03.09.07
An Average Day
One Day In Kenya
Morning breaks to the sound of the Muslim call to prayer that is broadcast over the loadspeaker from the Mosque five blocks down from us and get up whenever the kids manage to pry us out of bed while bellowing for their Weetabix (the Kenyan breakfast of Champions).
Seth’s days generally revolve around working with the FTT office or preparations for the future Global Intern Site that Bethany is starting here in January.
FTT stands for Finish The Task. It is an organization for Kenyans by Kenyans equipping Christians for Missions.
I am at home with the kids. Rahab (our wonder of a house-helper) comes four times a week to help out with house work and teach me Kenyan culture and culinary fare. Lately we’ve been trying to make friends with the other Mommas and children in our compound and keep the guards happy with freshly made Mandazis (the Kenyan equivalent to the doughnut) and tea.
Seth is often home in the late afternoon and we generally spend the evenings at home relaxing occasionally taking a trip to the corner Dookah …that would be our soda stop. : )
Monday and Friday evenings are supper and Swahili lessons with friends Pastor Karanja and Joyce.
By 7:00 we are at home for the night. The sun goes down at 7 (year round) and being out after dark is not a wise choice here.
So on the rare day that there is no unexpected circumstance (such as the random sprained knee/car problem/gas leak in the stove/canceled meetings) that is what our day would look like.
By the way thankyou all for your prayers for Keziah. It was a sprain and she is healing up nicely. Her limp is completely gone today and she is back to her extremely active self…just a little more cautious on wet tile floors.
This next week Seth and Dan Germo will be traveling to Uganda to do some teaching at a Missions Training School…Please keep us all in your prayers. Pray for Seth to be a blessing and to be blessed through it. He will be teaching two 90 minute classes on the history of missions. Pray that he is able to prepare and communicate what needs to be heard and that he won’t get too nervous.
Pray for me and the munchkins. We will be staying with Nancy Germo and helping out there as she has a nursing conference scheduled the same week. Pray that we will be a blessing to her and that the time will pass quickly while our guys are away.
Pray for the safety of all of us…the guys traveling and us (women and children) at home. It seems that often things go wrong when the Men are gone so please pray for the Lord’s protection and wisdom during this time.
~ Roadsign of the week ~
Hand painted on a crude wooden sign “Road Works Ahead”.
As in working roads are so rare here that when there is one it is to be noted. : ) You think road construction in the States is bad!!! At least they do road construction! We’ve almost gotten lost in some of the pot-holes that are the roads around here. : )
There are actually roads in Kenya that have been on the maps for twenty years (or more) but have yet to be built.
~ Food Find ~
Hot Dog flavored chips. As you all have guessed, Seth and Keziah are avid fans. I think they just taste like Ketchup but all in all they “ain’t that bad”! I personally go for the grilled meat flavored chips or Nyama Choma Crisps.
Whoever said modern art had no purpose?
A little bit of the security system that is everywhere in Nairobi
Bird in the trees…
Kenyan birds are much bigger and louder.
