02.14.07
Passion Fruit Picker
As I type this Keziah is sitting at the table watching Veggie Tales and chowing down on a passion fruit. For those of you who have never had the privilege of tasting this fruit it is a bit sour, crunchy, slippery…you’d have to taste it. It’s a bit of a sensory overload for me. Anyway, all that to say the pucker on Keziah’s face is quite priceless. She won’t eat the mangos or the plums (both quite sweet) but apparently she’s happy with the slightly sour passion-fruit.
She is also a connoisseur of Ethiopian food. We went out to an authentic Ethiopian place for her birthday and after filling her tummy she danced around the restaurant. She also enjoyed the music. : ) I also enjoyed the food (greatly) but Seth and Jared both agreed that it couldn’t out-do chicken nuggets. : )
Please pray for us as God brings us to your minds. We are thoroughly enjoying life here…but at the same time all the beauty surrounding us is punctuated by crime, poverty, and bizarre accidents that remind you how frail life is.
We know that God has called us here in this time and thus can fully trust His protection. But it is odd to have a friend speak of being mugged the night before as no big deal. A death announced at church (a young newly married woman) is met by no shocked gasps and whispers but rather simple resignation.
Car accidents are a regular occurrence, which might have something to do with the way people drive here…you’d never know what the traffic laws were let alone that there are any by watching people drive.
It is not that life is treated with less respect it is just that it seems so much more fragile here.
God has given us much grace even in the few incidents that we have faced and enabled us to live confidently. However, if God should bring us to your minds, please take a moment to pray for us…the importance of prayer is so much more obvious here. Or maybe it is just the new circumstances we needed to shake us out of our complacent security. Surroundings here definitely cause you to look for something stronger, bigger, more powerful than yourself.
Our hope is to share that security, The Security, with those around us. Pray that we will be a witness even in our every day lives.
Road-sign of the week: “Polite Notice: No Parking.” Have I ever mentioned how much more formal Kenyan society is…even in their traffic signs. : ) This one just made me laugh.
Reliant on Christ:
Seth & Hannah, Keziah and Jared
P.S. For those of you who have been checking our website I apologize for the lack of pictures…I am having a snag in the uploading process but am working on getting it figured out. Feel free to check out all the journals though as well as “Seth’s Two Cents” to get Seth’s side of the picture.
Our smokin’ deal of a car.
Keziah’s 2nd birthday!
Helping with the laundry.
Keziah with our friend and house help Rahab.