Our time in the Northwest US (from mid-December until early April) went by quickly but was thoroughly enjoyable. We loved seeing friends and being a part of our home church again. And of course, my parents loved spending time with David and James and watching them learn and grow. We miss everyone already...
We are grateful for safe travels from Portland to Nairobi, although it was EXHAUSTING. I cannot overstate this. Exhausting. So, so hard. Traveling with toddler boys is hard, in case anyone was wondering. We thankfully had the foresight to rent a hotel during our 12 hour layover in Amsterdam, and we got a few hours of sleep there, which helped...but those 8 and 9 hour plane rides are a DOOZY.
We also spent a week in Nairobi, and visited friends, celebrated Easter, and visited Visible Grace. A week ago we flew to Mwanza, and now are slowly settling back into our house here at the Bible college.
I forgot...
...how hard it is to find good toilet paper here.
...how many ants there are.
...how HOT it can be.
...how slow the internet is.
...that you need to grind your coffee beans first thing in the morning, in case the power goes out.
...how difficult it can be to establish whether or not something in a restaurant is "gluten free".
I also forgot...
...how polite everyone is.
...how gorgeous our front yard is.
...how much everyone loves our boys.
...how big my kitchen is.
...how good it feels to be settled in our own home!
If you haven't heard through Facebook or our newsletter (would you like to get our monthly newsletter? Let me know), I am pregnant with twins! The babies are due in September. This changes our plans for the year pretty significantly...more on that later!
We are almost unpacked and are getting re-settled into our house. James and David are sharing a room, which is...eventful. Abram is teaching an intensive, three-week course on Genesis (because we will go up to Nairobi partly through this term), and I am spending my days trying to prepare for twins, trying to keep up with two TODDLERS, trying to remember how to conjugate verbs in Swahili, trying to get some rest, and trying to figure out what to make for dinner every night.
I will try to update again in a few weeks, but for now, here are a few pictures of David and James exploring our house and being best friends:
