We are not bringing God to the people... God has brought us to these people!

We just finished our LAMP (Language Acquisition Made Practical) sessions. Its focus is to teach us tools that will enable us to learn a new language effectively. We started out with phrases, such as “I want to learn your language”, “that’s all I know”, “thank you, goodbye”, as well as some greetings. Then they send you out into the community to go and practice on as many people as you can. Once the kids got over being shy they were really enjoying teaching us to count, body parts, colors, animals, etc. It’s great because now every time we walk through out part of town (Olla Duke) we have numerous children yelling out our Gabbra names, “SABDIO, GORDANNA!!!!” They are so cute!

We have a long way to go, but nothing worth doing is done quickly!

This coming week we are heading out for a home stay in a nearby village… limited communication, but maximized observation.

Every morning the goats and their herders go out to find grass... every evening they come back into their 'mono' - pen for the night. The camel herders do not live in the town... they live in the surrounding villages.
In our house with our sisters and two of their friends... from the left. Talaso, Gano, Chula, Ado, who is holding Sabdio, Chula's sister, Darare and I (Sabdio!). They were shy at first, but now come in to play and sing! we are teaching them Pharoah Pharoah!!!

Our team went out to the Chalbi to star gaze... amazing! Scott, Paul, Enoch, Salome, Sussie, Barbara (my housemate!) Paul and Salome (who has a 4 year old and is expecting!) are from southern Kenya, and are an amazing couple to have on our team! Steve and Angie are from the states, he is a mechanic, and they are expecting! And then Barbara is from the states and she is great fun to have around, very encouraging! Scott and Sussie are our leaders, they have 3 boys! You should be able to find all of their blogs on the side bar...

Some of the 'min' on our end of town. Kalacha is a fairly large settlement... mainly started for relief food. I can't really guess how many live here, over a thousand. The Gabbra are traditionaly nomadic, moving to where the grass is, hauling water on their camels to their villages.