This weekend has been a lot of fun but super busy because we tried to cram as much in as possible for Katie, Ryanne, and Matt. The weekend started Friday night at house 3, with dinner with Joseph, Ovito, John, Isaiah, Wiki, and Patrick.
Again, we can't attend an event like this without bringing our cameras. We hand then out then come back at the end of the night to discover the fun....

Wiki...


Cooking fat, this is what you put on the jiko to help cook the chipati. You have to put it on before the Chipati and even when you flip it, all that to say all of that cooking fat is definitely ending up on your ass...




Ovito


Little John can mess you up with his martial arts


They like to pose with the vegitation





Isiah's having a soccer


Ovito's Chinese












Anthony, the house dad, likes to call this our family picture



Saturday morning we went to the women's prison where James works to spend some time with the female inmates. The warden said they rarely receive visitors so they really appreciated us coming. Allison sang, Ryanne read from the bible and spoke, and at the end the warden asked if we could go to the women individually and pray for them...I have to be honest and say that I havent done this a lot so I was pretty sure I was going to screw it up. But, I ended up loving it.
As I started praying for them I just overwhelmingly wondered if anyone cared for them, if they felt loved or known. It broke my heart to think that these women might feel that they were throw aways, that no one knew they were in prison or cared. No one should feel that way. I just prayed over and over that they would know they were important and were meant for something more than prison...After the prison everyone went to Tumaini and i went home to rest. I've been sick again so I wanted to rest a little

Pool Day!

Yesterday was thursday so that meant it was our day to take the kids that live at Sister Fredas to the pool at the Kitale Club. Last week we were in Nairobi so we weren't able to take the kids, and with Ryanne, Katie, and Matt all being here we were really excited to take them this week...

On thursday mornings I usually walk with Umi and Yulia (our other housemates from the Ukraine and Uzbekistan) to Sister Freda's home and then we all go into town so Freda and Richard can run their errands before we head out to the hospital and pick up the kids...Freda had to go "the market" in town to get some things and I decided to take some pictures of the craziness....






Now on to the pool...Richard said they were really looking forward to going because it had been so long since the last time.










Elia performed a musical poolside


Moses rocked the sunglasses



And also practiced his jumps


Morgan


Gale and Susan


Having some chips (fries) by the pool


Matt


Elia offered Chris his pumpkin, but after Elia smeared it on the ground a couple times, Chris decided he didn't want any


Elia

House Party

Last night we had dinner with the house 1 and house 2 boys from Oasis. We normally only do it on friday nights but since they were out of school and Matt, Katie, and Ryanne are in town we thought we should have a special one because we always have so much fun...

Evans and Johnstone, looking smart in Evans' awesome neon shorts and Mr. Stone's baby blue blazer that he borrowed from Moses...


There was some breakdancing...




"The 'Stache" has evolved into this


All it takes to get 18 people doing the macarena in one room is a little Shakira





Rhihanna's "Please Don't Stop the Music" came on and Chris couldn't help himself, he tried, but the music was just too good...


Bram


Meanwhile in one of the bedrooms, there was an impromptu photoshoot from Moses, Timo, and Johnstone



Not sure why they felt the need to take their shirts off, we also have many photos of Moses with his shirt off, but ill spare you what might make you think were child pornographers


Matt, he really is this sweet


One of my bosses from World Vision back home in America sent CD's and DVD's of some of the gospel artists we partner with and the boys LOVED them...They said a big "Thank you!"


Notice Joseph has his upside down




Paul and my sweaty face


At one point I looked down at the end of the table to find this...


They were playing a dice game called, what else in Kenya but "Corrupt!"


Katie and Timo


A portrait of Timo as he ate...


The boys


Chris loves that service window


Martin




Katie taught Evans how to be gay, I mean, braid hair, while I explained to Steward why when you have kids you have to pay for them...He thought it was absurd that when people in America have kids they have to pay for them...I asked him so who would pay if the parents didn't and he just said "everybody"...right...


It was such chaos, but so much fun...Friday night is house 3 boys...
We just got back from Sister Fredas and taking the little ones to the pool so those pics will be up shortly