Junio's Bday, conference and Annabelles sick

Hi everyone...its been far to long since the last post. I'll add more pictures in a second, but to update you. We finished Language school, spent a week in Dar es Salaam and then drove up the coast to Malindi Kenya for our annual branch conference with our organization. We had a great week, and Junio had a great birthday during conference. However Annabelle continues to remain sick with rashes and a cold, and so instead of returning to Dar es Salaam Friday, we flew to Nairobi yesterday to see doctors about Annabelle's health. This is the best place for it. God is providing for a place to stay and access to a car and great new friends to help us learn where to go and how to go there. Below I intend on putting pictures on Junio's birthday, and Annabelle and anything else I can find. Our camera really has "died" now so the pictures are very limited...I am excited to get a new one form the states very soon. thanks for you prayers and for keeping posted.

Jeremy

Annabelle's Walking, Junio's cooking!

Hey everyone,
here are some more pictures taken this week. Thanks for watching.

For those interested: the verb "angalia" is to watch. to say "I am watching" you can say ni (I) na (am) angalia(watching)....ninaangalia! thanks

Jamie went to the house of one of the workers at the camp on wednesday when i went into town. She made Mandazis which are like little african donuts minus the holes and less sugar. The lady who is holding Annabelle in the picture is Mama Zaina. We were inside her house with dirt walls and floor but her house is a little fancier because it has a tin roof as opposed to the grass ones. The thing she is cooking over is called a jiko and it is a little coal stove. Junio helped cook the mandazi's by rolling out the dough and cutting it into triangles. We took them back to share with everyone after dinner for dessert and he was so proud of himself telling everyone that he made them.

Annabelle has started walking all the time now although she reverts back to crawling on uneven ground. She is so proud of herself. Junio and his friends, Brennan and Luke caught a lizard the other day and put him in a jar and spent the day catching bugs for him to eat. We let him go at night though!

We have been trying to cram all that we can into learning Swahili since we only have a week left of class. Pray that we will keep going with it and won't get discouraged!!