Mombasa - Vacation time at the coast.

Vacation time for our team.  We headed to the coast (to make up for the lack of water and vegetation in the desert!). I went with Scott, Susie, their boys and Barbara, and we all had a very good time there. 

Nicely burnt to a crisp!

"Building the Kingdom."  You never go on vacation from being a witness where ever you are.

World's cutest child.

The hunters following the tide out.

Hunting for squid and shells.

Our guide showing Kyle the different fishes.

We took a boat out to our very own island.  We had it all to our selves because we packed a lunch and stayed the whole afternoon to do as many hours of snorkeling as we could, meanwhile the rest of the tourists went back to the fancy sea food restaurant.   

We enjoyed the snorkeling, and saw SO many neat things! God is awesome!

Fearless

Fisherman in a carved out canoe and a tattered sail.

This made me laugh!

African Roads...

On our trip down I was one of the drivers, for starters, only until the pavement started. I have been observing the driving patterns here but have not come to any conclusions, except you have to be crazy and calm to survive! Offensive driving, with some arrogance and skill mixed in!

Lets just say it will be quite some time before I attempt to drive near any town or city!

Police check/stop.  They don't have police cars here, so these stops are scattered about the roads to keep traffic laws.  They do random checks and signal you to stop with a wave (or at night with a flashing flashlight).  I wondered what would happen if you didn't stop... no one 'doesn't stop' - they have spikes and guns.

On every road, big or small, there are animals either beside the road grazing, crossing over in herds, darting out for fun or some sheep and goats even pick nice busy streets to take their naps in... they know they are important and that trucks will drive around them.

I wonder if there really are such things as 'lanes', no one follows them.  If you are big, you may drive where you like! Passing is crazy, avoiding pot holes is important and on the whole you never really know where people will be driving.

This was the ferry scene - people, cars, bikes mixed in with some chaos. 

Normal. Even in lanes of busy roads these are common obstacles to maneuver around.

Now this is more like it... I think I could handle this type of driving!

Kijabe - Rift Valley Academy

Steve and Angie, the proud parents of Ezekiel Stone Harding.

Finally we got to see the new baby and his happy parents.

Barbara, delighted to be at a piano again, playing with Kyle and Keadon. I think she likes pianos as much as I like horses... if that is possible.

Oh to see flowers again! I never knew how much I loved or missed them!

This could be a scene out of Pride and Prejudice.  It was so refreshing to have so much greenery surrounding us on all sides! 

Kieran!

To the Pavement!

Normally I dislike driving... but here it is fun!  

River crossings become very tricky when this dry land finally gets some rain. This lori had been stuck there for 3 or 4 days all ready.  We drove across with no problems.

Mr. Lizard

This river bed wasn't so easy to cross... We had to be winched out of this one.  Because of the rains a trip that normally takes 4 hrs was lengthened to 1o hrs because we had to back track to find a way around the impassible river beds. 

This had all been dry just two day before when we came down to Kurungu.

Even when you hit pavement not all is easy going...