Bits and Pieces

Little shops (or dukas) like this line the streets of Eastleigh, selling everything from used clothing, produce and freshly charred corn-on-the-cob to bits and pieces of metal and wire (often salvaged by children and youth from the garbage dumps of Nairobi). It is amazing to see the shear variety of what people are buying and selling.

It was a joy this week to spend time with Sharlene and Brian Craig, visiting from CBM's head office in Toronto. On Thursday, we brought the Craigs into Eastleigh to meet the women of Iftin and to see some of the work we are apart of at the Eastleigh Community Centre. Today, we gathered together as the Kenya team for worship and a potluck lunch with the Craigs at the beautiful home of our team mates. Ava was in heaven, dancing to the worship music and trying on every one's shoes and sandals.

This week we are celebrating Ava's second birthday on Wednesday, October 29th. We continue to wait on the court to locate Ava's case file. We are pryaing that it will be found this week so that we can get a date for November.

We are also getting final preparations together for Don and Joy Hepburn, a couple who are coming to serve with us in Eastleigh for a month in November and December. Along with volunteering at the Community Centre, they will be leading the teachers at the centre through professional development training in cooperative learning. We are looking forward to their arrival early in November.