welcome home.

God held back the rains, and Mindy and I arrived back on the compound an hour before the river began flowing!  (The flowing river would have kept us either in Loki or Kapoeta and prevented us from reaching the compound.)  We were greeted by Jonas, a friend at the tented camp where we left our car to be repaired during our Nairobi trip.  He held out his hand and said, "Welcome home!"

The trip to Nairobi was for a meeting with company personnel, and then some time for restocking!

 Here's the flowing river on the way out.  It went over the hood of the car, but we made it across.  We waited for seven hours until the sky looked like...

This!  The plane landed here and took us straight to Nairobi.

 We stayed with the jgirls in Nairobi before the meeting.  This is when we celebrated Mindy's birthday with breakfast!  I made/attempted to make coconut pancakes.

And we had strawberries!!!!!

 At the meeting, we helped to raise money for Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (which sends and keeps  m's on the field!).  Mindy and I got henna!

 This is what mine looked like as it was drying.

One night was birthday themed, and I sat at the March table.  Our table's decor was rodeo (hence the bandana) and our table decorator gave us all presents!  I got socks!!!  Which I was REALLY excited about, because my toes were FREEZING!!!!!

Traffic and roads in Nairobi are never a bore.

Birthday bash for four July bdays at an Italian restaurant!

 Fro-yo at Planet Yogurt...a Nairobi fave of mine.  This is me with Jessica, my roomie from training in Zambia!

 Emily and Mindy

The gang from training--Jamie, me, Jessica, and Anna-Grace

We started homeschool today, and it went well!  I realized how much I missed teaching for the past month.  It poured rain ALL day long, and the river is REALLY flowing (meaning it poured rain in the mountains too!).  Praise the Lord for a safe trip home and for the rain!