D'enge goes down country...

We got D'enge to drive down! The Chalbi goes on and on, forever and ever... once we finally made it out we then had to climb the mountain up and up...
...and up and up on some crazy roads.
Ezra and his cool shades.
Every stop D'enge was a magnet... just like his father!
We saw giraffe on the road and followed them on foot and got quite close.
You have to guess what he is doing... winner gets a prize!!!
We couldn't find the hare to have a proper race... ah well.
Funny, it't hotter in Kalacha than right on the equator!!!
Our whole team... we got to go to Eldoret to visit Salome's family and see Enock- who has been staying with family.

Cute puppy at Salome's family's place...
Daniel testing the sugarcane.
This was a cool stove, Dad, you would have liked the design!
After drinking freshly sqeezed passion fruit juice, D'enge goes to check out the crop!
Salome makes the BEST CHAI EVER, and her secret is rosemary... which just grows in her back yard!
Enock was happy to see his little brother again... he asked his mom, "Is this the same baby you had last time?" "BAD COW" - the stick contraption is for the bad ones that climb through fences... brilliant! I think I will try this on my horses at home!
Now you try this on your bike!!!

D'ENGE (DANG-gay)

Daniel is here for a short visit! As soon as I introduced him to Abbo he was given the name, D'ENGE. Which means tall, skinny one. Now compared to the Gabra Daniel is not so skinny but it's a good name for him. These pics have no sequence... they just show a bit of what we did while D'enge was here.

Barille, D'enge and Barako.
We had loose firewood ontop of the truck and as we drove toward a lone palm tree, in the middle of the desert, we said the we were "lookig for rope"... D'enge was a bit confused and was looking around on the ground for 'rope'. But it didn't take him long to join us in making ropes out of palm branchs
This is inovation for you... you place the speaker ontop of the hole to make your own base system.
I am glad that Daniel was here long enough to get a chance to go out to the villages to see some Bible story telling.
Kalacha T.V. channel 3... Barbara putting in contacts.
We were visiting and a huge dust devil smashed right into their house... so Daniel offered to help- to the amusment of all watching- because fixing houses is women's work!
Chai at Robe's... Dan was a bit suprised at the amount of chai we drink!
Daniel - suffering from the heat, a stomach bug, sunburn as well as very sore legs from long periods of sitting on small rocks... He is such a good sport!
Visiting and chai drinking.
Brushing teeth in the morning.
Camel fly - the bane of our existance. I have yet to kill one of those things... They are almost immortal, you cannot kill them unless you decapitate them... I am not kidding. You can squish it with a rock and it will still fly away. Daniel was learning from Robe how to pull their heads off.

Our neighbor just out front gave us a present of meat... now that is very exciting because meat is scarce when it is drought time and here our neighbor is sharing with us!
One of our neighbors coming with a request.
You can't see, but D'enge is playing Jenga with the children... Jenga=build in Swahili.
Sabdio Diko playing 'Rush Hour'... THANK YOU CONNIE!!!
Daniel is making cars for our sisters.
Guchi is so cute!
Daniel driving in the Chalbi... according to our passengers he is an 'expert driver'.
I refused to do his laundry... my Gabra friends were shocked that I would not do my brother's laundry!
We have heard that if a scorpian is put into a ring of fire it will sting itself to death rather than burn... Daniel wanted to see if it was true!

Green Pastures

One morning walk we came upon the feeding grounds of the donkeys.
Not much for 'green' or 'food'.


Enough said!

One of These...

We had a prayer conference recently. Like minded people, working with nomadic peoples in the north of Kenya, get together to talk, fellowship and pray. But throughout the week I thought more and more about the children. These children grow up in a mixture of cultures and places. These children have many opportunities yet 'miss out' on what we consider normal. These children are here for a reason and it's our job to pray that God will use them as they grow and where ever they end up.
Ja-el
Ezra
Silas
Uriah
Miriam
Acacia
Kieran
Kyle and Kaedon

"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3