Little bit of sunshine on rough days...

Pray for Craigo....

Please pray for Craig as he recovers from malaria. He is feeling much better but the last few days have been pretty rough. Things in Kenya continue to be unstable. Please pray for the administration at our school to know what is best for the safety of the children. God is at work...I am sure of it!

Still uneasy..

Just wanting to remind you all to please continue to pray for Kenya and reconciliation and peace. Today at school we had to keep the kids longer than usual due to rallies and violence on the road. Thankfully it clear up quickly and we were not delayed too much. However sports games and practices were canceled. There are going to be rallies again tomorrow possible. KEEP PRAYING!

Getting Ready for the Kids to Come

Writing out the name tags for the kids' desks.

Craig getting the desks ready to stick the name tags on.

Magnetic letters have LOTS of uses..not sure what the kids will think :)

Daylan helping to get the bulletin boards ready!

WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!

First day of first grade...FOR ME!

Here are a few pictures of the first day back to school. It was a short (1/2 day) on Tuesday and then school was canceled Wed, Thur and Friday so I am excited to start back on Monday. I know it is going to be a fun semester...LOTS OF ENERGY!!! I could use the prayers!

School Canceled

Kenyan Parliament House opened yesterday. Due to this, there are scheduled rallies all over Kenya for today (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday. Schools have been canceled all over the country.
Yesterday, was our first day of school. It went really well and was really fun! I will post pictures soon!
Thanks for your prayers!

Vacation in ZANZIBAR

For my family....

So, I have lots of great beach pictures that I would love to share with you....HOWEVER I am holding them ransom until I get to see some Christmas pictures! HA!!!

Hanging out on the beach...

Back in Nairobi

The flight from Dar Salaam to Nairobi went well today. Besides a flat tire in the taxi on the way to the air port things went well. I must say that a 1 1/2 hour flight was A LOT better than the 16 hours on the bus! MUCH EASIER!!! The taxi ride from the air port to home went really well and the roads were calm. Definitely a heavy presence of police along the ride, but things were fine. Thank you all for prayers. At this point we are just going to lay low at home for awhile and hope that things will pass. Rumors are that rallies could pop up at any time and possible road blocks at any point. NO THANK YOU! I will keep in touch as I can.

Our vacation was really fun and relaxing. Unfortunately it didn't really end the way we had hoped for and now we are need a vacation from our vacation. Between staying three extra nights and having to fly instead things ended up a little crazy, but now we are home and tan! :) Zanzibar is beautiful!

Still unsettled...

Just a quick update. Currently we are still in Stone Town of Zanzibar. This afternoon we will take the ferry to the mainland and stay there for the evening. We hope to catch a flight in Nairobi some time tomorrow. Our original plan was to take the bus, however the bus is not running at this point and not sure when they will start up again. Our holiday finances are getting low and our skin has had enough sun. It is hard to know what the best thing to do is. We will stock up on food while we are in TZ to bring back with us. We plan to just stay in the airport in Nairobi until things are clear enough to go home. Please keep us all in your prayers! I know that some schools have already delayed their starting date, unsure of what our school will do. We are supposed to resume on the 15th (I think). At this point it is hard to think about things like that. It is hard to think that when we go "home" things will not be normal. TIA...is all we can say! If you don't know what that means then you need to take a trip to Africa...you will understand quickly! God bless and thanks for the continued prayers!

SAFE...but please pray!

Not sure if you have seen on the news or not but Kenya is having a lot of political unrest at this time. Currently Craig and I and three of our friends (other teachers) are in Tanzania. The situation has not affected us, but we would like to get home at some point :) Please be praying for the safety of our co workers and students in Nairobi. A lot of them have not been able to leave their houses for about a week now. I will keep you up to date as we learn more. We plan on arriving back in Nairobi on the 4th. please keep us in your prayers!