Walk 3/25/13

Me and my shampoo :)

Travis and Zion helped us fill every bucket we could find, and then Zion had the idea to fill up the bathtub :)
We had absolutely no running water, the filtration system was broken, and we couldn't do laundry or shower. We had to boil water in order to make bottles for the babies. We did have bottled water to drink sparingly, but God answered the prayer for water before I could even send out a prayer request for rain. He provided with a torrential thunderstorm, and it was beautiful. I'm currently reading 'Draw the Circle' by Mark Batterson, and this quote is perfect: "God is great not just because nothing is too great for Him; God is also great because nothing is to small." He truly knows what we need before we ask, and He commands the weather and the elements. <3 'Who is this man that even the wind and waves obey Him?'

Mallory ran out to join me and we washed our hair under the gutter. It was freezing, but I experienced such felicity and liberty, and joy. The best part was drying off afterwards and being clean again :)
(Courtney risked camera and limb to take a picture of us, and that was so nice. I'm happy to have this picture and remember my first and only outdoor hair-washing).

Planet Yogurt @ Westgate in Nairobi

SO GOOD! :)

Hmm...

:)

Mallory, Courtney, and I   :)

Mallory and I took a taxi from the Guest House to Kusuku Center, to a friend's house. She drove us and her little girl and Lois, a girl from England, to the stable in Karen, and we had a great time :)
(Yes, I was wearing my toms whilst riding -they're the only close-toed shoes I brought; and yes, Mallory color coordinated perfectly with Espresso's tack). 

One row of stalls. There were 4 rows like this with all kinds of horses. They all have such pretty names. I met a chestnut gelding named 'Eagle's Wings' and really connected with him, and then I thought about my theme verse. 

an arena...a real arena. 

My horse's name was Tic Tac <3. He wanted to chase Espresso the whole time, but by the end of the lesson he was really listening to me. 

follow the leader!  :)

Mallory's an amazing rider, and she had Espresso working nicely.
Our Kenyan riding instructor said "where are you from?" I told him "Pennsylvania in the U.S"., and he said" it's good!"
I think he meant that the training and riding skills that he saw in Mallory (and maybe me) were good and that he approved of where we learned to ride. 

It was hard to understand the instructor at times, but we felt so complete just because we had the chance to ride <3

Bus ride to Nairobi :)

The Easy Coach bus. We took the Nukuru route this time, which I think is nicer than Narok. Greg dropped us off at the bus stop in Kericho, and we were on our way in a timely fashion. We made it to Nairobi in six hours (thankfully we had made scrumptious peanut butter oatmeal cookies to eat on the bus). -and Debbie picked us up when we arrived, which was so, so nice :) because that way I didn't have to carry my suitcase the whole way. 

The halfway point of the trip where the driver stops for gas and we can go to the 'washroom.' There's another Easy Coach office in the picture, and do you see the sign that says "Chemists?" -that's the word for a pharmacy over here.

I listened to some NEWSBOYS :) music on the way while watching the beautiful scenery out my window. I saw some zebras this time! And it rained, but I didn't bother to close my window because it was so perfect. 

Small beautiful things

A really pretty moth <3

The living room ('exercise room'). Unfortunately, we won't have it for much longer. Greg and Peter moved chairs and couches inside, because Peter will have class there starting on Thursday. 

My bracelet that Mary Rose and the girls picked out for me. 

"The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?"

My favorite workout <3 

Outside the nursery window. 

(Okay, the sky is not small). 

Sunday March 10, 2013

Me n' Billy :)

He always looks like that when he's thinking :)

Greg always says "you know, white babies just look weird to me now." Black babies have such beautiful skin and hair; and after being surrounded by them for awhile, white babies do look a little pale. Just look at this picture: Kathleen and Bumba are making me look bad! You should have seen me before I got a little tan; but the contrast is still so huge. 

Me with Kathleen. She's lovely. 

Talking to Kathleen.