But seriously, our team along with our summer interns and some people from our church (one of which is British ironically) all celebrated (on a British compound) our independence from the British (which the Kenyans can totally relate to and appreciate) on the 4th. It was your traditional 4th of July celebration! We had great food, weather, and company!! I mean that's what your celebration always consists of on the 4th right? Food, outdoors, and family!! Oh yeah and FIREWORKS! Sadly, we did not have any of those but I think we made due without them. We got to enjoy sunshine, warm weather in the midst of our winter season, some games of badminton (further proof we were in a British compound), homemade greenbean casserole, scalloped potatoes, meat hot off the grill, and Fourth of July themed desserts and drinks! We topped the night off we being in a food coma and good conversation with some great people! I don't know what I expected out of a Fourth of July in Kenya but I will say it was a great way to celebrate away from home. And even though I did not get to see fireworks in person, I knew I could count on social media to post enough photos and videos to suit my fancy!
The British compound where joe and Caitlyn live and also where we celebrated!
Our festive drinks !
The super delicious 4th of july cake:)
Also, when Christine and I returned to Tim and Jody Jackson's place that night (since we are still house sitting for them) we got ready for bed and turned in. Well, I have been sleeping with their cat every night who was pretty pregnant. And this particular night she was restless and meowing a lot and come to find out she decided to go into labor at midnight that night! So, Christine and I were by her side the whole time as she had to lick the baby to life, help it to nurse, while also pushing out the next one. I tell you God made his creatures to be some kind of tough because humans would never have the endurance or patience for all of that stress at once! But little toroak (the mother) had her 3 kittens in a span of 2 hours and they are all healthy and doing great! So is momma kitty! And I am excited to announce that I will be taking one as my own once she is old enough! And yes, she will be traveling back to the states with me when I leave Kenya as a permanent pet :)
As our time at Tim and Jody's is ending tomorrow, I will be sad to not be with momma and her kittens everyday but I know Tim and Jody will be so excited to spend ample amounts of time with their sweet girl and her babies! Not to mention we must be gearing up because Tim and Jody are arriving with our next and last team for the summer, the city project team from the summit, tomorrow so we all must get in our places! As we go into these next two weeks, I would ask that you would be praying with us for this team to come ready to share the love of Christ with these people and that not only would the people here be changed by their presence but that these city project students would be changed by seeing the gospel come alive among the nations!
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