Day 42

Simone, Paul and I met to make plans for a Super Saturday in Vipingo and Bomani. We will have a registration table from 8:30 – 9:45. We will accept 200 kids to come from ages 4 – 11. They will be split into 5 groups of 40. Each group will be color coded. During registration we will tie colored yarn of on each of their wrists according to what team they are on. We will have a short time of singing and learning hand motions to songs to start the day. Then at 10:00 we will get started with one group at each station.

One of the stations will have games such as, crab soccer, water relay and broom stick relay. The second station will have art projects for the kids. The third station will be a snack area. The fourth station will be story time, followed with drawing pictures from the story. The fifth station will be the parachute station. The kids will play with a very large parachute that Fox River Christian Church brought out there.

After each child has had the chance to participate at each station they meet for music time. Pastor Paul will also prepare a short message for them. We will hand out sweets, along with invitation sheets to invite their parents to church. Then on Sunday the children will perform the new songs they just learned in front of their parents.

I think it will be a fun and successful day. Now we need to find about 25 volunteers. We already have 9 that we know will help us. The rest should be easy to find. When we had Super Saturday’s at Crossroads church there were a lot of great volunteers. We will ask for their help. On Sunday we’ll have a meeting to prepare!!

As the day ended I went to the airport with Bobby and Lisa to say goodbye. They are well on their way to the states for a 6 month journey. They will go to churches all across the United States to give updates on the progress of the centers and to raise support for special projects at the centers. They will have the opportunity to see their families. That will be special and treasured time for them.

I have enjoyed spending time with them so much! Bobby and Lisa are amazing missionaries. Their adopted children are very fun to play with. They will be deeply missed by a lot of people in Kenya… including me!

Changing a tire in Kenya:

While on my way home from a coffee shop there was a rock in the road. I ran over the rock. The tire on Susie’s car popped. I called my friend Michelle. She called her husband Greg and asked him to help me. Before he arrived I tried to remove the spare tire that is attached to the back of the truck. A couple men came to help me. We figured out that one of the tools we needed was missing. When Greg arrived he took a look at what tools he would need and went home to pick them up.

Greg arrived back within about 10 to 15 minutes. He started to jack up the car. Then he realized the jack is not tall enough for this car. He went to the side of the road to look for a rock or something to put under the jack to elevate the car more. One of the Africans standing by gave Greg two pieces of plywood to place under the jack. They used a rock as an emergency brake behind the front tire. We watched carefully as the jack stood on the wood raising the car. The tire was removed successfully! Greg was kind enough to take the bad tire in to get fixed.