Living the African Dream...: Rewind, #1

So between the packing, goodbyes, last minute playing, trips, etc. I left little time for myself to blog (or I didn't want to admit that I would have to post "leaving" posts... either way..), and since we've been "borrowing" internet from neighbors with just one bar, making the connection slower than Kijabe internet (which is some seriously slow internet..), I've decided to take this chance to post while I'm using a coffee shop's super fast internet. I realized I never posted about midterm this last term, meaning I'm posting about a month and a half late, but that's okay, right? It seems like that's the way I've done most of my blog posts, so why stop now eh?

For 3rd term midterm Jenny, Sarah and I decided to go visit Jenny's college friends who lived in Nakuru, a town about 2 hours from Kijabe. It's home to a small wildlife park and Lake Nakuru, but we decided to opt out of the small safari and just relax. We hopped onto a matatu after much drama at the top of the hill and were on our way.

Jenny's friends work with a missions organization that has a Baby Center - a center for abandoned and orphaned babies up to 4 years old - so we obviously wanted to visit and play with the sweet little ones. Let me tell you, they were PRECIOUS. Actually, let me show you...

This little boy was my partner for church on Sunday... he was a squirmy one, but so so sweet!

The Baby Center is quite the place - great facilities, great workers, and a great ministry. They only keep kids until they're 4, but they've never had to send a kid away because they've all been adopted by the time they've needed to leave, so it's a wonderful testimony to God's faithfulness and goodness.

We also took a little trip to a big crater thing (this is the problem with blogging after my memory has faded... I don't remember what it actually was... ) and looked out across the beautiful Kenyan country... I love that place...