We Have Arrived Back in Kijabe!

Hello All,
We are back!  Things went well over the Christmas break but we definitely need a vacation from our vacation!
We certainly enjoyed seeing everyone.  If we didn't get a chance to see you, we apologize, but we love you anyway.
It took Jim only 3 days get over the jet lag - the Cad!  It took me 6 days or so.  I sure do not like that part! 
Here are a few pictures of our time in Michigan:

Jim's Beautiful Mother - Bernice

Sallie and Her cousin Lillie

Jim and His brothers and Dad (all together - Wow!)

Sallie and her American Girl Doll on Christmas Day

Sunrise in the cold Michigan morning

We have had a time this week.  Everyone is just getting back to work and it is taking some time to get back up to speed.  We have had a major setback with the CT scanner.  The trusses for the roof did not get ordered as planned in early December, so we ran around on Friday trying to get them ordered.  Hopefully, we will have the trusses by the end of January.  This should put us back by about 3 weeks.  Jim went into full Navy - "How could you let this happen" mode!  He is over it now and we are just trudging ahead.

The kids started school last Wed.  Timothy and Sallie complained a bit before the day, but when they got home, they were so happy to be back in school.  Amazing how that works!

Here is a picture of Sallie with her new doll and her friends.  You can see why she wanted one for Christmas!  They are so cute!

We have been bombarded with people coming to the door this week.  It is amazing how the locals all know you have returned.  I am sure they have a network!  It is time for the new school year to start for the Kenyans and people are out asking others in "their circle of friends" for money for school fees.  We seem to be in many peoples' circles!  We have a plan and want to help a few selected people.  Education is so important to the kids futures here, that we feel this is a good cause.

We hope you all had a great New Years celebration.  We were 35,000 ft in the air and trying to sleep.  I am currently trying to figure out how to use Mail chimp and I think I will be able to send the link to my blog straight to your email address.  Give me another week and I will hopefully have it! 

Thanks to all of you for all you do for us!  We so appreciate the family and friends that are in our lives.

In His Hands,
Jullie T.