Week one

Well, it has been quite an exciting week.  Shopping in Nakuru, getting settled, and finally getting our luggage!


These trees are incredible in the evening sun, they looked golden!

So amazing to see monkeys on the roadside!
We were told not to go near them, they are not shy!
(picture taken through the window)

Here we are on our first day, having a break and drinking 'Stoneys'
A ginger brew made in Kenya(?) bottled by Coca Cola.
It is absolutely fantastic!

Amid busy dusty streets packed with bustling people are
beautiful trees and vegetation.  Purple is my favorite color!

These birds are so beautiful, the equivalent of our robin.

And here is Chloe getting them on video!

(You have to check out her videos of the trip!)

Here I am enjoying my new favorite: samosas (meat pies)

with an incredible fruit smoothie!

After days we drive back to Nairobi to claim our suitcases.

I was so happy to see mine,

I felt like hugging it!

(A very strange thing to feel for a suitcase!)

So, I am practicing my swahili, and people smile and laugh, but are so loving and kind.

I miss everyone back home so very much, some have been so dear about emailing me.

And, so, the adventrure continues, and God is leading us on.

We can only trust Him, because He has always been faithful!

God is good!  All the time!

Jambo!

Hello! And greetings from Kenya! This has been so exciting! I can't believe that I am on the other side of the world from all of you! Do you like the title of my blog? It means amazing! I was looking at the beautiful countryside and asked George for the word in Swahili for it. I love it, it is almost like my name!

The trip was sooooooooooo long. 1 1/2 hour to Chicago, 5 1/2 hours wait, 10 1/2 hours over the ocean to Istanbul, Turkey, 1/2 hour wait, then 6 hours to Nairobi, that is 24 hours all together! Boy, did my knees ache.

George was there waiting for us when we landed in Nairobi at 1 in the morning. We were all there, but not all our luggage. We were all missing one of our suitcases: me, Amma, Abba, and Tabbach. Only Chloe had all of hers, she said it was because hers were hot pink!
we looked and looked and looked. So we filled out reports that they were missing and went to a hotel to sleep a little before heading to Nakuru.

Here is George's famous van.

Well, in the morning after breakfast, we went to the airport to get our luggage, but no luggage (hapana). They were still in Istanbul. We would get them tomorrow.

Yashangaza!

So we, finally, left for Nakuru. How exciting! So much TRAFFIC and PEOPLE! Very busy and bumpy. George is an incredible driver! And we arrived safely to find Nellie, Petronella, and Beatie had made a feast to welcome us: we had chapattis (yummy flat bread), turkey, vegetables and rice.

Michelle jumped into Papa Tabbach's arms!

Michelle was so cute! She kept saying 'How are you?'and 'I am fine.' After they welcomed us we ate and ate. It is so good to be here. God is good!