We went to South Kinangop today to attend the King's Feast at the Into Abba's Arms orphanage where Jim has been helping to build the kitchen. The kitchen is finished (I will put some pictures below) but the cooks would not venture in there to cook a meal today for the feast for about 350 people! I can't blame them. It is very modern and shiny and they just started using it yesterday, so I think it was a bit intimidating. They would rather use the open fires and giant cook pots that they normally use. The feast is about honouring the King - Jesus Christ and a man called King Lane. He had a heart for the Kenyan children and was a good friend of Jane Gravis's (the founder of IAA). It was about 2 hours (we got there in Kenyan time about 1 hour late) of singing and introductions, then some games and loud music and then eating and more games. Both of my boys are still not feeling real well. They had fevers this week and some other pains. And, the drive there is very difficult. About 6 months ago, the roads were pretty good, but now they are amazingly awful! We are always amazed at how fast they can deteriorate. They just patch the holes and have no concept of doing the job right so that it will last. They just have to come back and do it again and of course there is no money!
The food line at the King's Feast
the kids like having their pictures taken
Little Eyes!
One of the other orphanages singing a song
Introductions.
The Kitchen
The dining area
The finished building!
The Boys hiked up Mt. Longonot last Monday. They had a great time, but were all very sore the next day or so!
This is a picture of Longonot from the RVA campus. It is a dormant volcano and is very distinct looking. The station where you park is on the right side of this picture and you hike up to the rim and then go around. It is a 26 km hike (about 15 miles). Timothy was adamant that he didn't need any sunscreen. Boy was he wrong! He was wearing shorts and the back of his legs sure got sun burnt. They had some friends with them to make the going easier. It took them about 6 hours and they came home dirty and exhausted. Here are some pictures from their day:
Braden, Chris and Trevor (a very strange group of guys!)
Landon, Timothy and JT (another smaller but just as strange group of boys!)
Jim, Trevor and Timothy
A very pretty locust. I think it is called a Rainbow Locust.
One more funny thing that happened this week: Jim was at the orphanage doing the final inspection of the kitchen. John, the supervisor was there and talking to Christine. Jim heard him say, "Inspection kwa Jim ni kali." That is Swahili for "an inspection by Jim is fierce!" They didn't know that Jim's Swahili is good enough for him to understand that! There are some advantages of learning the language and not letting everyone know that you know! But, at least we know he has a reputation!
We had some friends over for dinner last night, but we could not have pizza. It was a difficult situation (not having pizza on a Friday night!) There is no cheese to be found right now. The area has been dry and the cows are not giving enough milk. This is a dire situation and one that might even require us to rethink our decision to stay here till 2014! But, we have been having lots of rain lately and hopefully, that will produce some milk results, hence mozzerella, hence Pizza. Please pray for us!
Here is a picture of Sallie and Maureen:
We have been babysitting a dog for the last week. Her name is Pepper and she is very sweet. It is good to have a dog in the house again!
Thank you all so much for everything you do. We are blessed to have you in our lives.
In His Hands,
Jullie T.
In His Hands,
Jullie T.
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