February

Well, this is some sort of record for me! Two blog posts less than three months apart! Amazing. 

We are all doing great. We are busy with school, gardening, chickens, goats....all that sort of stuff. We could be described as healthy and hot. It is the hottest time of year here. Temperatures in the sun are up to 120 degrees F. Inside the house they hang around 90-95 degrees F during the day. So glad for our little A/C units to run at night. 

The Kenyan presidential elections are coming up on March 4. Please pray that they will be peaceful. Five years ago they were not so. We have done some emergency planning and preparation just in case.  

SEND Center Update:

-Taylor received work permit 11/28/12

-Attained all required approvals and signatures on plans by local government to begin construction 2/14/13

-Purchased a diesel engine concrete mixer

-Bought rough hand cut stone from a local quarry. Masons are currently hand chiseling the block to a more exact size.

- Repaired equipment (backhoe) and began bringing in fill dirt to construction site.

-Taylor has 4 months of supplies (lumber, cement, misc. tools...) headed to Lodwar from down country. Supplied from cities in southern Kenya because they are not available locally.

A goat we slaughtered, our watchmen eat EVERY part leftover.  Yes, that is a head and hooves! 

"Fancy Dinner Night" We live in the middle of nowhere in Africa. We like to keep things lively.
The girls loved this and all were so happy to dress up and wear Mama's deodorant and perfume.

hatching chicks

Awesome to watch the chicks emerge.

                                         

yuck, monitor lizards.

Andi, Linah and the lizard.

Everyone wanted a picture with this thing. Even Daniel, Taylor's assistant.

Yes, Taylor killed it with a tribesman's hand made bow and arrow. 

Did I mention we ran out of water? Don't worry, Taylor saved us! 

Chicks doing great!

"Backwards Night" Just another fun night with our girls. Yes, dessert first.
 Lainey even completed our table with backwards spelled name place cards.

This is goat stew cooking outside over my charcoal grill. Who have I become???

Taylor helped a friend repair this machine. They had to bring parts from Canada and Nairobi but it is running great now. The only one in  Lodwar!

dirt!

This guy! I love him and he can seriously do anything! That is Mt. Lodwar  in the background.
A regular African cowboy!

ahhhh....onlookers. 

"Nothin' runs like a Deere" 

lots of stone!

Cut stones for walls

stone