These are a few of my safari pics

See the crocodile patiently waiting for a meal?

You can see wildebeast and zebra in the background above. These lions were full and happy.



These wildebeast below got spooked and ran. They were trying to get the courage to cross the river in their annual migration.

Our Masai host at the safari camp.

Christmas Drawing 2009

Hey everybody! Hope you are all doing well! We drew names the other night so we could go ahead and get them up here.

Giver - Receiver

$35 limit

Ken - Tyson

Jody - Mama

Katherine - Karen

Eve - Rachel

Karen - Pawpaw

Sean - Nancy

Tyler - Ken

Mike - Katherine

Laurie - Tyler

Tyson - Sean

Rachel - Jody

Pawpaw - Laurie

Nancy - Mike

Mama - Eve

NAME:

I like gift cards to:

If I got new clothes, I'd like:

and my size is:

Books I'd like to have include:

Music or Movies I'd like are:

Things for my home I'd like are:

I can always use:

I'd love to have:

Whatever you do, please DON'T get me a(n):

P.S. A small gift for Kariya is optional.

Happy shopping!

August 2009

The precious children at the Mattaw Children's Village in Kitale, Kenya just after receiving their new shirts and shoes.

plantains and rice for lunch



All the kids got new shirts and shoes and then we prayed for each one. Their shirts say, "I am a blessing not a burden"
Praying

Blowing bubbles

This is Erik carrying the wash water out to clean the outdoor toilet

I'll post more pics later. I just wanted to get something on here to get started so you could see Africa and the wonderful kids there!