Quadruplet Miracle!

Hello All,

 

Can't believe it is already Saturday and past the middle of January!  Time is flying by.  We had a quick week for sure.
The above is a picture of the Duka community. A Duka is a store and this is where we can go to buy groceries.  Notice the red building.  It is actually sponsored by coca cola and we can get coke in glass bottles there (without high fructose corn syrup)!

Liz arrived yesterday.  She is a young lady from Washington state that is in between undergrad and graduate school and will be staying with us for a while to experience what it is like living in Kenya.  We are happy to have her and I think there are some aspects of life here that will really open her eyes!

Take a look at this hole:

 

This is actually the pit that the hospital is digging to put an underground fuel tank in.  It is now 4 meters deep!  It was having some problems with ground water seeping in, but they seem to be winning that battle.  It is right up next to our generator building and we are a bit worried about the foundation there.  Hopefully, they will get this tank in soon!

There was another building that fell down last week here out in the west in Kisumu.  They don't know the reasons yet, but the reporter who's article I read thought very strongly that it was another example of poor contractor works.  I say 'another' because last year there was a very large building in Nairobi that came down.

This past week Kenya held nominations for the upcoming elections.  Things did not go perfectly and there was some violence in Nairobi and Kisumu yesterday.  This is a country that is trying to elect 6 layers of offices and it is extremely difficult.  The ballots are electronic, but there is wide scale cheating involved of all kinds and people get upset.  The elections are to be held on March 4th and I am sure we will be feeling the pinch of it all till then and during the aftermath!

This is a picture of the confetti hedge out in front of our house.  It is in full bloom now and is beautiful.

Another funny site is the one below:

The one on the left belongs to Timothy and the one on the right belongs to his friend JT.  I think they are having a race to see who can go the longest with the least amount of shoe!

Last Monday night the kids had 'Coke Date.'  It is a time where they can get together with their big brother or sister (from the high school) and hang out.  This is a picture of the kids playing on the upper field with the sun set over Mt. Longonot (on the right).  What a beautiful evening!  It is very encouraging for them to get to know some of the high school kids and have some free time together.  Last Saturday, Sallie went on an outreach with her big sister Tegan.  They went to the House of Hope orphanage to play with the kids.  They had a great time!

Jim has been busy with the children's wing this week.  They are laying some colunm bases and we should see colunms in a week or so. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a good rain the other day and that has hidered the effort a bit, but they are still moving along nicely.

We started up our weekly meeting with the engineering and facilities group this past week.  There is a lot of stuff going on around here.  I am involved right now with getting the ENT building off the ground.  We met with an architect this past week that will take my design and refine it so that we can have some construction drawings.  It will be good to get that one underway.

 

Above is a picture of Regina Wangari.  She delivered quadrupletes at the hospital on Jan 1.  These were not aided with fertilization techniques!  It is very rare.  They are doing well and will remain here for several months.  You can see 2 of them in the background.  This picture was taken by a man from RVA who presented a check to her to help with fees.  His right up is below:

Hello, everyone this is Regina Wangari (on right). Recently as of January '1st' a mother of four brand new babies. Yes, she had quadruplets naturally at Kijabe AIC maternity ward. Today I visited her together with Nelson Kimilu the head of Marketing and Public Relations for the hospital. I was blessed to present her a check of 20,000 KSH (about $240) from all of you to help with her many hospital bills. The babies all girls are all doing well and it was very interesting seeing them in their little incubators wiggling all around. Two of them are pictured behind the ladies on the left. Their names are Angel, Victoria, Precious, and Joy. Keep praying for this mother who is blind in her left eye! She has her work cut out for her. 

Please pray for her as she is also blind in one eye and having trouble with the other.  She is nervous about having the good eye looked at because it was the procedure that was done on the other that caused her to loose her sight.

Hope you have a great week.  Our plate is full but we wouldn't have it any other way!  God has blessed us beyond measure.  Please pray for this country of Kenya as they face a big uphill battle with the upcoming elections.

In His Hands,
Jullie T.