sunday extra

So I am trying to upload pictures, and am still unsuccessful. Sad. :(

But it is fun to be here on a Sunday anyway, and I will just give some other fun things going on. I forgot to tell the sushi story. So one night we had fish, which was a really exciting time because we do not normally have that. We also had green beans one day, which was also really exciting. Anyway, I tried explaining to Duncan and Lilian about sushi and sashimi, and they were absolutely appalled. I wish I could have recorded their faces. hahahahha. They are engrained on my mind, and you can imagine. :)

The roads are also an adventure in themselves. Yesterday the power went out at the internet cafe, so I walked the road to it more than the one round trip. There are no sidewalks in Likoni, so anything from cars, people, bicycles, the water guys with their carts of water and pieces of metal clanking on the sides to warn people that water is passing by (think of same concept as an ice cream truck), cows, goats, sheep, motorbikes, and these three -wheeled vehicles called tuk-tuk's can be going along the road at the same time. When you get closer to the main town, it is a lot more congested, and you can add onto the road the fly-ridden market places with people sitting in front of what they are selling. Because it is such an adventure every time, I don't know if I have gotten used to it. :) But it is fun. haha.

Some fun stories of our worship times. We have sung such fun songs. Most of the Kenyan songs have hand motions or some kind of dancing. We sang this one song at the end of last week where each country or tribe in the room is celebrated. The basis of the song is that God is praised in all of these places. And when they call out your country or tribe, those people had to go in front and show some kind of dance. It was great. Each tribe has their own style of dancing, and it was a lot of fun. For example, the Masai tribe, where John and Catherine are from, the tribal dance involves this really high jumping. It is incredible how high John can jump. And it was hysterical when our whole team tried to imitate. hahahahha. John was almost on the floor cracking up. haha.
We also sang this other song this week that is about how Jesus is alive in all parts of us. It is kind of like a "heads, shoulders, knees, and toes" song. It was a lot of fun too. It is a lot of fun to dance with the people here. We spend most of the time laughing.

And I will end with another story of my friend John. ha. His home village is near a lot of animals, and he tells these crazy stories of his encounters with lions, snakes, and elephants. Apparently, most Kenyans are terrified of elephants, saying that they and buffaloes are more dangerous than any other animal, even lions. When I told them that I once rode an elephant (at marine world, ha) they were appalled. Their immediate reaction was "that was not an elephant." haha. But I guess John was once in a field and saw an elephant completely trample a person, as well as proceed to throw the person through some trees. I can only imagine why they consider these animals to be so scary. But we were sharing last week about some times in our lives when we were thankful to God, and John told this story about how he was in a field and he somehow found himself only a few feet away from an elephant. But by the grace of God, it did not see him, and his life was spared. The way that John tells it is so much better, but you'll have to wait for me to come home for me to try and imitate his animated storytelling. :) In the meantime, I will try and get a video of his jumping. :)

Life here is by no means easy. But God is good. :)
Have a great and grateful day!