tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39287540500851582452024-02-19T00:51:13.788-08:00gingerichhomegingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-4217606351391565062019-09-10T08:54:00.001-07:002019-09-10T08:54:43.868-07:00Part of the Family of God It was the evening of our farewell in Kisumu, Kenya. My emotions had been all over the place lately and now as we sang, the tears spilled over. "I'm so glad I'm a part of the family of God...And sometimes we laugh together, sometimes we cry, sometimes we share together, heart-aches and sighs...together in sunshine, together in rain, together in victory thru His precious name..There'll be no more parting, with Jesus we'll be Together forever, God's family..."<br />
Our compound family in Kenya went through many many changes and many many challenges. Sometimes we wiped tears of laughter and other times it was tears of hurt or sorrow. Sometimes the love flowed and sometimes we had to pray for grace and love for each other. But in the end we were there for each other through thick (too much ugali or mandazis, Java house?) and thin (another 'bout with malaria? chicken butchering, off to yet another funeral?) and truly we had become family. Sometimes compound life was humorous/ challenging like when I had children down for naps and hear shrieking around my house and discover a youth boy hiding in a bedroom because there was a wild water battle going on. Yes, my children were quick to join in the fray.<br />
It was helpful as there were usually babysitters available at moments notice if I needed to run to town quick and no school runs since the children could just walk to school. Sometimes our family got embarrassingly noisy and it felt like we lived in a glass house. But in our short time there we learned to know each other better than I felt we knew each other at our home church where we'd been for 7 or so years.<br />
I wiped more tears as the song came to an end and then I wanted to laugh as the 9 year old boy who had seen the tears picked the next song, "No Tears In Heaven." Bless his heart.<br />
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Kenya had truly become part of us and as I thought of leaving it felt like I was leaving a chunk of my heart behind. How I'd come to love the beautiful scenery, the bustling streets, the dear church folks. As I rode to church the last Sunday I tried to soak the sights into my memory and to savor the moments. Some days I felt like spreading my arms and leaning with all my might to hold back Father Time but then it was May 28th and we were on a plane leaving Kisumu and "home" behind.<br />
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And yet as we left home behind we were also heading home. Home to Wisconsin, to relatives and church family there that we had missed. How would it be? We had heard stories and many warnings about how hard the adjustments can be, how people don't understand a lot of times where we are coming from, how time changes people. <br />
As we moved into our new little home on Hwy 27 and got settled in, I wondered when this "re-entry struggle" would hit. There were some of our family whom it didn't seem to faze and others who struggled more. But really it seemed to go so much more smoothly than I had anticipated it might.<br />
What made the biggest difference? I would say it's because though we traveled nearly half way around the world and are with a totally different group of people than we were with in Kenya, even a totally different church fellowship, it's still a part of the family of God. <br />
The church family here welcomed us with open arms. The little house we were going to rent was ready and waiting, walls scrubbed, flower beds cleaned, cupboards stocked. So much time and energy and money had been spent on our behalf. A lovely hanging basket greeted us at the door. Inside a lovely bouquet smiled at us from the table, baking supplies, cleaning supplies, paper-wear, bathroom essentials, welcomed us behind cupboard doors. The fridge nearly groaned as it held fresh fruits, veggies, and meals for while we got settled in. There was clothing for the children and 3 new dresses waiting for me. We felt so humbled and unworthy. We felt loved and wanted. We feel so grateful to be a part of this community, to be part of this Family of God. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Hannah and Heidi each took a turn staying home from church with me the first 2 Sundays and each time we had a tea party.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stacy Byler helped out so much, as did Jake and my girls. I am blessed! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This face is a pretty accurate depiction of how Jediah felt about sharing Mom with a new sibling. He loves John dearly but not the sharing part!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back again, I don't even remember when I began this blog post but instead of deleting it, I decided to just keep on going. Life is busy and full, sometimes relaxing, sometimes stressful and stretching.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Recently, I was encouraged by a devotional email I had signed up to receive. Some of the thoughts from that days email were as follows. "I will embrace the difficulties God sends my way today as necessary means for my growth and joy in Christ...all suffering is ultimately temporary, and God is using it to make us more like Him...1 Peter 5:10...God will use it to transform us from wimps into warriors." (by Paula Marsteller)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> It's been getting hotter again but last evening an awesome storm blew in and cooled things off a bit. So lovely! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> We were recently blessed and encouraged by the commissioning of brother Willis Agalo as deacon in our church. We are disappointed to miss hearing him preach tomorrow as we are to fill-in at Dienya. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">[I keep trying and trying to add more pictures but the internet or computer or something is giving me grief so maybe I'll just have to do another photo blog soon.....but don't hold your breath!]</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> This past week we enjoyed having clothing sale at church. After packing up, we served beans and chapattis and then had bible study. It made for a full day and the heat wore us out a bit too. After we got home and got unpacked and got unsold dresses put away, we were all feeling a bit tired and unmotivated. Jake took us down to the lake and we tried out a new place to eat. Where we sat, hung over the water and we had a cool breezes to enjoy while watching the sun set over Lake Victoria. It was a wonderful way to unwind.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Joey turned 6 on Thursday. He was so delighted to get to spend the afternoon at school. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> This coming week we look forward to our annual Joint Pastor's Meeting at Jennifer's Gardens with all the Kisumu pastors. This year it looks like there will be around 20 pastors and their wives there. I'm on to take 3 pans of banana bread. I'm not sure yet if there will be anyone available to babysit the boys or if we'll just take them along this year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> My work is calling once more so I shall call it quits. </span><br />
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I came across the above quote on Pinterest and love it. It's definitely a challenge I need. Do I let Christ's love shine through me to all I meet and let the judging up to God?<br />
The last 2 n half months have scurried by. The biggest event being the death of dear Grandpa Jake Coblents, Jacob's maternal grandfather. He was a dear soul brimming with friendliness and jokes. It was a hard decision but decided it was best if we don't all make the long trip to Phoenix, Arizona for the funeral. Jacob, Hannah, and Joey flew and were gone for 2 weeks. The rest of us tried to keep busy here. We went swimming, had a slumber party, field trip with the school, numerous meal invites,etc. <br />
We are now into the summer swing with school out, families headed off for furlough, and others coming to fill-in. Jake has been working around the compound more often than not. I guess it's now required by law to have solar heaters so that's a big project with 8 houses needing done. He also recently made a wheel chair for old grandpa Asman to use.<br />
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We recently had Bible study at Emmanuel's dala. The children had so much fun getting and giving rides in his wheelbarrow.</div>
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<br /> One of Jediah's favorite treats..fresh "mango".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jake also taught shop class when school was in session. The boys loved making these little airplanes that can fly in circles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brian Mast family singing at their farewell. Brian's had to leave before their term was up since he wasn't able to obtain his work permit. So many tears, we ask over and over "Lord, why do they have to go"? It's still uncertain whether they will be able to return or not. For now, Ivan Peachy's are here filling in for them. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">oops, a throw back to March and Hannah's birthday treat at school.</span><br /><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>Many believe the
great commission was to save the world, </i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>but the sooner we
realize its purpose was to save the church, </i></span></b></div>
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</i></span></b><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><i>the church will
become the mission that can save the world. </i></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">End of the year school program. The upper class' theme was on the great commission. It may be a small school group but they did a lovely job.</span></td></tr>
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gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-65755164010967920362018-03-29T01:59:00.000-07:002018-03-29T02:06:47.197-07:00February/ MarchTime just keeps moving on. The heat of February with it's dry parched lawns gave way to March thunderstorms and flood warnings and lush green grass that the mowers can't keep up with. Shambas were planted and weeding is in progress. We are enjoying spring after the heat as America enjoys spring after the cold.<br />
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On the first of February, Jake turned 32 years old. The 15th was Mahlon's 7th birthday and 5 days later our baby turned 2. Come to think of it, that's the first I could ever make that statement. For all the rest of our children, when they turned 2, there was already another baby in the house. This baby is very strong-willed but adds so much sweetness to life with his snuggles and endeavors to keep up with the other children.<br />
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One rare Sunday morning it was dumping rain and blowing cold so the few of us that showed up for church moved into the house for the service. I'm not sure if Joshua was feeling claustrophobic or what but he wasn't having a very good time. I ended up sitting in the van with the two youngest for a good part of the sermon.<br />
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Helping plant shamba....really, I was earlier ! :) But here I was probably trying to keep Jediah happy and listening to Esther's oft repeated stories.<br />
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Jediah and Joshua find it great fun to dig with the jambis like the men.<br />
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In March we headed for a little vacation in Jinga, Uganda. about 4-5 hours from here. These are some rice fields we drove by.<br />
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We stayed at this little resort by the Nile River. The "house" furthest to the right is the one we stayed in.<br />
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Yes, a lot of the lawn was pretty steep.<br />
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Boating on the Nile one afternoon.<br />
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My favorite picture of our time there. Joshua and Joey enjoying the swing. <br />
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My little cook was delighted to find an apron just her size.<br />
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oops. Our van washer had a little bit of trouble!!!<br />
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Hannah, Joseph, Joseph, and Brian as we wait for our ride after church.<br />
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Tabitha delighted the other children with bike rides while we waited.<br />
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Tis the season for enjoying flying ants! The older class at school was told by their teacher that she'd give each of them that tried the ants, 100/- ($1) The ants are a real treat to the natives and also have lots of health benefits (true story). I think each of the children tried them. Hannah pulled off the wings ,fried hers and ate it with yogurt like a pill she couldn't get down :) One of the boys fried his in bacon grease and it was "sooo good" he did a bunch more and brought them to the compound supper that night to share. Jediah liked them and called them candy. I thought surely I'd try some but , hey I'm pregnant and the baby protested! The children also caught a couple cupfuls and took them to the gateman. He was soo happy and crammed them wiggly and alive into his mouth by the handfuls.<br />
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Cute and curious in Uganda<br />
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Two mischievous 3 yr olds in church. Yes, the one soon came and sat with his mama!<br />
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Our March birthday girl turned ten! And she decorated her own cake this year. I thought she did a great job. Becky Hostetler has been teaching them cake decorating for art which makes me happy! Sorry for the dark picture. We hadn't had electricity most of that Sunday.<br />
Today Jake is out in Chulaimbo helping in the church's shamba . My morning has consisted of laundry, baking, blogging, and settling squabbles. It's time to get some lunch around and round up the littles. Joey took Ranji's (mechanic) son around the compound to see the dogs, and I think the others tagged along.<br />
Serve the Saviour !gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-191692353549017492018-01-17T00:04:00.000-08:002018-01-17T00:58:54.364-08:00A Little Catch-up<br />
I don't have all the photos downloaded that I'd like to use but when I have a little time and motivation to actually sit down and try to blog once again, I decided to go for it anyway.<br />
I'm happy to be in my second trimester with my 7th pregnancy and not having quite the fatigue and nausea I'd been having earlier. We are exciting to look forward to welcoming this little one about mid- July, Lord willing.<br />
December was very busy and now with our church children and youth back in school and the holidays past, things have slowed down a bit which feels good! The native schools have three months of school , then one month off, three of school, and one off...on their off months we tend to try n do more church activities or just more here n there with some of the youth. December Jake had extra choir practice on Fridays. One day he brought them all out to our place to practice and afterwards he took the boys/men out for icecream cones (rare treat!). I taught the rest to decorate cookies which I then froze for our Christmas meal at church. That was definitely a first for them. I was glad for Janette Stoltzfus' help that day and we had a good time.<br />
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Another day we took the women and girls to Jennifer's Gardens. It was a long rather tiring day which began in a rather bad way and shook me up a bit. I went to make a u-turn into the stage where Jake was already waiting with the first van and the women were standing there in a big group. When I went to turn I misjudged how fast a piki-piki was approaching and ran it off the road. It went flying down right thru the crowd of women. two or so were either knocked to the ground or fell in a hurry to get out of the way. Then the piki keeled over. Accidents can easily turn violent. I sat in the van and prayed and was so grateful that the people on the piki didn't get more upset. there was a guy that came and knocked on my window but I kept the window up and didn't talk to him. I think he'd had one too many drinks. I was so glad Jake was there to handle things. He gave the man some money for a little damage to the piki and we were on our way. Otherwise we had a good day.<br />
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Another day we enjoyed a visit to the home of 2 of our youths. Here I am with their mother and baby sister. I admire this woman who seems like a bubbly happy mother to 12. (That includes a set of 10? year old twins and 3 yr old twins.)<br />
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Another day we had Bible study at their house.^^^ Our two van loads of people made for a full house.<br />
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It was special having Mark and MaryEllen Beachy around for a short time in Dec. One evening we went to our favorite restaurant, Big Bites, and enjoyed naans, rice, and Paneer Butter Masalla !<br />
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Dishon all dressed up in his graduation garb. Exciting to see him becoming a doctor!</div>
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Jake and James Barkman flew to Nairobi to attend his graduation ceremony.</div>
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Jake's ride through Nairobi headed back to the airport. Piki-pikis may not be the safest mode of transportation but they may be the fastest when there's a traffic jam. So glad he returned safely.</div>
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Another day, Jake was to preach at some large school gathering a little distance from here. They in turn sang for their guests.<br />
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The school children put on a great Christmas program one evening. The shadow play of the nativity was my favorite part. afterwards we had food and fellowship.<br />
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We had a nice Christmas day. The choir gave a program, we had good food, and a couple fun games. The children enjoyed the ring toss for lollipops and a small prize. The youth and adults played a game where they each chose a small gift from a pile we brought and then they had to keep exchanging them. There was lots of noise and laughter.<br />
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The other day I went with Jake and a few of the church people to take Joshua and Angeline's family to see the body of their son who was murdered. While they waited for more relatives to meet them there, us sisters tried to comfort Angeline (blue dress) and sang with her a bit. It was touching to see her start the singing thru her tears. Pray for the family. The son that died was married and had 6? young children. From what I understand he was headed home after closing up his duka and it was dark. Some people from another tribe stopped him and repeatedly speared and "slashed" him.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKXV3GnIyXQA-OBdt3M0ZMsFITw6uW9wHgNN6NYKo4b9oPxK7Hb2PsmUOYKiCgg5y6iEjzuo1W2k51HHMnawUWBCKZqr1EK8Dl6b8HTBplUloPau-U-DfOKNJvs0W8uXMZg3J88AKJpep/s1600/20180105_182353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKXV3GnIyXQA-OBdt3M0ZMsFITw6uW9wHgNN6NYKo4b9oPxK7Hb2PsmUOYKiCgg5y6iEjzuo1W2k51HHMnawUWBCKZqr1EK8Dl6b8HTBplUloPau-U-DfOKNJvs0W8uXMZg3J88AKJpep/s640/20180105_182353.jpg" width="640" />One of the men here was in a small accident. Glad no one was hurt real bad. I kinda get a kick out of their tow- trucks. </a><br />
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Brian and Emmanuel harvesting bunches of bananas in Emmanuel's dala.<br />
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<br />gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-66534931549082398132017-11-01T00:19:00.003-07:002017-11-01T00:19:47.564-07:00Political Parties and A Tea Party<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> What else is there to blog about except being stuck in the compound for days in a row, weeks in a row as turmoil boils over outside our little haven. Much has already been said on other blogs so I'm inserting exerts from 2 other women's blogs here on the compound. The first is from Clara Yoder while we were gone. (August 14th)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Friday night as the youth were
playing volleyball on the lane the announcement of the winner of the
election finally took place. It wasn't long til we heard awful
hollering and chaos. It seemed strange after an almost eerily silent
week, to hear such noise and commotion. Then the gunshots and tear gas
started. That was the worst! Also some of the youth who went up on a
house roof saw lots of fires in town. But our gate man soon ordered
them to come off the roof because of the danger of stray bullets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Saturday morning there were also MANY
gunshots and some sounded very close! I was freaked out to be
outside. But thankfully in the afternoon things calmed down and it has
been fairly quiet since. ******************</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> A month later Sylvia Miller at "Miller Family, Kisumu" wrote :</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As for Elections, I'm sure most of you know alittle about the elections,
or maybe you know a lot about them...either way here is to a little
update of what happened in the last week....<br />
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So Like I had said earlier the opposing party were certain the elections
were rigged, an thus after the election announcement was made with
Uhura proclaiming himself the winner, Raila took the whole thing to
court to let them decide, an this past Friday the court announced their
verdict. <br />
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They said that the election had irregularities an that the past election
is void, an reelection is scheduled for casting votes again over the
next 60 days. sigh....seems this election drama is just dragging out so
long, with days when we cant go out an have to stay inside the compound,
I think we are all just ready to have this election over with, an
whatever brings peace...when the announcement was made within minutes of
the breaking news announcement, we heard yelling an screaming as the
luo people in Kisumu here went absolutely crazy, I clambered up on
our roof to see if I could see anything of interest...an I saw old
mama's running in the street blowing on whistles, motor bikes driving
along just holding the horn in for a long loud screech! people were
beside themselves with the announcement! <br />
And while I'm thinking about it, I have been wanting to share a song
with you all that us youth randomly wrote at a youth night...we came
together to practice songs an ended up writing a song about the
elections, this song was written right after the announcement had come
out that Uhura had won, an the Luo people were rioting in anger. <br />
We took the song "The Battle Belongs To The Lord" an sang it to that
tune, only changing the words to fit our present circumstances, I know
some of you have already read this song on other peoples blogs from our
compound here, but my people have not read it yet so here goes: a lot of
the wording is the way the Kenyans talk, an we made sure we sang it
with their accent too! haha it was fun! <br />
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= THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD =<br />
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1.</span></div>
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Raila has lost, now Uhuru's just there</span></div>
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The battle belongs to the Lord.</span></div>
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The Luos are raging, they think it's not fair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
The battle belongs to the Lord.</span></div>
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= Chorus =</span></div>
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And we sing Glory, Honor, Power and Strength to the Lord.</span></div>
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We sing Glory, Honor, Power an Strength to the Lord. </span></div>
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2. </span></div>
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The power is gone, wifi now is onge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
The battle belongs to the Lord.</span></div>
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The natives are calling the pastors each day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The battle belongs to the Lord. </span></div>
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When the gunshots an tear gas resound, do not fear</span></div>
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The battle belongs to the Lord.</span></div>
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Don't worry, Mzungu, Fires disappear</span></div>
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The battle belongs to the Lord. </span></div>
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*Onge (gone, or not there.) **Mzungu (White </span>People) </div>
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And October 27th, Clara at "Kisumu Yoders" shared :</div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">The heart of the King is in our Father's Hand. I'm so glad I'm not in charge!!! This Political mess </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">seems impossible but to God it's a small thing. He's in perfect control! Opake Jesu!! Our lives are in </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">the Father's hands as well. I've wondered if angels have been hovering over the compound. We have </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">been hearing so much violence. Even at night above the noise of the fan we can hear shooting. Late </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">one night it sounded like a drunk man was walking the street behind our house chanting, “NO </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ELECTION” over and over. It's so unnerving to hear all the shooting, screaming, and sirens. Oh God </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">have mercy on the innocent ones who are suffering!! News reports tell us that yesterday 20 people had </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">gunshot wounds here in Kisumu... some serious. I think at least 3 people died. Police were raiding </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">homes, shooting and wounding even women and children. Such hopelessness and despair! And people </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">are hungry. There is nothing like “business as usual” right now. If people can't find work they may </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">have nothing to put on the table in the evening. It's such a helpless feeling to be stuck in the </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Compound, unable to help the suffering. We are so grateful though that our dear church families are </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">mostly all in the interior, away </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">from the city, and they are okay. The worst thing is finding work and </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">having enough to eat. There was an Election yesterday but Kisumu and 3 other counties have refused </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">to vote. In fact some of the polling stations were burned and anyone who would have attempted to go </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">to the polls would possibly have been killed. Raila and his coalition are boycotting the Election... and </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Uhuru keeps pushing his way, not seeming to care whether things are done lawfully or not. Now they </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">are saying that Kisumu and the other counties are to vote tomorrow. Hmmm.... I'm quite certain if it </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">didn't work yesterday it will most certainly not happen tomorrow either. But God knows...GOD </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">KNOWS!! What a comfort to know we can trust our lives into His capable hands! </span><br />
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Last week it was a bit frustrating. Elections were to be Thursday so stay in the compound. Then 4 counties were to vote on Saturday but roads were blocked, etc trying to keep those in charge from bringing in the polls or whatever. so once more things were postponed till further notice (need to bring in more soldiers or guards. Sunday service was cancelled and plans made for a service inside the compound at our house. Then when things where postponed it was decided to have church after all. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> Don't know if those counties got skipped then or what. But Uhuru won the election and his opponent was to give a speech and we were to stay in the compound till that happened due to not knowing how the Luos around here would react. Monday came and went. He's to give his speech Tuesday at 10 or 10:30. The time came and went. Then we hear, he's giving his speech at 1:00 instead. That came and went. Finally around 5pm, about 6 hours after he was originally supposed to speak, he got around to it. And that's pretty much how Kenya rolls with "keeping" time :} We didn't really hear a lot of commotion and now this morning the pastors are meeting to decide (I guess) if we can get on with life now or if there are more things threatening. We are to go to Nakuru on Friday for Unit meeting if nothing changes.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> On Sunday when it was time for testimonies, Silpa stood up and told a chilling story of how she and her 16 year old </span>Granddaughter Christine (who<span style="font-size: small;"> also attends our church sporatically) were headed to another town and somehow got into the mob. People blocked them and began to harass them. As I understand the story, Silpa asking to be aloud to continue on and was crying out to God when suddenly a voice in the crowd commanded everyone to let her go and amazingly she was allowed to continue on but the woman coming right behind her was attacked and killed. Surely God's hand of protection was over her that day!!! Many other innocent people were also hurt and killed in different of the many frays. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Lately at school the children played "Lemonade" where one team acts something out and the other has to guess what it is. Hannah said one of the things they acted out was the riots. I guess it's what's on the children's minds too as they can often hear the shots and yelling and screaming at recess time. Sunday evening we were sitting around out on the lane visiting and snacking with the other families. Some parental intervention was needed when the children began throwing hand-fulls of dust and dirt from the lane into the air and clouds of it would drift on the breeze. "It's tear gas !" said they.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">One <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wednesday when we couldn't go out to Bible study, the women and girls had a tea party and cookie exchange. Stacy and Clarissa out did themselves with the lovely attention to detail and decor.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And the last random photo..one of my favorite from the day we took a church family for a ride out on the lake.</span><br />
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gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-46239378089530820782017-09-26T05:48:00.001-07:002017-09-26T05:48:11.695-07:00Furlough 2017 <b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forever more." Psalm 121:8</span></b> I had to think of this verse in relation to our furlough. I praise the Lord for His protection in all our travels. Four countries, six children, 6 airplanes, 6 states, 6 weeks. Approximately 21,800 miles and 90 hours of travel time. (More if you add up all the running here n there, shopping, visiting, etc.) All I can say is that God is sooo good. It was an absolute answer to prayer that the children traveled so well and didn't get sick on the whole trip. Yes, we all had our turns being grumpy, short-off and I admit; being tired of being with people (almost) all the time. Yes, a couple of the children were very clingy some of the time and made it very clear who were the biggest home-bodies. (My 4 yr. old and 7 yr. old). Joshua, who turned three while in Ohio, is our amiable, easy-going one and the one who probably did the best.<br />
We were in PA visiting family and friends for 6 days before traveling to spend a night and day at Mark Beachy's in Dundee, Ohio. We learned to know them in Kenya and they are like family. From there we went up to Lisbon, OH to my sister, Dorcas' place. Most of my family got together there from Thursday - Sunday. Monday we traveled to Indiana where we spent a very enjoyable evening and night with Linford and Kay Bontrager (more Kenya connections). Then it was a long haul, which seemed shorter because of our excitement... traveling home to Wisconsin. We spent most of the rest of our time staying at Jake's parents, John and Christina's place.<br />
While there most of Jake's family got together, there was a 60th anniversary drop-in for his Grandparents, Jake and Mary Coblentzs, lots of good visits with church families, etc. We also borrowed a motorhome and traveled with his parents to a cousin's wedding in Kentucky. The day after we returned from there we headed for Minnesota to F.O.C.I.S. Camp. (Familys Of Christ In Service ??) where we spent an enjoyable but tiring week. Then it was back to Wisconsin for one last enjoyable week at home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Endless gator rides with Grandpa John and the Gingerich cousins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a blessing our children have with not only grandparents but 2 sets of Great-grandparents to enjoy yet !</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family time at Focus camp</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An army for the Lord</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful view looking from our house down to Grandpa Johns where Jacob grew up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting 18 pieces of luggage checked in @ Duluth Airport</td></tr>
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At one point in the Paris Airport Jediah disappeared. I started walking around calling him and heard a little voice. He'd decided that he liked the seating in the next area better. Just chillin' mom!</div>
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And then... HOME Again! and We came to realize how much Kenya truly has become home.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying all but one of the compound preschoolers at our place the other morning.</td></tr>
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plowing a Shamba</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday we were served a delicious meal at Willis and Sarah's place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joseph, a young boy from church, made some "hats" from leaves and sticks( to hold the leaves together)</td></tr>
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Today we were to attend a special seminar but it was cancelled due to some "demonstrations" planned in town. Continue to pray for peace in Kenya, especially as the re-elections are coming up next month.</div>
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<span id="goog_748303958"></span>gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-82624064827018045982017-07-20T01:44:00.000-07:002017-07-20T01:44:50.142-07:00Excitement is running high! Next Tuesday afternoon we plan to fly out of Kisumu, after a short flight and layover in Nairobi, we head about 4 1/2 hours to Doha. If you are like me and not sure where that is, it's the capital city of Qatar and located on the coast of the Persian Gulf. (does that help at all?). we are to have a 2 1/2 hour layover and then from there we have a 13 (?) hour flight into Philly, PA. With all the time changes it gets pretty confusing. It seems we should be arriving Wednesday evening but instead we are to land 8:40AM.<br />
I've been enjoying getting into the natives homes and visiting more with Jacob and the children again lately. We've gone out three times in the last week n half. With that and bible studies on Wednesdays and all the normal home duties it's made for a busy but enjoyable schedule.<br />
Today most of the women are cleaning at Joseph Hostetler's place in preparation for their return. So instead of Stacy helping with my cleaning, I'm doing my own and not helping down there, as we are on to host prayer meeting here tonight. Stephen, one of the youth boys from church spent the night here last night and is helping with hedge trimming or whatever all outside work Jacob has for him. Jake is busy running James' to the immigration office and taking care of other business in town. Wayne's returned last Wednesday. It's great to have them back again. Our fill-ins, some Kuephers from Kansas, arrive today. Marlin Stolzfus' left last week. Like someone said recently, on the mission field, you have to learn to deal with lots of changes! So much coming and going!<br />
Stephen (age 17?) normally would be in school but his boarding school had a problem the other week. A teacher beat a student and a bunch of students retaliated and started breaking windows and other things and went on strike. There was no school for a week or two and now before they come back, every student is to pay 3000 shillings ($30).. a huge sum! I think there are somewhere around 800 students. I was asking Stephen about their school schedule. Their rising time is 4AM. They are to study on their own till breakfast at 6:00. If they fall asleep there is a punishment. They have approx. 11 classes with breaks ever 2 hours or so. Bedtime can be as late as 11:00 ! I'm like "that's not enough sleep!!!" <br />
"I know" he says, "but you get used to it!" Wow.<br />
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The other week, I was beginning my day and Jake came and told me that we're going to town and Stacy is coming at 8:00 to stay with the children. I was half sick and kind of out of it and didn't ask any questions. Thought maybe we were going out for coffee. Which would have been extremely rare and special but when I noticed the tooth paste and brushes missing and saw some packs on the piki-piki, I was really suspicious that something more was going on. We did go out for coffee and then he told me we're going on out by Rasinga Island. It's the first time since having children that just the two of us did an over-nighter and it was terribly special! And it was a wonderful answer to prayer that I felt well and could enjoy the trip. In two days we spent maybe 6 hours on the piki, 2 on the ferry, and 2+ hours on another boat. We returned home sore, sunburned, and quite happy :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hut on the hill is where we stayed. Very nice, relaxing accommodations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved the adventure of taking a road less traveled and seeing some beautiful scenery on the island even tho we looked a little worse for the wear till we got thru here.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eating roasted peanuts at Angeline's house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small duka where I got some sewing done.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel has been busy. Beans, sorgum,and other unfamiliar crops lying out to dry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pull of the mud was irresistible to a couple little boys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying lemongrass tea, rice, and friendship after Bible study yesterday.</td></tr>
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After church Jake runs two families home that live a couple kilometers away. Meanwhile the rest of us walk out to the road to await his return. Here Joey is enjoying walking with Joshua Ombam.<br />
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The younger of the two Sunday school classes gives their presentation.<br />
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Walking out to the road. Joshua was scared of a loud cow on the other side of the fence. Check out the nice maize to the left. We've been blessed with some beautiful rains.<br />
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A random shot from the school picnic. The games were here at our place.<br />
The last Family Day, we decided to go to Jennifer's Gardens. Most of us had been there more than once except the girls, who'd never been there and had been asking for a chance to go. It was a perfectly lovely day and so relaxing. We enjoyed having Stacy along. And she was kind enough to get some family photos for us.<br />
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So much beauty!!....and cuteness ... (Joey and Joshua...<br />
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Jake took charge of lunch. I mixed up some chapatis and he even made mandazis to go with everything else. Jediah oversaw the activities and was our taste tester.<br />
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Sweet Sisters<br />
Cutest Monkey<br />
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clockwise from far left; Joseph-4, Hannah-9, Heidi-7, Mahlon-6, Joshua-2, Jake, Jediah-1, J<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>an</b></span></span></div>
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We hiked up to the tea fields<br />
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gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-90602369360333223322017-04-11T07:11:00.000-07:002017-04-11T07:11:08.617-07:00<span id="goog_1020483000"></span><span id="goog_1020483001"></span> March 13th had finally arrived. We were off. Leaving the girls behind in school and with friends, the rest of us headed for Nakuru, three hours away. There we were graciously served supper by Winfred and Debbie and put up in the guest quarters for the night.<br />
Tuesday before daybreak we left on the next three hour stretch for Nairobi. About half way there we stopped for some breakfast but the place wasn't open yet, then as we got into the city we sat and sat in traffic. The boys entertained themselves some by waving to other travelers. At one point a bus drove so close, Joey literally high-fived with the driver ! Piki-pikis weaved in and out of the slower vehicles and the boys waved or high-fived those drivers.<br />
Finally after a late breakfast, a little shopping, and more road time we got to Hampton House, a nice hotel especially geared towards missionaries. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiKDnoAvlJ9OfJG21mRucRuCsPuBo1W3D6zYEWUzsZwhDlTTo4Pyeo81QLUo-wr3cIbfVT6pUBik9NTumYheJaWsX_rB2jNOYKBvOesRwGkr7J2gsFZnqplHwK62pp9ONWVY69-MJWjny/s1600/WP_20170314_010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiKDnoAvlJ9OfJG21mRucRuCsPuBo1W3D6zYEWUzsZwhDlTTo4Pyeo81QLUo-wr3cIbfVT6pUBik9NTumYheJaWsX_rB2jNOYKBvOesRwGkr7J2gsFZnqplHwK62pp9ONWVY69-MJWjny/s640/WP_20170314_010.jpg" width="356" /></a>We relaxed there awhile and Jake and Mahlon took a piki to do some vehicle shopping. We treated ourselves to supper at a Dominoes Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery. Cleaned up back at the hotel and at LONG LAST we were headed to the airport. There we had another long way and snoozed in the van but then..there they were! Caleb, Janelle, and little Luke Ramer from our home church in WI !! It was absolutely Wonderful to visit with "home folks" again.<br />
The next morning after breakfast at Java House we headed another 4-5? hours to the Masai Mara. I was a bit dubious when Jake decided to try a short cut but it proved an interesting ride on a bumpy <span id="goog_1491851187"></span><span id="goog_1491851188"></span><br />
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dirt road and got us where we needed to be. The Mara was enjoyable and I was delighted to get to see the leopard this time. such a beautiful creature!<br />
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We got home from the Mara Friday evening and enjoyed a birthday party at Joe Allens for Tiffany who was turning 3. Saturday we did a little shopping, took a tuk-tuk ride, ate out, and did laundry. <br />
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We enjoyed introducing Calebs to our church people on Sunday. That evening there was a service and supper at Gerold Millers. Janelle and I mostly went for the food afterwards.<br />
Monday we piled in the van once more.<br />
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It's right about 2 hours to the Ugandan border where we had a wearying time of it. We didn't have the log book for the van among other things and ended up sitting around there for nearly three hours. The food we bought was supposedly edible. Our family shared one plate of food and left most of it on there. From the border we had another 2 hours to the Nationwide mission close to Jinga. We were happy to see Caleb's sister Lois there. The next day we visited their Lamp n Light office, and did touristy shopping. Poor Joshua wasn't feeling well and had bad ear ache or infection but was a real trooper thu it all. In the evening we got to see the school and church and eat supper with another missionary family.<br />
I was terribly disappointed to miss getting to see my brother Marlin who was on a mission trip about 2 hours from there but with sick children I was ready to head home, which we did after breakfast Wednesday. Thankfully getting back into Kenya was much faster than leaving it, and we made it through the border in less than an hour. Before reaching home we stopped at the doctors office and got some meds for Joshua and stuff for the infection Joey had under 2 finger nails. (yeah, it was sorta weird).<br />
Since then we've been enjoying a slightly slower pace. <br />
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(these girls are blessed to be friends. They are from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Tennessee )<br />
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our chauffeur to the Valentine's supper <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The youth did an awesome job. Fun props. Great food. followed by an outdoor theater to watch "The War Room"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday party. Mahlon is now 6! and Jediah is 1 !</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the girls' class saying goodby to Jeneva who moved with her family to Ng'iya for the next 5 months or so</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bible study was at old Asmonds this week</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As far as I can remember this is the very first time Jediah has ever worn shoes or sandals. 1 year and 3 days old. He was up early and it was cool enough to wear something extra since Hannah was taking him outside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jake tries his hand at breaking rock. So many people spend HOURS day after day, sitting in the hot sun breaking up rock to sell.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The broken heap (there's an allegory in there somewhere)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There they go, wrapped in lassos. Those boxes were heavy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another widow that we took a parcel to. They had ground nuts (like peanuts) drying out front and sent a bag of them with us. Yum!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was so pleased with Joshua. One day the neighbor boys came over shortly after we got the new tricycle. The tricycle was brought inside and the front door locked so it would stay here. Well, Joshua quietly pushed it out the back door and took it around front to give the boys rides. I love how he loves to make other people happy.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jake and I were out on a piki ride one evening and came by this vehicle. We watched while they yelled and flipped it back over by hand, first onto its side and then back onto its wheels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys totally delighted with new toys from a box from the school back home. I wonder how many miles those little vehicles have traveled by now. Pretty many!</td></tr>
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For different and varied reasons, it was decided that once Deans move to Niya, we would move into their place at the other end of the compound and the new family, who is to arrive this afternoon would move into our place by the school.<br />
We've now been in the "new" place 2 weeks or so. It was one of the easiest moves ever for us beings we didn't have to pack up all the kitchen stuff or move all the furniture. We did switch some beds and refrigerators around and move one load or so with the pick-up truck. The rest we moved over the course of three days or so and did it primarily using the faithful little wagon.<br />
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my little kitchen. Stove and nice big pantry are to the left. And yes the door stays open pretty much from 5:30 am to 8:00 pm<br />
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One fine Saturday morning Jacob picked up Pamela, her two sons and a nephew along with a bike that belonged to her late husband. While the guys fixed the bike, and the little fellows played, I had Pamela "teach" me how to make mandazis. Here are the instructions :</div>
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Dump one bag of flour into a large bowl. Take out 2-3 handfuls. The size of your hand will enter into this. Just guess. Dump in about a quarter of a (90 gram) box of baking powder. Add approximately 1 and 1/4 cup of sugar and a big spoonful of salt. Mix well with your hands.<br />
Next we need a glass of oil. Find one the right size..like, oh..1 and 1/2 cups. Mix it in with your hands till clumpy. <br />
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It's a good idea to keep a Dholuo/ English dictionary handy. Hand gestures are also helpful when working with someone who knows just a bit more English than you know of Luo. Both of you having a good sense of humor can aid in keeping frustration at bay. And when someone fluent in both languages (her nephew) comes in, you jump at the chance to get some things straightened out. :)<br />
Now back to the recipe:<br />
Once your dough is nice and "clumpy" , take about a quart of warm water and add it about one cup at a time till your stuff has a nice "doughy" look (5-10 minutes of kneading). Mix the peel of one lemon (I used a grater. She uses the cap off a glass pop bottle.) with a bit of flour, water, and oil. Add to dough mixture and mix in well. (This was only the second time I've had them made with lemon and they are the BEST!) Knead another 5-10 minutes. Cover and let rise 30-60 minutes.<br />
Meanwhile get the jeko going using charcoal. Stuff kindling in there with your fingers and move the hot jeko with your bare hands to a spot that suits you. (Seriously, these women have TOUGH hands!)<br />
When dough is ready, roll out bits at a time, maybe 1/4 " (???) thick and cut into desired size and shape. Triangular is the norm. <br />
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Fry in hot oil till golden brown. Try to control yourself and wait till they have cooled off a least slightly before devouring. DELICIOUSNESS !<br />
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As this makes a huge batch you can share with a couple other families and stick some in your diaper bag for a snack during the Sunday service...uh, for your toddler. My mouth is water just thinking about these. I really should get my work done and mix up a batch. BTW if you are familiar with sopapillas, these would be pretty similar.gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-70881482891691490262016-11-04T04:58:00.000-07:002016-11-04T04:58:26.548-07:00Beauty All Around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More than one person has said that when they think of Africa they think of desert. Here in Kenya where we live, there's hardly any desert. But there is diverse beauty all around. There are the flat rice fields, the mountains, the rolling tea fields, the hills where stones and boulders jut out bigger than small houses.There are the vast savannas. The coffee farms. I love traveling in Africa and never tire of the changing scenery. Then there are the people. Little children with smudged up faces, running to wave as you go by. The old men napping in the sun. The grandmas wrinkled but hardy. The busy mothers scrubbing clothing in a watering hole...Friendly people. Beautiful Souls. All needing Jesus.<br />
Jesus. The Author of true Beauty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were going to Freeman Bylers for supper but when we heard they had gotten the flu we ate at this place overlooking Lake Nakuru. So lovely and peaceful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer's Gardens where we had the annual pastors outing with the native pastors and wives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi, My name is Precious and I am 3 years old.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is beauty in Laughter which crosses all language barriers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The purple flowered trees are a favorite of mine tho I have no idea what they are called.</td></tr>
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Jacob's parents, John and Christina Gingerich were here for just over 3 weeks. We packed our days full and I think there was just one day where us women didn't go somewhere. Christina agreed to write for me this time. Thanks Mom !<br />
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Janice asked me to write her blog and I don't know where to begin! We are really in Africa! We arrived in Nairobi Sept. 6, travel worn and weary but so happy to be here! We thank the Lord He allowed us this wonderful experience. The next morning we had breakfast at Java House, the closest thing to an American coffee shop/cafe here. Then the 5 hour trip to Kisumu began! The main roads are paved but no speed limits are posted. They put speed bumps randomly on the roads and if you are caught unawares the vehicle flies over these bumps, causing loud harumphs and groans from the occupants. Jacob is a good driver and most of the time he is able to spot the bumps. Driving in Africa is challenging. I noticed extra mirrors on the van and learned they are to help see the left corner and the back end of the van because they drive so close. Brakes are much used and turning on a dime is a must.<br />
The views between Nairobi and Kisumu are breathtaking. In my 58 years I thought Africa was all desert, hot and sandy. What a surprise to see mountains and greenery everywhere. The only time I have seen anything close to a desert is when we visited The Mara, a resort where you sleep in tents and go on safari rides with a guide. The Savannah is grassland, not really desert either. We were there Sept. 15 - 17. How nice to have our tents furnished with wonderful beds, meals cooked and ready, clean towels and beds made every day. We saw lionesses close up, stood a few feet from a rhino, watched elephants from 10 feet away and listened to hippos grunt and growl through the night. A few monkeys made themselves guests in one of the tents while we were out on safari but thankfully no damage was done. These monkeys were in the yard as we walked by on the sidewalk. The Lord was so good to provide us with animal sightings that even our guide had never seen before. It was a cool, rainy Thursday afternoon when we went out the first time, a bit miserable and hard to see with the sides down on the rover. But a lioness was spotted walking toward what the guide thought was a rock, only to discover it was an ex-wildebeast and the lioness was feasting on it - in daylight! A rare thing indeed! Anthony, our guide called dead animals, ex-so and so which made me smile. Another rarity was seeing another lioness eating a freshly killed zebra. Seeing three elephants and one baby doesn't happen every day or watching a lioness move her three week old cubs from one tree line to another across the Savannah. Ah, what a thrill!<br />
Here at home in Kisumu we keep busy taking care of family needs as well as church needs, buying items and food for the compound pantry, shopping at "Wal-Mart" and the little shops along the roads. Eating chapatis, a tortilla shaped bread, but not as thin, and ugali, a stiff corn meal mush, two staples of the Kenyans along with beans, rice and lots of chicken has been interesting. The first Sunday we were here they had church dedication followed with a meal. No problem until they ran out of plates so they washed or rather rinsed the plates off in cold water and proceeded to fill our plates. The greasy plate still contained red juice from the tomato sauce and I found it hard to eat. John and I both managed to get part of the meal down!<br />
The thing I am most impressed with is the expressions of the Christian Natives. Their faces glow with a peace not seen on others. It makes me tear up just writing about it. Most of the Kenyans are also very friendly. I fear this is becoming a book. You'll find a few pictures below which barely conveys seeing this in person, but we'll give it a try. <br />
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The two white rhinos are protected 24/7 year around as guards follow them to keep them safe from poachers. Just an ounce of their "horn" is worth many thousand $$s especial in Asia where it's considered medicinal.<br />
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<br />gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-20094254688607771912016-08-07T09:21:00.000-07:002016-08-07T09:21:01.956-07:00Chuliumbo's First Fellowship Meal<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Sunday was the long anticipated Family Seminar Day at our little church in the cow pasture.</span><br />
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Plates, cups, silverware, tables, and serving spoons, and oil, salt, and basins and whatever all else. I had made the chicken on ahead, we bought some chapattis, and the rest of the food was made on-sight. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> On a typical Sunday we may have around 60 people in attendance. So we figured we'd do food for 80. (Seriously, these people EAT !!!!) and hopefully we'd have some visitors. Our attendance this morning was over 100. I'm guessing the free food brought in a bunch of those. A bench can comfortably hold (ok so maybe the comfort part is stretching it a bit) but, oh, maybe 3 adults and 2-3 little children. But on the men's side, the back bench had 7 or 8 men. I had Heidi go ask Jake for one of the empty chairs the ministers use. That gave a little more breathing room for those men till yet another fellow came and squeezed on the bench. Didn't seem to bother them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> One fellow who attends frequently seemed to be just a wee bit drunk. At one point the minister asked a question and tho I don't think he was really wanting a verbal answer, one of the old widows started saying something. "Let her talk" the "drunk" yells and the minister complies after which this fellow starts rambling something about his wife leaving him after he became a drunk. The minister kindly replied that he's not quite finished with the message but afterwards someone would be glad to help him (drunk guy). Jeremy (I think that's the drunk guy's name) was become very agitated and soon jumped up and disappeared. Soon he returned, sat down for a little and then grabbed his things and almost ran out of there. Later in the afternoon he returned and "kept score" for some of the games being played which, beings he didn't understand the game and his scores were way off, was a bit annoying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> But back to the food. Approximately $27 was spent to feed 100-ish people. I told Jake we should challenge the food committee at home to beat that :) The church passed an offering maybe 4 different services to help out with that.</span><br />
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</span>We did run out of cabbage and chapattis and the chicken was down to the last spoonful of broth<br />
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Starting on the left and going clockwise...rice with "soup" (chicken broth stuff), chicken, cabbage, chapattis, and ugali ( maize flour mixed with sorgum to give it more flavor and it's brown color)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I told Jake I think Joshua and Jediah were about sick of people. Joshua would start screeching when yet another person wanted to pick him up. I finally took Jediah and told the girls I think he'd like to just lay down for awhile but then little Valentine came and just had to keep touching him ;} </td></tr>
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After the second service the numbers dwindled some more and mostly it was just some of the regulars left for the games. Jake had brought along can-jam, corn-hole, and also a couple of soccer balls. It was a nice relaxing time and was topped off with a huge pan of pop-corn. It disappeared in no time..I saw some disappearing into a purse also..maybe that was for their children at home. It topped off the day when one of the women exclaimed, "It's like Christmas !"</div>
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Jake took a load of the further ones home and some of the rest of us walked to the Chuluimbo stage to wait for his return. While there someone told Joshua "you are my bruther frum anuther muther". Another fellow wanted me to come teach English at his church. Another, whom I believe had been drinking, came and was quizzing me on Israelite Bible history.</div>
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We got home 6-6:30 and still had all the lunch dishes from carry-in to do. No, we didn't use paper plates an the water we could've used at church would've been from a dirty stream. When we went to drop off Brian (25) and his little brother, Joseph, Brian offered to come wash up the dishes for us. BLESS His Heart. So Jake, him, and the children did the dishes while I got some supper, washed up other dishes, an fed baby.</div>
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Joshua, another young fellow that recently started attending church and lives closer, stayed till Jake got back from taking the others home. When Jake returned, they played some croquet and Gerold Miller's youth came down and hung out awhile too. I popped some popcorn before they all left and Shonda Yoder brought a pan of yummy breadsticks down for us.</div>
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We took the "water" girls from SMBI to do some visiting one day. Eunice Ombam showed them how to "shell" maize and make chapattis. <br />
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A school where Jake passed out some Bible story books.<br />
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A morning at the park with 11 little people and my friend Glenda (that's her Tiffany with Joshua)<br />
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This past Sunday was lovely. If there is a "normal" Sunday this was it. There was church from 10:00-12:10 or so. We dropped off a number of people, and came home. (Stacy wasn't with us this time because she joined some others at a different church.) We actually mostly had left-overs for lunch because it seemed foolish to make more food with all that was in the fridge needing to be used up.(We'd had company Friday evening.) After a restful afternoon we did join some others at Joe Allens for the evening and everyone brought something to eat. I enjoyed my first game of can-jam and Jake and I won. Yah! :)<br />
It was the first "normal" Sunday we'd had for approximately 8 weeks. Maybe longer. One of those we had a picnic between church and visiting people, one was messed up with taking someone to the hospital after church and I guess we had company all the other Sundays. It kinda all blurs together after awhile. So that's why I was so delighted with last Sunday. The one sad thing was that Joseph and Becky flew out, heading to the states for her Grandmother's funeral.<br />
Monday was lovely too. The men and women each were to have a meeting so we piled into a couple vehicles and headed about 2 hours away to the Kakamega Forest and a lovely Christian retreat. Oh, the joys of plush furniture, big windows unhindered with bars, of quiet solitude and beautiful nature without the noise and heat of the city. Our morning was taken up (us women) discussing things to stock in the new food pantry, going over some guidelines, and Kay led a discussion on how to best reach the Luo women. During this time we were served hot drinks and cookies by the capable staff. After a late lunch, we hung out in the little chapel and some played games, some of us hiked the path through the forest, took pictures, and relaxed in those comfy couches some more before heading home again. Jediah was the only child along so I was good and ready to see the rest of my little crew again.<br />
Tuesday was a busy catch-up day. Stacy helped a lot in the morning with laundry and baking. In the evening was Marlin Stoltzfus' farewell at Deans. Grilled chicken, baked beans, chips, chapattis, potato salad, bars and watermelon were thoroughly enjoyed.<br />
Wednesday mornings I like to keep fairly relaxed with a full afternoon with Bible study. A bit of the morning there were 5 little boys and 5 little girls playing around here. One last fun day before Lanisha and Jerlyn, their little friends leave. Bible study was at Willis and Sarah's place. On the way home I'm sure we had close to 25- 30 people stashed/ stacked in the van. Stacy and I wanted to count as they got out later but when we dropped them off a drunk came up to the van and was trying to talk to us so that was a bit distracting.<br />
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Jake wanted me to go out visiting with him today but it seemed most of the compound was out n about today and we decided it'd be best if I just stay home with the children. Joey did ride along with him then. Church is canceled for tonight and I'm glad for a free evening. This week has been alot more relaxed than some and I'm enjoying that even tho I do enjoy the busy weeks too. We'd been averaging company twice a week and just maybe this week will slip by without any..fat chance :)<br />
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These were taken at the Rondo Retreat in the Kakamega Forest<br />
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One evening our family and some visitors sang this song when the compound was together. It was our theme song before we left and continues to be an encouragement to me. There's more to it but this is the first verse and chorus:<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He Giveth More Grace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He sendeth more strength when the labors increase,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To added affliction He addeth His Mercy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His Love has no limit, His grace has no measure;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His power has no boundaries known unto men;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For out of His infinite riches in Jesus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He giveth and giveth and giveth again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-Annie Johnson Flint</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you want to hear more of Life in Kisumu, head over to " Kisumu Yoders" and enjoy their blog :)</span> </span> </span>gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-55071702982622133182016-05-05T04:04:00.000-07:002016-05-05T04:04:35.780-07:00Company and More Company<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't know if time has ever flown faster for me than it's been lately."I said to my husband the other morning. "It's hard to believe it's May already !" Now today it's right at 8 months that we first stepped foot into our new Kenyan home. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Really? Already? And yet there's been so much "water over the dam" since then. I'll try to hit a few highlights from the last month or so.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating at Hang-over Hotel. Hard to see but there's fresh beef or something hanging right there in the kitchen behind Hannah.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Minister's meeting was from Thursday noon to Friday noon. It involved lots of food, numerous topics, and a pleasant time with brothers and sisters from vastly different countries fellow-shipping together. We were privileged to host Marks and some of Markus' overnight..8 people.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08v_A1fvd2Y0htq7kcWykxN9pUGbcXUMjbjEZ80a868vtWhahXt94dnMyIRyYJbNYfR2u2W22m5OcWRtwBCmDLrSzOTypeysfy4rdWV5GqJOxqb09u0HBWLu5t-LFJjAiVuePIKZr1zeg/s1600/WP_20160421_004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08v_A1fvd2Y0htq7kcWykxN9pUGbcXUMjbjEZ80a868vtWhahXt94dnMyIRyYJbNYfR2u2W22m5OcWRtwBCmDLrSzOTypeysfy4rdWV5GqJOxqb09u0HBWLu5t-LFJjAiVuePIKZr1zeg/s320/WP_20160421_004.jpg" width="179" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> One Sunday we were going to do some visiting in the afternoon so instead of coming home in-between, we took a picnic lunch along and found a spot with a view along a narrow,rough mountain road. </span><br />
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Up on the mountain was a woman who was sick and we stopped to pray with her. Her Step-mother-in-law was there and was quick to reach for my baby. This was a wealthier family and they had a very nice stone house.</div>
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The next Tuesday evening Jacob brought the youth out to our place. Dean Millers (our Bishop) joined us for a supper of Ugali, sukuma-wiki, beans, hot-dogs (or sausage), and banana bread (of course). It was a good way to connect with the youth. I was a little apprehensive about some of it but it went well. In the evening we played games, then the boys slept at our place and the girls slept with Stacy in the 2 guest rooms. She had some humorous incidents to relate later. She showed the girls how to use a toilet and they were fascinated with how it swirled down when flushed. She showed them how to use the shower before leaving for a bit and when she came back they were taking turns watching each other shower. They discussed the supper and declared all but the hotdogs as "sweet!" (very good). But the one girl, Marin, declared, "I hope I never have to stare a sausage in the face again!" LOL !! I'd been told that hotdogs are a treat to them but I think it was a first for some of them and obviously NOT a treat. :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girl in bright pink is Marin. She's actually the only youth girl at 14 yrs. The others are supposedly 13 (if not at least it was convenient to say so for the occasion;} Amos, in orange is 14 also I think. He and Marin are in instruction class. Brian (front in blue and amos ride to church with us. He is 25 and one of the most dedicated sincere youth ! I think most of the other boys are around 17 or 18. The mazunga in the back is Dean's son and the other is Stacy.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The next morning I was amazed how most of them had <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fixed their beds very neatly!</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A</span>fter breakfast Jacob had Bib<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">le study with them. I wasn't in on that as I was doing dishes and taking care of little boys. Then they were<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> supposedly going to play volleyball Jake had to do a few office <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and other things for a bit so they were kind of on their own. It sounded like they must be having a great game by the shrieks and laughter but when I looked out the window, just a couple of them were batting the ball around. Most of the others were delighted to use the see-saw, slide, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">swings, and bike that were out there.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I did some laundry and the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">girls were so very intri<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gue<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d with the wash <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">machine. The girls went on a little walk and sang for the Luo class where Stacy was studying. When the came back they enjoyed coloring some pictures I'd printed out. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> For lunch Jake picked up some chipotes and beans and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">put out the rest of the banana bread. Then we loaded up in two vans and headed for Bible stu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dy at Esther Jahenda's house. It was the furthest I've driven yet and went ok t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ho I guess I w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as holding my breath a bit going back the dirt<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/mud "road" to Esther's<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> place. Praying and hoping I wouldn't bottom out or roll <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">going over the worst ruts. Actually rut is hardly even the right word. The road was about the same width as the van..a little wider, and at the worst spot the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">left side of the road (rut) was probably a good 2 feet lower than the other side. But thank God, we ma<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">de it !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I missed church last Sunday with boys that had been battling the stomach flu. Thankfully they were mostly over it till Tuesday w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hen the Nakuru people arrived for unit meeting. I was in charge of breakfast for 30+ people. The single girls took care of drinks and it's been agreed that we skip breakfast pastries so it was very simple with fruit and breakfast casserole. In the evening us and Winfred and Debbie's from Nakuru went out for supper and Winfred's spent the night. After they left Wed. I mostly had a relaxing day. 2 yr. old Tiffany was down a bit of the morning while her parents are in Luo class. Joshua's been having fever some on and off. Not sure if it's the teething or the flu.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> One afternoon and evening was rainy, dark, and so cool I shut some doors. I was on a high as I scurried about getting supper. As another woman said, "In Africa, it's FUN to get cold." I heartily agreed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> This morning Jake left before breakfast. He and Joseph H. had to go 3 hours to Nakuru to sign some bank papers. He thought it should only take half hour and he'd be back in time to leave for Bible study at the normal time..1:10pm. I have to grin at his optimism. I think it was around 3pm that he called and they were just leaving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Zephania and Anna with the grandchildren that live with them.Anna's first husband died. She's a bit older than her 2nd husband who is just in his thirties. They are the ones who usually walk 1 1/2 -3 hours to church. I guess they have 2 places they live depending on work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is what happens when I leave Joshua with Stacy during sewing class...a big hair-bow/band. Surprisingly he left it on pretty long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jediah slept here while we shopped and the grandmother who "owned" it sat outside tying the ends to a laso (?) I bought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jediah on my new laso. It's great to use as a small table cover, to sit on outside, carry the baby on my back (if I ever learn how), use as a hand towel when we are away. (Before eating the bring a basin around to wash our hands but no towels provided)...or as a shawl...I love the bright cheery colors!</span><br />
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After animal market, we tried out a different restaurant. Poor Joshua was so tired. We laughed as he tried to keep stuffing his mouth with fries while nodding and blinking as he fell asleep.Poor guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> If everyone helps bake cookies, where is mom to stand?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The school program was a couple weeks early because Tommy Waglers were moving back to the states before the end of the school term. They left yesterday and I bawled. They will be greatly missed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The new family should arrive tomorrow afternoon. Also Stacy gets back from a quick trip she took to the states. Yay !</span><br />
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<br />gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-50233935814885084142016-02-05T05:44:00.000-08:002016-02-05T05:44:56.296-08:00Bits n Pieces After many times of trying and not being able to get onto my blogger to post, the solution was so simple. Thank you, Ruby Showalter !There has been so much proverbial water over the dam since I last posted. Some of you get Jacob's emails so I don't want to be overly repetitive.<br />
Christmas wasn't necessarily "holly jolly" but rather more hurry, scurry, no family time, no glitter and gifts. Knowing we should focus on the true meaning of Christmas but missing the traditions and beauties of snow and family time and everything that normally goes with the holiday season gave us the "blues" a little. There was church in the morning so that meant trying to be out the door soon after 8AM. We grabbed some lunch at Java House on the way home.<br />
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Marlin Stoltzfus' hosted a special supper for everyone which isn't normally done here. That made it a little more special.<br />
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Kenyan eating habits: When you are fed. Eat. eat. EAT. The one place we went to visit, the served us dry bread, rice, and chai. Dean Miller who was along served us the first round and he gave me an appropriate small amount of rice. The host came back in the room and fussed at how little we ate. I allowed myself seconds of rice and the host proceeded to heap on thirds. We were eating plenty in my opinion but he seemed almost offended, wondering if we ate before coming so we wouldn't have to eat his food. "you should want to be fat!!" we are told. Being fat, I guess, is suppose to be a sign of prosperity.And I am amazed over and over how these skinny people tuck away huge amounts of food. Often after Bible Study the hostess will serve a hot drink and something to eat and usually a normal serving is maybe 2-3 cups..be it rice, or whatever. I had some native sisters cut up chicken for me the native way. It was returned cubed with gristle and bone included. I used it and tried to make it the native way when we had a family from church over. The next time we had church people over I cut the chicken up myself but did my best to skip the gristle and bone. Now there is one fellow from church who seems to be a petty picky eater. He wondered why we took the bone out? What do we do with it? The bone is the best part. He declared. The next time he ate here, Jacob grilled chicken. Chicken is supposed to be special to the natives but I don't think he even tasted it. I was a bit annoyed at him but then realized I am no better. I've been guilty of not eating their chicken either. Tho the flavor was good it just looked too tough to even try biting into. So I guess we need to just be gracious with each other.<br />
Sometimes we are given things after church. I'm not sure if these are always gifts or if they are to be part of the offering. We've been given bananas, live chicken, jackfruit. etc. The jackfruit...are huge. smell terrible.( At first I thought it was someone's awful smelling feet). have white "glue" in them which is EXTREMELY hard to clean off of things. And I jokingly told my husband he is never allowed to bring one in the house again. The fruit itself isn't that bad tasting and we probably didn't know how to do it up. The gate-men are often the happy recipients of these gifts.<br />
Hannah is presently more interested in learning Dutch than Luo. Most of her friends here talk Dutch with their families. My Luo learning hasn't really been happening except what I hear frequently. One dear old woman from church who can basically speak no English was so happy when I finally got a reply to her correct. She delightedly patted my cheek.<br />
Pregnancy isn't something really to be discussed it seems. Tho some seem more open about it than others. At Bible study this week, Jacob requested prayer for me as time for baby's arrival nears. I don't think that was really proper. Later one of the women asked me why I don't stay home and only come to church on Sundays. I didn't tell her that Sundays which consist of all the children along, backless benches, and being gone approx. 5 1/2 hours are more tiring than Bible studies which consist of often just taking one or 2 children along, maybe being gone 4 1/2 hrs, and having slightly more comfortable seats (if in someone's home). The next day I was doing some visitation with Jacob and someone once more admonished me to stay home. I figure I'll stay home more when baby does arrive and I may as well get out while I can.<br />
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I took these pictures yesterday while out n about. Jacob needed to verify something at a school for one of the church members. These children were delighted when Joey rolled the window down and waved to them. Later, waiting somewhere again, Joey took this position and told me, "Mommy this is comf-able!"</div>
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Today the children had a rather unusual school day. Just for something different, the are having school from like 2:30- 8:30 with supper at someone's house. (Usually they come home for lunch.Maybe I can persuade Jake to take the rest of us out for supper. It feels too hot to even be in the kitchen today) This morning I went for hopefully the last check-up before baby comes. Yes, I've done some extra cleaning, have some meals in the freezer, baby stuff washed, and feeling QUITE ready for the big event. The next picture is of my doctor. It's not unusual for her to sing or hum while she works at her desk. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the preschoolers except Mahlon, lounging outside our gate. The following is copied from an email from one of the others in the compound : <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So we scheduled to meet with the bride and
groom of tomorrows legalization at Ahero tomorrow, Tobias Odongo and his
non-member bride, Emma. We wanted to go over some procedural things for the
service and also just some last minute marital things. Got a call around 11:00
this morning that Emma gave birth to a son this morning at 9:00 but we can
still go ahead with meeting them to see what the plans for the wedding are
going to end up being. So I go out, pick both Tobias' and several others and we
head for the market to find Emma's mother. From there we went to the hospital
to see what the bride thinks of the wedding. She wants to go ahead and so the
brothers worked with the hospital to have Emma discharged tomorrow for the
wedding. We plan to go to the hospital to pick the bride and go directly from
there to the church for the wedding followed by a Bible study/reception at
Tobias Odongo's home. Imagine! Eric got a good laugh out of today's new mother
being tomorrows bride. Let's hope she does not faint.........So..... that's what they did. New baby right up there with the bridal couple and to make matters worse the baby isn't even the groom's. Something about the groom is older and finally his parents found this girl and just moved her right in. He was very against it and after awhile she left only to return again a week or so later. As I understand it, when the ministry met to try to help solve the problem, the groom suddenly decided, whatever, he wants to marry her after all. Tho not married before, she now has three children but that doesn't seem to be a big deal. In fact some men prefer that their woman has a child before marrying them so they know she is capable of such. Can you imagine? </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"></span><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Thanksgiving in Africa was a lovely relaxing day. There were a number of visitors from the states and 2 families from out-lying areas joined us. I believe there were around 60 people in all. A large tent was set up in Joseph and Becky's yard. The youth girls did an amazing job decorating an we felt very blessed with all the supplies brought from the states, including paper plates and cups and ham!!<br />
We also had local steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower salad, cranberry salad, rolls, and delight. mmm such a treat. We played a few games, relaxed, visited, enjoyed a yummy supper, sang, and visited some more. It did rain a short bit in the afternoon, but mostly it was a warm breezy beautiful day.<br />
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The prior Friday we had gone to Mark Beachy's overnight. They live a little over an hour away. We had a very relaxing time with them. For part of our breakfast Saturday morning we walked over to the neighbor lady for some mandazis and watched her a little as she was making them. After lunch we went to the grave- sight of my niece Hadassah Faith Weaver. She would've been 2 if she had lived. On the way home we crossed the equator again and this time stopped for some pics. Further on we stopped at Willis' duka (our Sunday school teacher) and seemed to delight him by buying some mandazis. I guess he was out of everything else. Or didn't have money to buy what was needed to make the chips he sells sometimes. (Chips are actually like our french-fries.)<br />
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And that's just a bit of our November. Have a lovely December :)gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-79366918892147146302015-10-16T05:52:00.003-07:002015-10-16T05:54:46.033-07:00Bits of Our Lives In Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day we quit language class an hour or so early and Josephine took over in the kitchen and showed us how to make ugali and skuma. The ugali was simply dumping a bit of water into a pan and bringing to a boil before adding a bit of white cornmeal.( She laughed at us "amerikans" wanting to know measurements.) Then you stir and stir till it sticks together well and there are no lumps. Place on a plate and pat into a nice half -ball. Cover till ready to serve.<br />
The skuma (kale) was fried in oil with onions, tomatoes, and seasoning. You eat them together as finger food. Yum. Inexpensive and healthy. The ugali, especially is a real staple with the natives. We prefer it with some seasonings.<br />
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This next picture is my view from the clinic where I went for a maternity check-up. I was sitting just inside the door. The building you see is a separate hospital and the chicken later got up and wandered into the open door marked "kitchen" and back out again in a bit.>>><br />
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One day Rachel Miller, Mom, Jake, Joshua and I went to the "Animal Market". No, they were not selling animals and I don't know why it is called that. This was a very interesting adventure. The people really wanted to bargain with you. One fellow "trapped" mom in an aisle trying to convince her to buy some sandles. Rachel went to her rescue and I don't think he was to happy about that. How long later we were already up by the road headed back to our vanhe came after her again with the sandals all wrapped up at one more attempt to sell them to her. We did get some good deals but <br />
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it will sure take a bit for me to get used to this bargaining thing!!!!!<br />
This vendor was carving a picture into one of the many beautiful plates that were for sale . <br />
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One Friday evening the women had a "foot washing service"...er, "Foot Spa Night". I was just getting over a bout of the flu and was pretty tired but it was a great evening. It's pretty hard on the feet around here and they quickly become (more) stained and callused. We soaked them while enjoying some yummy treats and drinks and then worked on each others feet. Ah, Bliss !! :) </div>
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We are now getting into the rainy season. The other evening there was this beautiful brilliant rainbow arching right over our house. After admiring it abit and watching it get even brighter we noticed a second one over the first. I was not feeling well that day either and this was a special touch and reminder, "His banner over me is love."</div>
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Today was the end of our first week of language school with our second teacher. She's not professional like the first and some of it seems abit redundant but it's good review. We often spend the last part of class with our song books. She translates a song for us and then we sing it. She has some interesting stories sometimes. Like when we had the word "snake", she told how her children found a huge snake in a bush and killed it. Here it was a neighbor man's "pet" (used in witch craft) and how he nearly went out of his mind and had to be hospitalized. I think he kept saying "They killed Me! They killed me!" </div>
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Tonight I'm trying my hand at Hawaian BBQ chicken pizza. The 2 school teachers plan to join us.</div>
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<br />gingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-71719433376183603632015-09-22T04:16:00.002-07:002015-09-22T04:17:43.658-07:00Tomorrow it will be two weeks since we have arrived in Kenya. It seems much longer; not because the time is dragging but rather because so much has been crammed into our days, so much info stuffed into our brains. People's names to memorize, both those at the compound and the natives from church. Names of places, stores, and so much more. It feels like 100s of words a day are supposed to be added to our vocabulary.<br />
New sights have assailed us. Some are lovely, some fascinating, and some heart wrenching. Gorgeous plants, colorful birds, dirty mud shacks, piki-pikis, friendly faces, and scarred beggers.<br />
This weeks focus has been the beginning of language classes. The first day, it seemed the teacher was trying to cram us, testing us, or something. But maybe it was just her way of learning to know us and figuring out our style of learning. Since then she has seemed much more relaxed and tho she might still get a little exasperated at us once in awhile, we are comfortable and frequently laugh together.<br />
Monday we were learning the numerous different greetings. The morning greeting, general greeting, and evening greeting. Also questions and answers such as, "Where are you from?" "My children's names are..."<br />
A few sentences from day two : An japuonjre. (I'm a student.)....Wahero dak Kisumu. (We like to live in Kisumu.).....Jacob en fundi bao. (Jacob is a carpenter.)<br />
Wednesday was fun learning (or trying to !!!) 35 or so different drink and food names plus many other words to use them with. "Ahero madho chae mar chak gi skari." = " I like to drink tea with milk and sugar."<br />
Wednesday afternoon Jacob and Mahlon went along to bible study. It is becoming highlight for Jacob, as this gets him into native homes, helps him build relationships with the people, and I'm sure it helps build his vocabulary. It seems he's quicker at picking up on what the teacher is saying than I am.<br />
Today is my Mom's 65th birthday. The school children came over and sang Happy birthday and some gave cards. One of the lady's brought a plate of cookies down for her. Two others gave her gifts earlier in the week. One of the youth girls had offered to help me with baking or whatever so Sunday I asked her if she'd bake a cake for Mom's birthday. Well, yesterday Mom baked a cake saying that she figured I'd try to do one for her and this would save me the work..haha..so we have 2 cakes coming up. We invited a few people over for a snack/ party for after prayer meeting tonight. So we won't be eating all the cake ourselves:)<br />
Today in class we were learning kinds of fruit, parts of the day, and a number of verbs, their different forms, ( chulo..to pay. Asechulo...I have paid. Pok gichulo.... They have not paid.) And MANY more.<br />
And now we have some new ideas for the next baby's middle name. We got off on a funny little bunny trail about how Kenyans give their babies middle names. If it's a boy the name will begin with "O" and for a girl, "A" followed by something to do with when or where they were born. So Joey's middle name could've been "Owino" because that means a boy born with the cord around his neck!<br />
A girl born on the way to the hospital might be "Ayoo". "yoo" meaning on the way :)<br />
Jacob asked what Hannah's would've been since she was born while it was snowing. This was pretty funny because there isn't a Kenyan word for snow. We'd have to go with whatever the word is for "in a time of cold".<br />
Jacob just got back from running to town. I think he was able to find most of what was on my list except "cream of tarter". Not sure if he didn't know what to look for or if it's a foreign thing.<br />
Our crazy gas stove has no markings for degrees so we usually just guess for where to set it to bake. Sunday the chicken we stuck in was still partially frozen but till we got home from church it was quite crisp and the veggies were burnt. Mom baked bread yesterday and that turned out pretty good.<br />
Jacob had lemongrass tea in the one home he was in and wondered about making it. We were informed we have some growing in our back yard. Sure enough. Jake cut some up and used the garden tea recipe we had. Mmmm. Delicious ! I want to make another batch this afternoon for tonight's party.<br />
One of the most heart wrenching experiences so far was when we were in town last Sat. and a begger came to the window and I didn't have anything to give him. He looked old in a way yet I'm guessing he was a young teen. He had scars on his face and stitches in his head. He was on crutches and the whites of his eyes appeared a diseased brown. "please mama..please mama...please mama" he pleaded with such woeful pleading eyes. The other night when I was awake. I lay there thinking of him again. What could I do ? He haunts me in my memory and I pray someday I can see him again and at least give him a bite to eat. He makes my heart so sad.<br />
On the same block as the compound (I think. I still don't have directions all figured out.) Is this dirty dingy looking place. For awhile I thought it was a home and maybe it is. How unfair life is that I live on this side of the fence in all our wealth while just down the road are these dirty poor ragged people. Often tho I would see a bunch of extra people eating out there. So I asked someone and discovered this is a "hotel" ( a small restaurant)...hmm, next time we feel like eating out...:)<br />
Actually tonight I'm hoping to go down the road to another place. Heard we just need to take our own kettle and plate to the roadside stand for a cheap supper of beans and chapat.<br />
Well, I'd better close. God bless you each in where He has called you!<br />
Well here I am am again...a few days after writing the first part of this epistle. I was waiting to send it until I could add pics but since I'm not used to transfering pictures from the new camera, and hubby is too busy, I will send this without. Sorry.<br />
Continue to pray for us as we struggle to balance language, family, and everything else going on. This afternoon Jacob is learning more of the business end of things since he will be taking over as compound secretary. There's a lot more to that than what he was expecting. It seems he is studying non-stop.<br />
May God bless you where He has called you also. Oriti (good-by) Oh, here are just a few Jake may have shared on facebook....<br />
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~ Jan for the Gingerichsgingerichhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310947614011394492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928754050085158245.post-51341113137042120372015-04-04T14:22:00.001-07:002015-04-04T14:22:28.154-07:00Africa, Arguments, and (skip the Apes :) Part 2<span style="font-size: small;"> .....Well, we prayed, we talked, we prayed, we questioned. God shot down all my arguments. We talked to others. Some were encouraging. Some. Not so much." So what's your gut </span>feeling?" I was asked. I understand the question. I've had strong gut feelings before when facing big decisions but this time.." I know it's weird for something this huge but I really do not have a gut feeling one way or another." I confessed. "So I will especially pray that my husband has clear direction."<br />
Long story short...we've consented to go. In retrospect maybe I did have a gut feeling but was denying it. My husband and I were/ are on the same page.<br />
I had a real sense of peace about it. Still do. But today I'm praying and listening to hymns trying to keep fears at bay. The threats and dangers there are very real but something happened the other week that was a good reminder that even in the U.S. our lives are in God's hands and calamities can come as well here as in Kenya.<br />
My husband was driving somewhere not too far from here when he heard gun shots. Later he discovered 2 bullet holes in his trailer. I hate to think how much worse it could've been if the shots would've come a few seconds earlier.<br />
Old hymns take on new meaning. "Where He leads me, I will follow. I will go with Him all the way."<br />
" I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord, over mountain or plain or sea ."<br />
"My body is yours for anything, Lord.."<br />
Yes, our prayer is that God would grow us more into His image through this "adventure" that our faith would be strengthened, that He could use us for His glory. But, please, God, don't let it hurt. Let it be a fun and easy journey. (sorry, that was FLESH speaking) .<br />
We need the prayers of those we love. It looks big. Some days it's exciting. Some days it's scary. But we want to press on. Pray that the paper work would go through quickly, as they would like us there as soon as the beginning of July. Pray that God's peace would continue to fill us and for God's hand to guide us. Pray for the children in the many travels and adjustments ahead. Pray.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Have a Blessed Easter. Jesus is risen indeed !And in Him, we too shall live. And if we die, still we shall live ! Below is a picture of a church where my brother's family passed out Bibles and had a service.<br />
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