Finishing Strong?

Today is the beginning of our last week at Kijabe. The time has gone by very quickly and in many ways it is too bad that we are leaving as I, at least, have just begun to plug into life here.  Marv knew what his assignment was from the very beginning! Thankfully another OB has also arrived so that his workload has been lighter than it was the first week.

We had a fun weekend. On Saturday we hired a driver, John, who took us into Nairobi to do some of the “touristy” things that we have never been able to do. We went to Kazuri beads, the giraffe place, the elephant orphanage that was featured on 60 Minutes in the US, and Amani ya Juu as well as the Nairobi Zoo.   On the way home John took us shopping at his village which was also fun and a real taste of African living for Marv who hasn’t seen as much of the villages as I have.

On Sunday we followed our routine and went to both services, first the African Inland Church and then RVA.   Both sermons were from the book of Philippians.  After a good Sunday afternoon nap we were happy to have the Osoti family come for dinner.   Dr. Osoti is the Kenyan OB that Dad has been working with at Kijabe.  They are a cute family and of course Dad had to work on magic tricks with the boys once again.   I was nervous that they might not like American cooking but the boys devoured their dinner of turkey, corn, squash and rice!

Today I am going to a Tea Plantation with a group of ladies.   It should be a taste of British Colonial times here in Kenya which should be interesting.   It is really chilly here today and I have contracted a nasty cold so it will be good to have a leisurely day!

Till next time, we send our love,

Mom and Dad, Nana and Poppy, Micki and Marv