Saturdays Blessings

Today was another Blessing. I went in the morning to spend time with the church burn victims. We had a great time and they wanted "school" even though it's a Saturday! We had an English lesson and I'm so impressed with how good these kids English/spelling are. Especially Mary. She is VERY bright and wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She could be anything she wants to be. These kids are amazing. It is so easy to get close to these people. They are so loving and warm. As I had the lesson with Mary, we laid on her hospital bed and she hung her two burnt legs over my lap. I had to hold on to them to keep them from slipping off. It felt so comfortable. I don't think we have that kind of comfort with people in the states. It's sad. After "school" I got out my camera to get pictures with the kids. They LOVE being in the pictures and REALLY love taking the pictures. They all had turns taking pictures of me with each of them. They especially love to run over to the camera and view their image. It is very sweet.

When I got back from the hospital, there were two short term Missionary couples waiting on the stairs of our apartment for their ride to Nairobi. One of the couples is heading back home to North Carolina and the other couple are from Australia and are here another 2 weeks. Their ride was very late, so I opened our apartment door and invited them to sit and use the phone, etc. There is a term "Kenyan time" here and apparently when they say I'll be there around 9:00am, that can mean just about anything! It turned out that their ride was still in Nairobi, bringing up some new short term missionaries. I started making lunch for Mitch and I and ended up making lunch for all 6 of us. It was a special time sharing and learning form these wonderful Godly people. I love that we could just spontaneously get together and enjoy time with each other. We get too busy at home to enjoy moments like that. It's unfortunate. We had the British Medical Student over for dinner and had a great time with them. We laughed a lot and they are really neat guys. It's been fun to learn about the different cultures as well as Kenyan culture. What a blessing!

I look forward to telling you about church in Africa! We are looking forward to it!

Blessings,
Amy