Today

The "gang" skyping Lauren
Grace and I have had a great day. Last night we said goodbye to Bailey and Kimberly who should be arriving back in the US this evening. This morning we sent Anna, Karen, and Jessie off on safari and had a quiet morning at home with pancakes for breakfast (for some reason, pancakes taste even better in Kenya!). After church at Tigoni Fellowship, we brought 9 of the boarders to Brackenhurst for lunch (somehow we ended up with more than we had planned on - it usually ends up that way). We watched movies, ate birthday cake (celebrating John's new birthday a little early) and made homemade caramel corn. They left our house stuffed and probably more than one with a tummy ache! But we had a great time with them. Late in the afternoon we went to skype Lauren, but the connection was pretty bad. She could hear us but we couldn't hear her... so we would speak to her and she would type her responses. The kids got a kick out of it and every so often we would hear her voice - they were amazed. We're spending the evening cleaning up the house and sorting through everything that is left to decide where to take it. Hopefully the power will be more stable - it went about at least 10 times in 2 hours last night... as soon as I would get the candles lit, it would come on again. I finally gave up and went to bed to read (thank goodness for a Kindle with a built-in light). Everyone else was at Kentmere with Pat, so I had a nice quiet night at home alone.

I probably won't be writing much more since the trip is winding down. Just two more nights to sleep in Kenya! As far as prayers, please lift up the team returning from safari Tuesday morning and all of us as we travel home Tuesday and Wednesday. Goodbyes are always hard - would appreciate prayer for that as well.