To start things off I’ll show you where we ate lunch while in Nairobi on Thursday.  We ran into a friend (God must have wanted us to meet because this was a miracle to run into her) Veronica and she wanted to treat us to lunch…thanks Veronica!

First you order how  many kg’s of meat you want and the type (beef, goat, chicken at least I think there was chicken available).  Veronica ordered for us and she got beef, goat and a mixture for a total of 3kg’s for 7 people.  After ordering you sit down and wait for the butcher to bring out the meat, which he cuts at your table:

It was my first experience at nyama choma (roasted meat) and if you read my earlier post a bit of a challenge for me.  However I did find it tasty and thanked Veronica for the new experience!

Now for the photos I promised last Thursday…

For most of the kids who even had mattresses this is what they looked like – some just rolled up in a blanket and slept on the wire.

Now they’ll have brand new foam mattresses!  Thank you donors…you know who you are and so does God!

Here are the “mattress helpers”!  They worked together to count, haul and stack the mattresses so now they are ready to be handed out…photos of that coming soon since we are handing them out today!

Then we delivered exercise books (like composition books) to Stella, the head mistress at the Academy.  The wind was blowing them out of the wheelbarrow so we got someone to help out.  She may seem a bit shy but she was extremely excited to help!

Then I was off to visit Class 8 to get a class photo…please pray for these students as they prepare for their final exam.

Chuck handed out sweets to the Class 4 students (he handed out to the lower classes the day before) but these little ones were trying to “encourage” him to give them another one.

Lunch time and pals were hanging out.

At the end of the day the bus was filled to capacity for it’s final run (out of 3) for the day.  This bus is VERY old, it is usually in the shop daily for repairs (just the other day the water pump needed replaced) and has rolled its odometer 3 times!  Needless to say the Academy is in need of another reliable bus.

Once the campus had settled down from the school day, the girls began hauling water to their dorm area for bathing.

It was a busy day but a good day.  We thank God for everyone who helped and continues to help Saved By God’s Grace, when He moves you to donate that helps us to work on the next item on God’s to-do list for the children here in Kenya.