House

Another very welcome addition our own car- A Honda CRV

I think it is pink, Alex says purple, but most importantly it is a 4x4, has air conditioning and was cheaper than our ford focus!

This is our house – if you look closely you can see Pumba on the veranda

This is one of those advertisement shots!

You can see the disadvantage of only bringing 4 bags with us and this is after being here over a month!

Random room that houses the fridge with lots of lovely photos of all of you on it.

Kitchen + units - at last – notice the bleached lines on the floor, that was me having fun with hydrochloric acid (sold here as toilet cleaner!)

Dining room + complete road map of Africa- just what every house needs!

Our bedroom is basically one big mossy net – Alex designed and made it all by himself – those 4 years of an engineering masters were definitely worth it

Puppy

Our new addition – Pumba – 7 weeks

Alex will tell you he is not excited about having a puppy but this photo says otherwise!

Feb 2008

Last night in Nairobi

The last time with unfrizzy/short hair (something about hot places makes hair grow very fast)

Last evening with our first term co-ordinators . The couple in the middle are Eddie and Rachel (on the team) the 3 girls are theirs and they are missing a 6 month and 6 year old boy

Arrive on a tropical Island in our own plane Very VIP

This was also a classic Alex face!

The LAMP (Language acquisition made practical) group + local language helpers

I personally found the 2 babies especially helpful!

The LAMP group

My lovely language helper Grace

Can you see the likeness?

What do you do on your Saturdays?? 

Africa... the story so far 2

Some new friends

Neil – a scott, Amanda Air pilot and Lorien who is travelling with us for the  language course

College Dorms we were the 1st floor on the left

A beautiful setting for Scott

Proof of life! My hair is not really red – just the evening sun

Chick juggling – you should have heard the screams from the children when he started this

Our new home  – any creative thoughts here???

Lounge and dining room

Yet another room

With only 2 suitcases each we will be rattling around somewhat!!

The Bathroom –there is also an en suite off the main bedroom

Our room pre packing to fly!!

Julie’s new hair cut!!

Africa the Story so far 1

Sat 12th Jan in the Rift Valley on the way to a game park for Julie’s birthday – still looking pasty!!

Some of what we saw – it was really beautiful

You can almost see whiskers!!

Fish Eagle eating a flamingo

White rhino – having dinner

Praise the Lord for His blessing, no one had seen a leopard for a couple of weeks before this

A Day in the Life... A typical Monday

7.30am Alarm goes off and up we get to make tea for the pr-yer meeting that happens at our house every morning.

8:15-8:45 We read though a Psalm each day and pr-y for the work, the team as well as praise God for what he is doing

9.00 Subby (not real name) - our M house help arrives to start cleaning and cooking - wonderful

9.30am Attempt at some individual language study – if we are honest this is often bumped for more pressing issues like, no electricity or no water coming into the house.

11.30 – Our language helpers arrive, Grace and I usually end up helping Subby cook, this is great language practice for me and also a cooking lesson thrown in!!

2.00 – Off to town for various jobs – boy do I miss Tesco – I have to go to 5 different places to buy the food we will need for the next 3 days!! Also a chance to get some language practice in with real people not just books horray!!!

5.00pm Back home to make food for this evening I feel like I am camping – having to use a gas stove!!

7.00pm Often evenings are free so we watch DVD’s or read.

coming soon

Alex and Julie will be starting a blog to share their experiences of life in africa.