The Sharing Way

Erica with Bruno & Kathleen Soucey and Sam Matisia

We had the joy of taking part in a bit of the Sharing Way meetings that were happening here in Kenya last week. The Sharing Way, is the relief and development arm of Canadian Baptist Ministries. TSW works to address issues of poverty and humanitarian crisis as part of commitment to serve our global neighbours in Christ's love. It was wonderful to meet our colleagues working throughout East Africa and India; among the group were our fellow maritimers -- the Souceys!

They will have been serving in Rwanda one year this September. There son Ben, has hit a major growth spurt (for all of you who have met the Souceys, you will be interested to know that Ben is nearly a head taller than he was last summer). I (Aaron) had the fun taking Ben hunting for clothes in the outdoor markets. Ben also joined us for a morning of classes in Eastleigh, where he thought the cratered roads were comparable to those of Kigali, Rwanda.

We also had the pleasure of spending some time with a short term mission team from Duncan, British Columbia. Their pastor, Mark Buchanan, was a part of Erica's first mission trip to Kenya, back in 2004. It was great to see and hear of their experiences serving the among churches here in Nairobi province.

A few Updates:
Please be keeping us in prayer today as we are having a home visit with the Adoption Agency. They will be the ones to decide if we can foster Ava.

Good News/Bad News. The Bad News is that Erica's "dependant pass" is stuck somewhere in the complicated "process" of Kenyan immigration. It could be weeks or months before we receive it and are able to complete our alien registration. The Good News is that our contact in the Immigration department has graciously extended the visas in Erica, Tristan and Emma's passports for an additional three months! This is fantastic -- we're all legal again.

Finally, we are excited to be seeing friends from New Brunswick this week as Marylin Smith, Lois Mitchell and Coleen Steeves are all here in Kenya as part of a special missions trip concerning water and women's issues in Kenya. They all arrived safe and sound last Friday, and we plan on meeting them tomorrow evening and again on Friday while they are in the city.





This little vervet monkey was spying on us during the Sharing Way meetings. He was very interested in our breakfast, and would also jump down on our landing and peek in our windows when ever we left our room. Had the kids been with us, I'm sure he would have a name by now.