This week

Here are some pics of our place: One is a pic of the house we have mostly been living in. Another is a picture of the girl, Jiliani that takes care of Annabelle and Junio while we are in class, and the last is a picture of Junio and his friend Mikayla outside the tent we lived in while they were putting a bathroom on our stone house. We just moved back to the stone banda with a bathroom and it has been so wonderful.
Today both Jeremy and I got to come into to town to run errands. There are only vehicles that come into town every so often and usually there is not enough room for the whole family. So, we celebrated when we found a shop with Ice cream cones. Yeah!! Some of you have asked about our access to e-mail. We only have e-mail when we come into town and use the internet cafe. Sometimes it is slower than mud and we never know when we will for sure be able to come into town. So, thank you all for your patience in our slow returns to e-mail and things.
Swahili school is going well. My class is doing a play of the story of Joseph in Kiswahili. We are writing it and performing it ourselves. I am playing the part of Jacob, Joseph's father and the baker who has the bad dream and gets his head cut off. We have to memorize all our lines in Swahili so it is a little nerve-wrecking. Jeremy is getting prepared to teach a lesson in Swahili to his class on how to play a song on the guitar. He has to completely explain it in Swahili. This should be challenging but fun.
Annabelle is doing well, for those of you who didn't know, she did take her first steps but hasn't really started walking. She prefers to crawl or swim in the dirt. She is always covered from head to toe in dirt when we pick her up from childcare.
Junio is doing well. There is another American family coming tomorrow with 5 and 10 year old boys. Junio will start taking Swahili lessons with the other 5 year old boy on Monday for an hour a day. This is very fortunate because his friend Mikayla is leaving to go back to New Zealand next week and they probably won't see each other again for awhile.
God Bless you all and thank you for your prayers!!