Return to Kenya

We’ve been back in Kenya for over 2-months.  The time has been going by very quickly.  So much has happened since we've been back.  The big difference I feel on this second half of our rotation is rhythm.  Janine and I have gotten into a rhythm in a number of ways.  We both have been really good about exercising.  The girls work out weekday mornings at 6:30 am to Jillian.  Silently they lift rocks and run in place while the guys have better sense to stay in a bed a few more minutes.

I work out with two other guys every other day, and we have a routine that includes lots of pushups, pull-ups and using a bucket of rocks in place of a kettle bell.  We’ve both only had minimal times where we have had to “phone it in” as we say when we don’t work out.

I've developed some good spiritual discipline as well.  Every morning at 7:15 I meet up with one of my teammates, Matt Lee, and have a prayer time.  We’ve been reading through Psalms together during that time, then we pray.  It’s been really amazing.

We also have had a very intentional pray time one Tuesday nights with several of our teammates and I’ve really felt God during that time using it to minister to us and for us to minister to each other.


One of of our best friends, Brittany Girle, had the chance to come visit us in early February.

It was really awesome the Britt got to come visit and see our life here.  Janine has never had a visitor in her 4 rotations here, so finally having one of her best friends come was amazing.  Beside seeing our daily life we got to take a trip to the Masi Mara, and witnessed some amazing creation.

Thats a pride of lions behind us feasting on a kill.

Work has been really busy.  We only have been working 5 days a week, instead of 6 which has been relaxing.  But work days still are between 10-12 hours and pretty intense.  


Two of our teammates had birthdays one day apart.  Janine and Thomas worked on game night called "Reindeer Games."  Rebecca and Jess went head to head with the help of selected teams.  Everybody dressed up crazy like, as you could expect knowing Janine planned it.

We only have about a month here in Kenya, before we go on break for 3 weeks.  We will spend a night in Amsterdam on April 25th, celebrating our 2 yr. wedding anniversary.  We will spend our actual wedding anniversary on an 8 hr. bus ride to Nairobi to catch the plane.  At the beginning of May we will fly to Peru to spend 4 days hiking the Inca Trail with 14 close friends, including my brother and Brittany.  The Inca Trail starts in Cuzco and ends at Machu Pichu on the 4th day at Sunrise!  After that we fly back to Kenya for six more weeks, and transition our programs to the new team, Foundation Team 8.  
We leave Kenya to move back to the US on June 30th.  We are not flying straight home though.  We will spend two weeks traveling around Ireland with two of our teammates, Matt and Jenn Lee.  We are super excited about that trip.  Janine and I have talked about traveling to Ireland for some time, and we are happy to be doing it with some close friends.


God has really blessed Janine and I in travel and experiencing many different cultures and meeting many different people.  We enjoy it so much to see the creativity that exists across the world, even in every human face.


We miss home alot these days, mainly because of friends and family, although I'd be lying if I said Chick-fil-A didn't factor slightly into the reasoning as well.


See you all in a month or so!