February 2009

Some of you may be wondering how our househunt is going in our new location. FYI, Kent has some great pictures and commentary up on his blog (link at right). He also has the picture of Joel that was supposed to accompany the ‘acclimation’ article below. Check it out!

Anna started her antibiotics Monday, and I expected her fever todrop by the second day, but even Thurs. morning she woke up early inthe morning at 101 F! She's never had an ear infection that caused ahigh fever. I was baffled and about to Email the doctor today aboutwhat else Read more…

They really do work hard and never give up! The house we're subletting for this month has an ant problem. Atfirst I assumed it was a normal dry season ant problem. Then theystarted coming through the floorboards… and in the windows… and outof the countertops. Joel's not completely overreacting when Read more…

So some of you know of our current needs for sizeable overnightpull-ups, that we will need for the foreseeable future, and that Ihave never seen in an African grocery store. (There were only somany we could cram in our suitcases, and our special order clothcovers are so bulky and hot Read more…

We had a little trouble with Joel exhibiting irrational fears a coupleweeks ago, on our arrival in Kenya. A neighbor's little rat dog and ants(seen or otherwise) made him unable to leave his bed without shoes orsocks, and the house without adult supervision. But this week we wentto an elephant Read more…

Anna had a run-of-the-mill cold last week, which didn’t go away and so I was suspecting her typical weakness after a week or so: ear infection. I took her to a closer doctor to avoid many hours of traffic, (our regular pediatrician is traveling around India this month). She was Read more…

The past 2 Sundays we had the privilege of visiting a new churchplant nearby: Faith Reformed Baptist Church (Nairobi). Our goodfriend and former Kenyan pastor had started this new work while we were inthe US. We knew of his vision and began to pray for it years back,but it was Read more…

Note James' new permanent teeth!I was trying to capture Anna's curls. I refuse to cut them for fearthey will disappear. She had just woken up from nap and in themoisture had curled more than usual. I promise I didn't even touchthem. May I never forget… I snapped these the night Read more…

Here are our little frequent fliers.James discovered the built-in video games that came with themovie/radio console. The airplane air was so dry Anna's hair gotreally staticky and floated all around like we were rubbing aballoon on her hair! At one point she got really annoyed that shecouldn't get it off Read more…

Mom finally unpacked the camera and there are lots of photos to share now! For my birthday dinner we went to ‘Tate’s house’. Here’s me with my tandles. Check out the blowing action! I love to jam out with my friends (it was actually a mean game of Ring Around Read more…