Monday post

Hello,
Just a quick update on the last few days in our lives here in Kenya. The days have been marked with a mass exodus. All my women have left the country for about two weeks. Dorothy was invited to join her aunties 70th birthday celebration in Germany, near Nuernberg. The auntie has no kids, so she decided to bring her niece to make the celebration a little more family like. She volunteered to pay for the ticket which made the decision a little easier. Right now, Dorothy is with her sister and her father, updating them on our lives here in Kenya and also getting updated on what is happening in their lives. She will be enjoying a lot of christmas treats.
Hanna-Joy also had a chance to travel, but not with Mommy. This time she had an invitation to join one of her best friends in Mozambique over the christmas holidays. I took her to the airport, got her checked in and said kwaheri, which is the Kiswaheli word for good bye. Then I was left alone with my son, and we wanted to do a few fun things together and went camping in one of the lesser known parks here in Kenya. We hiked, ate beans out of the can and had a good time together.
Until last week we had visitors from our home church and home office. We showed them around our ministry places as well as places of interest here in this beautiful country. I think our visitors picked the best time possible, because everything was green and lush and the wildlife was extremely healthy and well. We travelled a lot, but it was also good for us to have our people in our place, so that they can get a better feel for what we are doing here and what the nature of our work is all about. Feeling is better than just reading an email. Many things explain themselves once you are in the actual situation.
We thank God for the time we had with our visitors and for the blessings they were to us.
Have a great week, Thomas