A whole lot of shak'n going on!

We seem to be in the thick of the long gray Nairobi Winter and we are missing the sun shine. We never imagined how cold it would get here -- I guess we could have packed those good ol' Canadian toques! No snow, but at night we can actually see our breath while we are in bed. There is no central heating here in Kenya, so we are piling up the blankets.

The earthquakes have continued, we’ve lost count, but we have felt at least two large tremors every night, and many small tremors during the day. One of our friends had been feeling them earlier in the week not realizing what was happening, she thought she had some physical problem and needed to see a doctor. She was a little embarrassed but very relieved to discover that they were earthquakes and not seizures. The worst seem to be over now. Reports tell us that the epicenter was in Tanzania where an eruption took place (about 200 km from us).

On Thursday, we celebrated the completion of our Advanced English Class. It was also a good-bye party for our friend Holly who has been teaching this class for the past two months. Holly leaves this week to return to Kansas where she serves as a youth pastor in her church. The students made a great connection with her. One of the Somali guys got up during her final class and wrote on the white board “We love you Holly where ever you are!”. We’ll miss you too Holly. (We have some great photos from the last day of class that we will post later today).