I was complimented in the highest degree the other day…Kenyan high degree that is. When we stopped in to greet our neighbor, Rosemary said “oh Hannah! You are looking so well, you have put on weight. You are taking care of yourself. That is good!” I smiled, nodded, and managed to keep a straight face [...]
For those of you waking to the news of a bombing in Nairobi and wondering…we are ok. It seems that at about 9:00 this morning a suicide bomber headed for the airport changed his mind and instead blew up in front of the Ambassador Hotel. Thankfully, Seth was not in town this morning, as he [...]
Sunday the Children’s Sunday school did a special number for church. They did a dance. As you may have guessed, Kenyans seem to be born with rhythm and any good tune is a chance to dance/move/jive with the music. Coming from a society where dancing has never quite broken free from its ties (in reputation [...]
Yes, folks I have now attained the wise and mature age of 28. Adults in Kenya do not usually celebrate their birthdays and were quite amused at how exciting I considered the event. But, what can I say…why pass up a chance to celebrate! : ) Seth took me to a local tourist restaurant called [...]
We went to the Market the other day. Not the normal grocery market but the Massai Market. The Massai people are like the Africans you see in National Geographic. Like what you think of when you think African. Not all of them wear the traditional dress but a good number still do. They carry around [...]
In letters long ago I told you that Seth and I had affectionately named our new abode “the concrete jungle”. Well apparently no one else had the same brain flash and on the naming of our compound (new construction so it hasn’t had a name all this time) some genius decided on “The Space Apartments”. [...]
Great Friday. Yesterday was Good Friday. The entire city of Nairobi shut down, and took the day off. The construction workers who are finishing the building in our compound are here today (Saturday) but on Good Friday not a soul was to be seen working. Christianity, seems to be so much more a part of [...]
As Seth reported the other day…all was well the week of the Uganda Trip. Seth had the opportunity to teach during the conference while they were there and gave a 3 hour class on the history of missions. He really enjoyed the trip (took amazing pictures) and though we missed him (dreadfully) we were all [...]
Due to unseen circumstances Hannah is unable to write the normal beautifully written and executed Road signs for this week. Please bear with me on this one… This past week has been a crazy one we want to thank everyone who has been praying for us during the time I was away in Uganda. Things [...]
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 [...]