noonkopir. I was even talked them into singing in Swahili with me. I was so proud of them!

Nyama Choma Na Chapoti

This week went by so fast. We went back up to Nanyuki on Thursday. This time we took the dog. He is really enjoying the big yard! There is lots of space to explore. =) The painting of the house is going well. We found an electrician that is good and not charging us Mzungu (white person) price. The plumber has been a different story.

We had a great Sunday here in Nanyuki. You can see the top Mt. Kenya every day and today was beautiful!!!!! We went to church this morning and had a great service. This afternoon we went back to help with the Awana program. The kids really enjoy playing the games. Then they split up in their groups for the verse time. Andrew and Anna went with one group to help listen to verses. Abigail and I went with another group. I want to say I heard at least 65 verses if not more. It was a joy to hear these kids memorizing God’s Word.

For supper I took Andrew, Anna, and Abigail to a restaurant a friend of mine started here in town. They have really taken to eating Kenyan food. We had nyama choma (roasted meat), cabbage, and chapoti for supper. Benson and Esther, some of our new friends here in Nanyuki are over and they have started the Uno game. I think I will close this post for now and go join the game. =)