Nossi and Winnie's future school

Last Thursday I asked Nossi and Winnie if they wanted to see the school we were building for them, so we took a little roadtrip, just outside the fence near our house. They were pretty excited to be a part of the contruction project for a little while, and very happy to have their future school so near to their house.

Headed out to the site

Brick piles seem pretty tall when you're five

Their reaction to hearing that this will someday be THEIR school

Walls coming up on Angel House Secondary

A look in through a future window

Security, double-fold

Not only does Angel House have a new fence around all the buildings on the property to boast of, but as an added reminder last Friday, God showed us that He is with us always...nothing beats a double rainbow as a promise of His presence.

Derrick's hot pants and cool shoes

This one's for you, Eric and Liz...just wanted you to see that he's actually dressed like a boy today, minus the candy-cane striped pants. Decided he'd like to try on my shoes and socks during choir practice...kept himself entertained for at least an hour...thought you could use a refresher on the award-winning smile.

Look who's driving!

Yes, Miss Anna Migera ChaCha put herself through a course of driving lessons with a local taxi driver to learn how to drive a car, and has graduated on up to the orphanage truck (which is no easy task to have accomplished...). She might be one of the only other two women besides Liz and I that I have seen driving in Tarime; one more example of how strong and determined she is. Up this week...getting her a driver's license so she's actually driving legally.

Salome and her kitty

Pickles the cat has been living at the volunteer house since her owners returned to America for a year last August; our friends David and Nicole, Baptist missionaries also new to town, asked us to babysit her until they returned from home leave this coming August. When it's just me here in town, I don't spend enough time at the volunteer house to be very good company, so yesterday I made the kids day by bringing Pickles out to live at Gamasara with us. She's still adjusting to life with 50 children, as you might imagine, but slept with Salome last night who is VERY excited to have the honor of taking care of her and letting her sleep in her room. Who knows, on one of these trips to pick up volunteers in Nairobi, I might just have to come back with a dog, too.