Happy New Year! We’re about a week in and I already feel like I could use and extra weekend to catch up on sleep! So far January has been a blast… a completely unproductive blast but good times. My dear friend Omar came for a visit (way to short of a visit) on the 31st and just took off yesterday. Lucky guy is on his way to zanzibar! We’ve toured the uneventful town of eldoret, had good food, lots of catch up time and just relaxed. While it may not have been the perfect holiday for him I am sure I will continue to feel blessed by it for months to come. I also am still enjoying the contents of a care package sent by the lovely Abbey down in the bayue! I’m a lucky girl.
There has been some confusion with Mwangi’s school and that has been another headache but I’m grateful to Newland Christian Church for donating the school fees for this term. The other three children we sponsor are all in their classes already and I will offer updates on them at half term.
I met with Naomi, who will be training the women in the valley in hand crafts and we are excited about the workshop eventually getting off the ground. She had to move her leave to Feb and so is very hopeful that we will not be forced to postpone again. I assured her that even I myself wouldn’t be able to hand yet another postponement as the original opening date for the workshop was back in October!
I will be travelling shortly to immigration to try and work out which visa is most accesible for my permanent stay here. I ask that you keep that in your prayers. The trip will also be utilized for purchasing all the supplies for the women to get started with their work.
Steve’s brother is getting married on 15th of this month so I will be staying in town until that time. After that I will be moving back down into the valley for longer periods as the work will officially be piling up and the girls are impatiently waiting for me at school.
I am in search of a phone that will help me to update from the valley. We’ve been searching for a suitable version as inexpensive as possible and i will have something in hand before leaving to return to the valley. I know that none of us benifit from my long periods of silence!
I hope that 2011 so far has seen God at work in your life and you at work in your community. We pray for you here and look forward to what God will do around the world this year. I hope to upload pictures soon and will continue to add more information over the next few days.
Thanks for the update Chatty.