Hi Everyone!
Mama finally gets to write! What an experience this is leading a missions trip and being a wife and mama! God has been sooo gracious to us! You wouldn’t believe how amazing KG did on the plane rides here. She actually slept a bit and we have some funny stories to tell! She did really well the first day but all the sleep deprivation and stimulation did her in by the second day and that was toughest day for she and I. But wow, has she adjusted amazingly!!! The people LOVE her and she loves them. We keep getting confirmation over and over about how well she will do here and that is so encouraging for me mama! The kids here love her too and it’s funny because they see white adults all the time but don’t see white babies, so she is a star everywhere we go! Today we went to an animal orphanage and there were a lot of schools there and the kids were following us around watching KG. It was so funny. Every time she would do anything they would laugh and get excited! I think she was more exciting than the simbas. ☺ When we did the outreach in one of the slums, the kids were fascinated by her. When they started grabbing for her feet, we headed back to the matatu (bus) and hid out there for the rest of the time. Of course KG couldn’t sit still so she pretended to drive the bus with our driver and flirt with the children out the window. The kids thought her name was so cool and they would stand at the door and call to her. I probably don’t have to say that she LOVES the attention and all the love the team is showing her. Yesterday as we sat out in the country in a half made stick home she went around to many of our team members and laid on their laps and let them love her. Of course Auntie La is still her favorite! After the retreat she hardly would go to her daddy just La and I. But daddy has won his way back in to her heart. ☺ KG loves the African food and now eats double what she ate at home. We think she is going through a growth spurt! She is so long and her hair is really growing here. You won’t recognize her! ☺ People even say they think she is Kenyan. Here is one more story. At the women’s retreat when the American worship was happening she was not interested and would try to move the chairs around but when the African music started she would start dancing and clapping. I thought that was so classic. ☺ Please continue to pray for us. KG does have a cough that is congested and a clear runny nose but boy has the Lord protected her from sooooo much. Oh, one more thing, the first two days when we were trying to adjust to the time, we think she was cutting an upper molar because after about 5 days we saw it! What a tough cookie. We are headed to Kisumu this Sunday through Wed. Please pray for protection against Malaria and that our time would be fruitful for our future. Also that we would be a blessing to our missionary friends who need some encouragement. I love you and miss you all, especially grandparents. God bless you! Peg