Today is the drive by blog because I have so little time! Things are just a bit crazy here so I will give you the week in brief:
Saturday last: Class Party for Trevor and skating party for Timothy and Sallie. Trevor's class party was proceeded by a week of "scarfing." It is a tradition here where the girl captures the guy with her scarf, then he has to wear it all week and they go together to the party (bond by the scarf)! There were only minor injuries and all were captured successfully and had a great time dressing up for the party as movie characters. Trevor and Hannah went as the people from "Up" (the old man and the little boy). They did a great job.
eating from the ice cream gutter
Sallie got in on it too!
Sunday: We went to the baptism at RVA. It was 15 kids getting baptized and was so wonderful to watch. There stories are so amazing and so are they!
Monday: This was an all day luncheon! It started with a pedi in the morning, then bible study lunch, then going away tea with the staff at RVA then Dessert Night for short termers with the hospital! Its a good thing I didn't eat the sweets that were offered all day. I would not fit into my jeans right now!
Tuesday: Jim and I went over to Upendo Village for the contract signing with the contractor who will build the new Administration Building. They made lunch and served it at 1:00, then the meeting was at 2:00. Some people were late so we didn't start till almost 3:00. Our new rule is lunch at 1:00, and it is removed by 1:45. Meeting at 2:00. If you are late you don't get to eat and you really want to eat there because the food is so good! I like that rule!
Jim giving the gift of "chickens" to the sisters (Thanks David and Rhoda)
One of the Mamas at Upendo Village
Signing the contract
Ground Breaking
Wed: This was my power shopping in Nairobi day for the Junior store we are putting on today (Saturday). Sara and I went into down town and bought 75 kg (over 150lbs) of chicken! Spent lots of money and sure hope we sell things well today!
Thurs the 4th of July: Was it really the 4th this week? I can't tell. It was a work day and cold. We got some sun in the afternoon and watched the guys play rugby. Timothy's team had a game with another team from Nairobi. They did well but lost because one of the other team's guys had really long legs and ran so fast no one could catch him!
Timothy making a great tackle
We also watched the varsity team win against another team for the semi final match. Today they are in Nairobi playing in the finals. We will know in a few hours if they won. Then we went to a friend's house for dinner. All in all a wonderful day!
Friday: Let the donut making begin! We had store prep, so were making donuts by about 5:00 and ended about 10:30. Long day! But the best news is that we found a septic tank to use on the RVA woodshop project. It is just down hill (because that is the way the "stuff" flows) and it runs right by our building! This was great potential news. We still need to investigate, but it is looking promising.
The new woodshop layout
Flag raising on Friday
Making Donuts
Chocolate are some of the best
That's a lot of flour!
The night ended with "Kiambogo Night." This is where the kids get their yearbooks. They will spend the week getting signatures and saying goodbye to some people.
Saturday: Another crazy day. It started at 5am with more donut making, then cleanup. After that a quick change of cloths and over to the graduation ceremony for our Maasai friend who now is a pastor. Another run by store to check on things. Back home to write this and have a nice dinner with our friend. The Maasai eat meat and lots of it! We are having Nyama Choma (roasted meat) and potatoes in his honor!
Patrick likes Meat!
Back up to store to clean up and tonight we are going to another friend's house to honor the people that helped her build it and eat ugali. It is a porridge kind of thing. After that we go to Trevor's jazz band concert. They are so good, but not sure I will stay awake! Then the day will end, I will collapse and start it over again tomorrow! Pepper our dog of 11 months is going home tomorrow. I will save all of my crying till then.
Wow! It makes me tired just reviewing the week! We have another busy one coming up and we leave a week from Monday to come home for a while. We are ready for the break!
Love you all and please pray for stamina for us, for Upendo and their mission (helping HIV/AIDS victims), Bethany Kids as it continues at lighting speed, and for the people that will all be leaving next week. It will be sad to see many people go. But that is the way of life around here. God has a plan and we are here to fill it for Him!
In His Hands,
Jullie T.
Sallie washing the beloved Eeyore!
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