Currently

Currently:

Not enjoying. Those regular readers will know about my love for the traffic here. This week is the Nairobi show which means it is even worse than usual! A few pictures to back it up. The mini buses, called matatus, are the things that really snarl the traffic up as they drive wherever and whenever they want and give way to no one. Yes that is a fish.


Enjoying:

A fantastic dog. However, when she starts barking at night and snarling at the windows it is difficult to know what to do. Go out and look, which we have done but is probably not a good idea, or stay in and pray it is the wind?

Caleb has started gymnastic lessons and loves it. His aim is to learn how to do a front and back flip like the teacher. Good luck with that I say. Nobody else in our immediate family, as far as I know, has ever mastered either. That doesn't include feats on the trampoline. Daniel suprised himself the other day by being able to flip on the trampoline, encouraged by Caleb of course. The best I can do is a few jumps.

The trampoline which we bought off the previous owners of the house (shipped out to Tanzania over 10 years ago and then moved with them to Kenya)is a great hit and also a great user upper of excess boy energy.

Currently reading:

Anything by Randy Alcorn.

Watching:

The Cosby show, season one. My Own Worst Enemy, a series with Christian Slater and Robin Hood, the BBC children's series.

Currently wishing for:

Cheap cereal that tastes nice, cheaper cheese, actually cheaper food in general. But maybe that is a worldwide problem. Sugar. I am nearly out of sugar so today I am planning a sugar hunt. There must be some somewhere.

Currently working on projects:

Daniel and Joshua finally finished making a small wagon this weekend. They started making it over two years ago in Tanzania. The progress has really sped up here with the help of a work shop full of decades of other MAF family's junk. It's a boys dream, nuts, bolts, screws, bits of wood, metal, old wheels etc... I like it because they can do all sorts of projects out there and the mess doesn't come into the house.

Currently praying about:

How to use my spare time. That is the time that is left after the traffic jams. Was considering doing a Phd on Nairobi Traffic!!

Time flies and Joshua turns 10!

Well the children are back at school and loving it. Bethany says her school days go so fast, so does time go more quickly in Kenya? I am not enjoying it as I have had a week of very challenging school runs. The traffic has been a nightmare and every day I am trying to find a better route to get to school. It is not just the number of cars on the road it how people drive. I know I go on about this but it is very annoying. My children helpfully repeat to Daniel in the evening everything I have said to other drivers. Probably not my finest moments! God has been very faithful in protecting me on the road, please continue to pray for safety. Right now I see around 2 accidents a day.

In other news, there is a sugar shortage in Kenya. I have not seen it on the shelves of the main supermarket that I go to since we returned from the UK.

Sunday was Joshua's 10th birthday. We celebrated with a BBQ with friends.10 years has gone very fast, in another 10 he will probably have left home - scary thought.