nakupenda

hey guys sorry i didnt blog yesterday- me and bailey skipped out and went to the orphanage to see the kids instead. church yesterday was absolutely amazing! a really great message--plus i got to see reagan and kelvin and geoffrey and JOHN!!! kelvin and reagan came over for lunch and entertained us for hours--they are absolutely hilarious!!! i love you both! then bailey and i left for the orphanage. all the boarders and staff went to rachel's house down the road. and thenn: the epic hike over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we went! (literally) kids on both sides of you and john tripping you while trying to climb a mountain is really no fun but i had a blast (: when we got back to rachel's we all sat around the tv and watched michael jackson music videos and watched benson show us some moves-it was so great! i guess thats about it, really...i'll stay in touch!

kwaheri
lauren (:

happy 4th!

hey guys! i miss you all so much but kenya just keeps gettin better and better!!! bailey shelby and i spent pretty much all day at the centre with the kids (grace stayed home sick). it was absolutely amazing! i met my new best friend, trevor, yesterday. he taught me some mad soccer skills after about 2 hours of soccer. it was so much fun! i got to see patrick's (patrick is the director of the orphanage) daughter caroline. she has grown so much from two years ago! the kids are also trying to teach me some swahili...i'm picking it up surprisingly fast!!! we had supper with AB and Pat (Pat's Feeding Program) last night at the Kentmere. Thatttt was so much fun! haha i guess that's pretty much it for now- us girls are fixin to head back to the orphanage for another day of fun in the sun (: i'll update facebook with lots of pictures soon..
nakupenda sana!

kwa heri,
lauren (:

finally here.

jambo!!! we finallyyy made it here wednesday morning at around 6:30am (around 10:30pm tuesday night mississippi time). after an hour or so of looking for Bailey's blue duffel (which never showed up...), we hit the ground running. We went to the Nakumatt (Kenya Kmart) and bought groceries, then went to the house we're renting..it's amazing! there's no heat, though, and our water heater has to be turned on an hour in advance for us to have hot showers. Even then, we have to be quick so the rest of the girls can have hot water. After we got settled into our new home, we went to the Limuru Children's Centre (the website link is in my first post) and visited with the boarders. The six new children are absolutely amazing! I absolutely fell in love with Jen, the youngest and one of the newest boarders. We played "tag" for a little while, before I moved on to playing soccer with the boys. My cheeks were hurting by the end of the hour from smiling and laughing- I'm so glad to be back!

We are about to head to the Centre now to eat lunch with the children and help the mums prepare supper for them. Then we'll go to Cheshire, which is the handicapped children's home to do a music night with some missionaries from London we met last night at the Global Connection's farm (again, link in first post). We're looking forward to another busy day!

love from kenya!
lauren (: