Back in the Grind!

Hello All,
God is Good!  We have packed, said "good-bye," traveled, been tourists, unpacked and said "Hello" in the past few weeks.  It is hard to imagine that we were on the beach in New Jersey just over 2 weeks ago!  We are back in Kijabe and getting settled in - no scratch that, we feel like the rollercoaster has never stopped and have jumped back into the thick of things.  School started this week and the kids are doing great.  Timothy is having a bit of "transition to Junior High" issues, but he will be OK.  We arrived here after a short stop in London with all of our bags and the adventure at the airport, where the international terminal was burned down in early August, was not too taxing.

Us with all of our "stuff" at Heathrow

 Little town of Harmondsworth

 

Place we stayed in Harmondsworth near Heathrow - Lovely!

required stop at Buckingham Palace

Favorite statue in London

required picture in the "Booth"

 

 

We had one day to tour in London so we took the double decker bus and went around the city.  It was a great day with great weather.  We had a lovely dinner back in the little town of Harmondsworth, where we stayed, at a local pub.  Glad we did it but everyone was really ready at that point to just get on home.  But, if you need a place to stay near Heathrow, this was the best!  The room was a family room and was clean and the breakfast was wonderful and the help superb!  We also found a taxi service that could haul all of our stuff and us there for only 12 British Pounds.  All in all, very successful.

Harmondsworth Guest house: www.harmondsworthhall.com

020 8759 1824

Private Car Hire: www.lhrcars.co.uk 01895 444 333

 

The projects -

The Bethany Kids Wing:  They have made quite a bit of progress in the last few months.  You can now walk from the front of the structure to the back and not be on the ground!  They are working on the superstructure now and it is great to see.  Still some issues, but the Clerk of Works that was here all summer has done a great job.

 

BKCC wing

 

The Arts Center up at RVA:

This project has moved along well with Darrell in charge.  He is the other EMIer that is here helping to build this thing.  He is a great wealth of information when it comes to construction!  Here is a picture of the progress:

 

Foundations getting in and columns coming up

 

The Admin Building at Upendo Village:

Can a building go too fast?  It can.  This one is just flying, which is really different for us here.  But, the problem we see is curing time for concrete.  Was it kept wet for the required number of days and not loaded until it was ready??  Not really sure, but we had a meeting this week with the architect, structural engineer and contractor.  We are hoping to all get on the same page soon.

 

When we left, we had just put a shovel in the ground!

 

 

We are all swept up in the busyness of this life, especially at this time of the year when the schools get started back up.  Having time to spend reading God's word and praying and listening is really precious.  In my life, it needs to be on the schedule or it is hard pressed to happen!  Ephesians 1:3-4 "Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.  For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love."

 

We are here for one more year - Trevor will graduate in July and hopefully BCKK, RVA Arts Center and Upendo Village Admin block will be complete.  Wouldn't that be something to see all of that done?   We are glad to be started in the routine of life again and hoping that yours is as fulfilling.

 

In His Hands,

Jullie T.

 

One more picture to add.  This is our Masai friend Patrick

 

Here in Kijabe

 

back with his people (now a pastor)

 

Love this guy!