First Days Here

We arrived in Kijabe the afternoon of the 27th.  On the drive up from Nairobi (about 1.5 hrs) we stopped at the Nakumat (grocery store) and got some things to get us through the week end.  It was fun for the kids to see some different things and buy them!  Their favorite so far is the yogo ice.  It is frozen yogurt in a tube.

We found our apartment without too much trouble.  Below is a picture of it:

Ours is the second floor on the right hand side all the way to the middle.  Looks good huh!?
Below is how it looks today:

The first picture was taken when we were here in May.  We are so grateful that it is finished!  Looks a bit better now!

There are so many things going on right now, not to mention the terrible jet lag.  I think I have it the worst.  Jim and the kids are pretty much better today (Sat) and should be even better tomorrow.  I am still wide awake at 2:30 am and wanting to sleep at 7am.  We are ahead of the east coast by 8 hours.

Yesterday was a busy day.  First thing in the morning, there was a contingent of about 20 men that decended on the apartment building for the final inspection (the building is just completed).  Jim took part in it to see what kinds of construction problems arise and to meet these people.  He learned something and was glad we were here for that.  During that time, I was able to talk to Rose.  She will be our house help.  It will be good to have her since I will be busy with the project and the kids and laundry here can take a bit of time!  
Then we took the kids up to the school to get schedules set for monday start.  We met some teachers and found out where everybody needs to be and when.  Trevor met his class and they were very welcoming - Thanks kids!  They are all anxious to get started on Monday morning. 
In the evening we were invited to a Pot Luck dinner.  We got to meet some of the Bethany Kids people (administrators and Doctors).  It was good to start to get a feel for who does what around here.  Trevor had a class get together after the pot luck.  Luckly, there were several kids there that were in his class that walked him up to the event.  Trevor and I walked home about 10pm in the pitch dark, but we found our way after only one clumsy fall by me!  The stars are so different here.  It will be fun to learn what the constellations are and where they are. 

Saturday started on the run also.  Timothy and Sallie's age groups had a water field day.  They had fun and got to meet some of their classmates.  The sun was brutal though!  We all cooked having forgotton the sunscreen.  It's hard to remember stuff like that when it was 10 below zero in Michigan just a few days ago!  Jim hitched a ride back down to Nairobi to get a few more supplies (coffee machine)!

Here are a few more pictures:

This is us getting ready to load the van at Mayfield Guesthouse.

This is Timothy and Sallie at Titchie Swot (Titchie is English for little kids and swot is school)

Here is Timothy on the water slide at the field day event.

Thanks for all of your prayers.  I have changed the prayer request list page (at the top of this page) as we are now seeing what we have to deal with.

We miss you!

In His Hands,

Jullie T.