Road Update Again

We get more emails asking about how our road is coming along than anything else. Thanks for your concern!

The road is coming along. They are done with the chipping and have placed all of the rocks. They just started covering the chipped rocks with a very fine gravel. It is a pretty nice surface to drive on now. I am not sure if it will be covered with anything after all of this - but we are hoping for tarmac/asphalt.

In related news, they are starting to smooth out the road right outside our compound. We have new gates and guards at both ends of our road - to stop through traffic, they have torn out some bushes and a fence to make the road wider, and have delivered about 20 piles of rock. We just can't get away from the road construction, but it will be nice to say goodbye to the pot holes!

Here are some new pictures.

Jamaa

We were really blessed to have family visit for almost 3 weeks over Christmas Break. Nicole's parents and brother came to celebrate Christmas with us.

It was great for us to have some of our homesickness cured, and to have them experience our lives here in Nairobi. Lexi and Nate were thrilled to have a captive audience all to themselves. They were also grateful for the presents they brought from our families. Thank you to everyone who sent us gifts and the food that we have been missing.

Lexi got to show Grammy our little friends at an orphanage while Nate and Grandad played at the school playground. Uncle Matt got to experience petting a baby cheetah at the animal orphanage. We also went on safari where Lexi used her new camera to take pictures of the warthogs where we were staying. We enjoyed showing them all our church and the school where Jason teaches. We also got to feed them some interesting foods here. Matt, to our surprise, tried cow stomach. We all had a great time together.

Here are three of our favorite pictures from their visit: