tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86728065416858504672024-03-06T12:02:32.935-08:00SteuryngsStories and musings of the SteurysJon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-44943916985487885952013-11-21T06:42:00.000-08:002013-11-21T06:42:40.076-08:00Reordering Our NormalThere is a line in the Velveteen Rabbit book where the bunny asks, "how do we become real?" I had not thought of that line for years. Recently however, I've begun to ask myself how do new missionaries become acclimated to where they find themselves on the mission field? How did I ever become acclimated? I keep thinking, I must have just been totally oblivious when I got here! Sometimes when I'm asked how I handled a certain thing, I can't even remember!! I must have had some adjusting to do..I just can't remember a LOT of it! Its not that I am insensitive to their plight, I'm certainly not. I just wonder..'where was I when I was supposed to be going through this." How did my life here become normal? When did the extraordinary become…well normal.<br />
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Here are some examples. We were driving through a small town near Lake Naivasha and it was at the end of the day. People were pouring out along the streets going home. Naivasha is where the Peace Corps has its headquarters. I watched a guy who was obviously a Peace Corps volunteer as he walked along the road. About 100 meters up the road I could see a giraffe, as big as day, standing by the paved road eating off the thorn trees. He was not shy about any of the people going by and the people never stopped to look twice. I remember thinking, "That Peace Corp guy is in for a big surprise!" Well, I watched as he got closer to the giraffe. The guy didn't even hesitate!! He just looked up and kept walking! He didn't even falter in his steps! When in the world did walking by a giraffe on your daily commute become normal?<br />
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Another example that comes to mind. When we lived about 12 km from Maasai Mara at Olderkesi, we had some friends come visit for the weekend. We were sitting around after they arrived and we remembered that this was the time of year that the wildebeest were migrating from Tanzania. We said, "Hey, you guys want to go over to the park and see the wildebeest migration?" After a minute they and us decided not to go! Granted, we had all seen it already, but now that I think of it I wonder when did that natural wonder of the world become something we took for granted?<br />
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Here is my last one example for now. I have a dear friend who came with her family to live and work at Tenwek. We were so glad to be their hosts here in Nairobi their first weekend in Kenya. I loved watching her reactions to all the new things. All the fun stuff and all the things we shake our heads at. It was especially fun to watch the whole family as we took to the streets in the nutsy city traffic. I do believe my friend even screamed once! Here is a picture of the family headed out for Tenwek, down the escarpment into that heavy not so nice traffic.</div>
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Has my friend gotten used to the traffic now? Well, does anyone? I haven't heard her scream in the car lately and I can say this, she's gotten very brave and has even come into town without her husband to do errands from Tenwek!</div>
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By now you may be wondering what my point is with this post. It is this - Jesus gives us what we need to accept the abnormal and make it our new normal. He blesses us with new views of His creative imagination and we should never take it for granted. In addition, we should not fear it. It is scary to come into a land we've never been before and wonder if we are going to be okay in the end. Are we ever going to get used to the many things that confound and scare us? Of course we are! If all of life were predictable we may begin to think we don't need Him to help us daily. </div>
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Jesus wants us to come to Him like never before. He wants us to lean on Him as the new things become reordered in our lives as normal. </div>
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<br />Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-5534159582651900842013-03-28T06:53:00.001-07:002013-03-28T06:53:03.454-07:00Notable Adjustments to a New Niche.Sometimes things that move and swirl in our lives can't be described with a normal word like 'change'. It seems not enough of a word for all the different events taking place. How does one describe a roller coaster in their heads and lives? When I asked the thesaurus to give me more clarity I found some words that might work instead.<br />
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Adapt- Since moving to Nairobi this word has been a verb that suits well. We've begun the process of at least thinking about all we need to adjust to. Surprisingly, its not been so bad. There is a huge group of shops down the street from me and I am constantly reminding myself to dial it down a bit when I shop. I bought ONE cucumber in the green grocer not long ago. ONE. Usually I come away with half the stock on the shelf. <br />
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A few weeks ago, Kenya had general elections. Lots of enthusiasm and prayers for peace. Which the Lord granted. Please continue to pray for Kenyans as they themselves adapt to a new leader.<br />
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We adapted pretty quickly to NO traffic! One road that is a nightmare to drive on is Ngong Road. A two lane tarmac that never has just two lanes of traffic. Usually there is four!<br />
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Right now I am finding it a bit hard to adjust to well, wildlife. I know those of you who know Olderkesi can probably not believe this. Wildlife here on this Nairobi compound sometimes holds me hostage in my own house!</div>
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These monkeys.-"city thugs "I call them, are angry and cheeky. Oh sure, they LOOK cute. As soon as I got outside to hang the laundry, they are there. They mock charge me, they grunt at me and a week ago, one grabbed ahold of my leg. Adjusting? YES! I adjusted the volume of my scream right on the spot.</div>
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Another great word I like is 'revise". Now that we are traveling more to other countries, I can revise my thinking, my imagination and my math skills with different currency. We just returned from a nine day trip to Uganda. I learned some pretty neat things about the people who live there and the valuable ministries of the missionaries. It was wonderful to know what a rainforest feels like. My theory is that Uganda is all rainforest waiting to reclaim some spots that were cleared out for towns or roads. So, I hope no one turns their backs for too long!</div>
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Finally, I read that change also can be termed with the word "reorganize". I feel like this is something I am constantly doing. Not only the few things we've unpacked in the house as we peripherally move in, but my thoughts as well. It took me by surprise several days after first coming back. I would awake in a panic thinking how I still needed to get to the butcher or the green grocer to stock up like I used to. I would think even before I opened my eyes in the morning how we needed to be on the road home! Then I realized, there was no road home to Olderkesi anymore. Half hour at the most from the airport and I'm where I am living. Reorganizing all that is an ongoing thing. None of these things make me second guess Jesus' new road for us. It just takes time and coaching from the wisest coach I know. Jesus. I'm so glad he's the one heading all this up!</div>
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Our family has been on furlough here in the U.S since July. We've managed to move three times and have one more coming up. That is when we leave here and go back to Kenya in February.<br />
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Today I was musing on what a different person I am while I live in America. None of them were bad discoveries and I don't think any are going to damage me for life. Some were surprising tho.<br />
So, I sat down and made a list of things I do in America that I would not or could not do in Kenya.<br />
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1. Leave chocolate sitting on the counter for two days in a row.<br />
2. Drive.<br />
3. Have pizza delivered straight to my door. (Guest houses in Nairobi don't count)<br />
4. Blend in at church.<br />
5. Pass up on trips to the grocery store/mall/even...yes, Target.<br />
6. Buy only ONE of something in the store.<br />
7. Look at anyone wearing red plaid twice. (I'm fresh from maasailand remember?)<br />
8. Eat bacon, ranch dressing, cheetoes and whole grain cereals!!<br />
9. Get TWO hams at Christmas because they are sooo cheap!<br />
10. I have stopped looking at people's shoes to determine what country they are from.<br />
11. Walk right by the animal food aisle in the grocery store.<br />
12. Stop and just stare at the door when someone knocks.<br />
13. Watch snow fall at night under lit street lights.<br />
14. Stopped worrying about finding a decent signal for my phone.<br />
15. Complain the heat is on too low in the house.<br />
16. Enjoy soft, airy donuts.<br />
17. Hug a grandbaby!<br />
18. Watch seasons change.<br />
19. Use a dryer..EVERY day with BOUNCE sheets!<br />
20. Call a plumber when there is water dripping off the ceiling.<br />
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So, I say Thank you America! This IS fun!</div>
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My heart is over whelmed with gladness! Susan was adopted today! I'm sure you all remember her well. She's a year old now. You can see by this picture that she has come a long way. I praise the Lord that she has a forever family. <br />
<br />Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-90057576013617888902012-10-09T12:25:00.000-07:002012-10-09T12:27:40.662-07:00One More for the Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These next few months, Jon and I are on the road in the United States raising support to go back home to Kenya. Yesterday we traveled from Bradford, PA back home to Wilmore KY in one day. As we were driving along. Jon would make comments like: "This is as far as from Olderkesi to Tenwek.", or "This is as far as from Tenwek to Nairobi.". As we pulled into our driveway here in Wilmore he made the comment that he had driven as far as from Olderkesi to Malindi (on the coast of the Indian Ocean).</div>
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Can I just say here that there is NO comparison! American roads are wonderful. Even the rough ones are nothing in comparison to what we are used to. We laughed that some roads had actual signs warning of a dip in the road or a rough area. In Kenya, there would be one of those signs every two feet! The scenery of course is worlds apart. </div>
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So, I wanted to illustrate by picture the contrasts. The first set of course is our notorious Kenyan roads. I have not driven these roads much in Kenya. The reasons for that is that I don't WANT to and that I want to live. Jon is a much better driver than I am and much less likely to be distracted. If driving makes you a better missionary, then I'm the worst missionary there is. Cause yes, I admit- I'm a chicken.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys letting us know they are watching and taking lessons from the back seat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road is not just for driving on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brave, brave man with is potatoes, charcoal and a 'broom'?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are matatu drivers who are very, very scary. This guy looks like it would not take much to set him off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, not a river-the road.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes Jon had to get out and assess the way through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">YES! He is climbing on TOP of the bus! YES we are in fast moving traffic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a traffic jam! The regular traffic, moving fast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See what my job is? To watch for PEOPLE trying to cross without looking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing a street is very stressful I might add.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are you sure you want to go on the bridge...by push cart?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VERY slow moving family. You understand why we didnt' mind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you want to move your corn grinder, you put it on the motorbike and hit the highway. Seriously?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Much rain, no bridge. Go back. If its the only way home you wait...</td></tr>
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<br />Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-45349065769294275832012-09-20T12:33:00.000-07:002012-09-20T12:33:12.702-07:00The Last of Life for Which the First Was Made.... The title of this entry is a quote by a grand man named Calvin Miller. In the past months, these words have gone through my head every day. The time has come for us to follow Jesus leading and close down the parts of our lives lived "before". A friend told me early on in this process, "the same Jesus who led you to Olderkesi will now lead you out." This comforts me on many levels.<br />
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After 25 years in the bush..give or take a few, the Lord has asked us to widen our horizons. Jon will begin a new position with World Gospel Mission (WGM). Starting in January, he will become the new Africa Regional Director for WGM. We have huge shoes to fill! The current Regional Field Director and his wife are wonderful leaders and friends.<br />
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We will still live in Kenya!! Don't write us off yet!! We just will not live in our beloved bush. We are moving to Nairobi, the capital city. Yes- I cringed too, but remember- the SAME Jesus who led us into the bush is leading us out. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading out...for the last time.<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brenden's years at Rift Valley Academy (RVA) included Sundays in the villages doing sunday school and playing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon and I took one last visit to the game park near our house. What's that quote from Out of Africa. " The only thing to do when things are sad is to make them sadder." (or something like that...ask Meryl Streep)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was no resisting this quirky shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He needed to tell me something.."remember, not all elephants are cranky, some of us are just CUTE!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then after that bliss..we began packing the house..see that trunk? My toe did NOT. In my defence, those are NOT dust bunnies..the carpet padding did not want to move with us, it stuck very tightly to its home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All our Maasai friends came to help us load.</td></tr>
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After loading all our life's belongings into a moving truck, we drove to Nairobi and unloaded it all into a storage place. Let me just say, loading solar equipment, batteries, solar panels, freezer, fridge...was NO fun. These guys made it fun by being very cheerful about it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went from Nairobi unloading to Brenden's graduation up at RVA. Here he is with his fellow graduate, Steven Chupp and some of his great life long friends-Peter, Andrew and Jamie White.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course on the way home, we HAD to get this reminder of random signage and dedicated soccer fans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two of the local maasai boys (and avid Brenden fans) came to give him his farewell present. NO one should leave home without their milk. No one!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A special farewell. My group of young girls, who I did some Bible studies with, were allowed to leave the school to come say goodbye. That was sad! They gave us gifts and said little speeches. So sweet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The community gave us a farewell party. We had given our trampoline to our friend Johnstone. Brenden demonstrates that maybe maasai aren't the highest jumpers after all!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some could just not take the late night excitement. Look at how this little girl is sleeping!! She's not even half on the couch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got so many gifts of maasai beads and clothing. It was so touching and hard not to cry!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah..no, this is not Nariobi!! We stopped in Israel on the way to the states. Words fail me..yes, me!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another major change! A new grandson! Toby Wells joined AJ and Bethany soon after we got to the states. Man, he's cute and he's just going to get cuter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our son Benjamin had his art show at Asbury University These sculptures are made of tires.....yes, tires. If you want to see close ups of them, I have them posted on my Facebook page.</td></tr>
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So, as you can see. Our lives have changed and are changing. I love that it gives us daily a venue to see God's grace and mercy. His care and His concern. We are looking ahead for the rest of what He has for us. We are on a short furlough in the states..until February, then we head back to Kenya. Stay tuned!!<br />
Let me end with another quote: Soren Kirkegaard: "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward."Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-13466336744183066082012-06-26T05:39:00.002-07:002012-06-26T05:39:47.181-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We all would like to see the results of a bad situation turn out good. We all hold out a hope to see out Romans 8:28 moment when "all things work together for the good for those who are called according to His purpose." Sometimes we don't get to see those times. When the bad or stressful things happen in our lives we wonder how God can work it for our good. Recently, the Lord showed us one of those moments.</div>
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In my last post, I wrote about a terrible trip Jon had made and how he had taken a lady to Narok who was in labor. The odds were against her and her baby. In fact, all had been told the child was dead. Yet, a few days later, we got word that the baby had lived!! We were so happy.</div>
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The other day the husband of the lady came to our house and asked if we would like to come to his village to see his wife, now recovered, and meet Esther their new baby girl. We were so glad to have this blessing. As we walked over, I heard the man talking to Jon. I am not supposed to walk side by side when the men, so it gave me a good view of them, and I could hear everything. The man was telling Jon how, when Jon stopped to pray that day, it really touched them. He said that he knew that God had heard Jon's prayer and answered every single one of Jon's requests. Jon was fast to tell him the reality here was that GOD answers our prayers! God is the one who saved his wife and baby daughter. That God wants to know him personally as well. The man agreed that he saw God working that and he said his wife and he had been talking about this miracle. Pray with us that this village will find Jesus and fully follow Him!!</div>
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Rainy season in Kenya.<br />
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I have a lovely garden. Its all green and lush, full of fire finches, sparrows, basil, and happy bees. I haven't been able to get into my garden for a week now. The mud is unbelievable! As soon as my feet hit that swampy yard, I no longer need anything in that small little space. So imagine what it must be like to actually GO anywhere in a vehicle or bike or motorcycle! Okay, don't imagine. Let me tell you AND show you!<br />
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Let me just say when we leave our house or try to come back to it, we never have had a boring trip yet. There is a little cartoon character that is famous for saying, "Adventure is out there!" He must have lived at Olderkesi.<br />
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Here is a good example of a little adventure-taking Brenden back to school for his last term at RVA. You would think once we get onto the tarmac its all easy going-not so. As we got over the Rift Valley escarpment and set out across the valley there was a huge mudslide right across the only road going across. It was so bad that it got UNDER the tarmac and buckled the road. People were everywhere! In the road, on the side, in each other's business and in each other's LANE. We waited a half hour until Jon decided just to get aggressive and go. We made it and as we went through the actual mud mess, people were cheering, then they followed!<br />
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After dropping Brenden, we headed home with visitors. I just love when visitors are so gung ho and impressed at crossings like this, while I am quaking in my shoes and asking Jon, "Are you SURE its okay!?" Its always their enthusiasm and Jon's assurances that keep me in the vehicle!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Our lovely, unusable bridge..I don't wanna talk about it!<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last night, Jon got home from a trip to Tenwek at 12:30 AM. A trip that usually takes him 3 1/2 hours took him 15 hours and 15 minutes. He started at 9:15AM. When he was about 30 minutes from home, he got to this bridge and met the ODP tractor pulling the trailer. In the trailer was a woman very sick in labor and several of her relatives. They carried the woman across the bridge to Jon's vehicle and he turned around and headed back to Narok (with fewer relatives). After dropping her off, picking up meds for the clinic, other riders, etc, he started home again. He met Johnstone on the way, with the ODP Land Cruiser bogged in deep mud. Johnstone had managed to flag down a passing motorcycle with NO headlight and had them go on to the project to send the tractor! Meanwhile, Jon's Land Rover would not start, so he couldn't help pull Johnstone out. Jon broke out the bread and milk I had him get in Narok and everyone had a nice filler, then they settled into the vehicles to spend the night. The tractor came around 10:30. After that it took another 2 hours to get home. All the while, there was no signal for the cell phones, only little burps of coverage once in a while. So, it was kind of interesting not knowing if Jon was coming or not! And no problem at all just trusting Jesus for his safety. This is why your prayers are so important, this is how they work in our every day lives. Thank you for praying for our comings and goings.<br /><br />The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Ps. 121:8</span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br /><br />Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-90089834389165072752012-02-14T06:07:00.000-08:002012-02-14T06:07:05.004-08:00Keeping it real!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Many times I have lamented about how its almost impossible to go from point A to point B without any distractions, complications or barriers. It seems like even the simplest task can't just 'get done' right away. I don't want this to come across as a whiny entry, so lets look at each one with the sense of humor it merits!<br />
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Here are some of those scenarios:<br />
The bridge to the pump house is made of cement. In the rains, the bridge washed out, exposing the pipes. Jon and Johnstone bought all the supplies needed to fix the bridge. Even though for three weeks its been very hot and dry in maasailand, the day the supplies were delivered, it began clouding up for rainy season...now what?<br />
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Getting dinner fixed: First I have to THINK of what's for dinner (first real challenge) and then go out to the freezer to get meat. But alas, I realize I haven't fed the dogs and they are simpering for attention, so I have to go do that. Well, I can't find the scissors to open the new bag of dog food. So I have to go inside the house to get those, but yuk, they are in the dish drainer unwashed..who cares, its a bag of dog food, so I have to dig and get them out. Doing that I drop a dish and it splatters gunky food all over the floor. Of course the dishrag is not there, so I have to go find one of those. Then after I get it ready to use, someone calls me to the gate and asks for Jon. So I get to go find Jon. I have to call Jon cause he's up at the project so I have to find my phone and its not charged! I then go put the charger on it. That done, I see that my art project needs my attention, so I get involved in that. Dinner forgotten, dogs forgotten, Jon not called and the person at the gate sits down to wait for him cause he knows I am a scatterbrain. He understands me.<br />
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One more: Giving the horse water. Should be easy! The water buckets are just inside the horse paddock. But where is the hose? Oh, its hooked to the irrigation system for the garden. My gardener has fabricated an new system of attaching it using long strips of rubber tubing MANY of them. After unwinding the tubing the hose won't come off, so I give it a hefty yank and lo! guess who forgot to turn off the water before un-attaching the hose. Guess who is soaking wet and disgruntled? Guess who doesn't get water?<br />
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That said and off my mind, let me update some social things..before I get distracted!<br />
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The race is on to see who talks first- the parrot or Susan!<br />
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Susan is gaining weight and doing well!<br />
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Lazy Sunday afternoon!<br />
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</div>Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-73265313621869589282012-01-18T03:44:00.000-08:002012-01-18T03:44:49.551-08:00A Baby in the House!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwCaDVctx3PZub4sYZA9d4cuZi1SSNnFDl8E-izErdfRop09a_ZwRoL_KQslF7AGURnBvr1GOF9Jmv0SXiYEcssPOyvZe_T4FXZTUdf6FF6fUhRF0-UQ7-uUEtS3tSgbLky_YdjOnqEe3/s1600/IMG_6492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwCaDVctx3PZub4sYZA9d4cuZi1SSNnFDl8E-izErdfRop09a_ZwRoL_KQslF7AGURnBvr1GOF9Jmv0SXiYEcssPOyvZe_T4FXZTUdf6FF6fUhRF0-UQ7-uUEtS3tSgbLky_YdjOnqEe3/s320/IMG_6492.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This week we welcomed Susan to come live with us for a bit. Susan is from the Africa Gospel Church Baby Center. She recently won the Most Pokey Eater Award at the Baby Center. This slow poke eating was making her a bit thinner than she needed to be. Staci Keter, the director of the center wondered if Jon and I could take her a few months. ( yes, we have legal papers!) Our mission is to fatten her up, love her to pieces and revisit bottle feeding in the night.<br />
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She's a pretty remarkable baby, so I'm going to remark a lot about her! She has the cutest little bald malted milk ball head! Though not smiling yet, she is to the smirking stage. She does 'kissy lips, stick out your tongue and spit up on my shirt" very well.<br />
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We love having her. Please pray that the right parents for her will come along soon.<br />
If you want to see more about what the AGC Baby Center is doing here is the web site:http://www.agcbabycenter.org/<br />
They also have a facebook page that has a picture of Susan when she was taken there in November as a newborn.<br />
Here are some more photos!<br />
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Welome to church! Olderkesi location has three new preaching points. Jon and I have begun to try to attend one each Sunday. Its been a very fun, interesting and educational time! Several months back, we had a work team here from N. Ireland. They did 'bush camps'. Each day they went to these three preaching points. They played with the kids, gave everyone a bisquit (cookie) and taught a Bible story. It was so much fun Jon and I wanted to continue doing it. Each preaching point has a lay pastor. They are so eager to get the word of Jesus out. They usually ask Jon to share scripture or preach. But mostly we are just part of the Sunday crowd, well as much as we can be. There are a LOT of pictures, so get ready. Credit goes to Brenden for taking these great shots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Say, you guys got any rugby balls?" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of us wanted to ROLL the soccer ball, cause there's much less sweating involved!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best thing was, no one had to be told to share. They just did!</td></tr>
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I have soo many more pictures to put in, but this post took me four days to do! Not because I'm lazy but because of internet! So stay tuned for more! Welcome to our church anytime!<br />
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</div>Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-18741790290944036202011-11-21T08:55:00.000-08:002011-11-21T08:55:04.346-08:00Part 3 and the last..South Sudan..The "varmits"! Then some funny stuff.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I saved this section till last. I didn't want to scare anyone off in case God is calling you to serve in S.Sudan. There was no lack of things to take pictures of under this category. I wish I had been more camera ready. I didn't get a picture of the little mouse that flew past my face when I opened a window. He landed pretty heavily on the cement floor, but didn't waste time going outside. Or the shower where I had to herd out about 15 frogs before I could go in. Then they kept hopping under the door to check to see if I was finished so they could come back in. They were very cute! So, I should say in all fairness to the other species, only the insects curled my toes. I also added a few funnies at the end.<br />
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Mosquito net tucked in? Check. Alarm set? Check. Ipod on the floor? "Oh wait, let me turn on the flashlight, there's something down there." Glad Jon thought to turn on the light, then glad he SMASHED this villain to smitherins.<br />
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Yes, those are cockroaches on steroids. Yes, there were four bathroom stalls just like this. Yes, you're nuts if you think I went in there.<br />
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Okay, if you'd have asked me, they should have squished this freaky thing straight away, but then I was still mad about the cockroach thing.<br />
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Taxi? Looks comfortable!<br />
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</div>One of the funnest things was the people we met. Of course there was no time establish ever lasting friendships...that will come later. If the people we did meet and talk with are any indication of the overall character of South Sudanese, then this country has tremendous promise. Jon took these pictures. The pictures he took while he was in the marketplace are some of my favorites. What better way to communicate when you can't speak Arabic. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deng was once one of Sudan's 'Lost Boys' today he is the administrator of a hospital.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the refugee camp called Kakuma, on the border of Kenya and S.Sudan.</td></tr>
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Jon took the following pictures in the market place! He made some new friends that day!<br />
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I love this! The entire roof was constructed of flattened out oil tins from the US Aid food distribution agency.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">A few weeks ago, Jon came home from a long weary trip, and I said to him, “Too bad there’s no plug for the bathroom tub, you could have a long hot bath.” He replied, “Too bad there’s no water either!”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">At that time, we thought our water problems were the normal kind we’ve always had: broken bearings on the pump driveshaft, broken drive belts, loose connections, etc. and it would just take some tweaking to get it all back up and going again. We had no idea this was the beginning of a long and arduous adventure of getting water back to Olderkesi community.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The diesel engine powered pump we had been using for two and a half years had finally burped its last load of water into the tank, and then stopped. With optimism as our guide, the pump was taken into Nairobi to be repaired. A few days later the verdict came back: death is final, buy a new pump. However, that could not come to pass until AFTER our ministry team from N. Ireland came. The irony of it was that last time these team leaders were here, they built the brand new shower and toilet block for the guesthouse. How funny that they would not even get to use it on their return trip! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The team all hauled water and took bucket baths while they were here. To their credit, not a single one complained - not even a whimper. You should have heard ME though.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Instead, other things happened. The brand new generator they brought would not start up. The solar panel mounting frame was three meters too short. They did get the pump installed though, and left with the promise of bringing a new generator.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">So we ran the pump for three days – but no water reached the tanks (which are over 1 mile of pipe away from the well). On Sunday, Jon walked into the kitchen and said, “I don’t think we put in a non-return valve.” </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">So, on Monday a non-return valve was put in and the pump started again. By this time the techie had come back, and had a generator that worked. Then everyone realized the non-return valve needed to be horizontal on the pipe, not vertical.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Now, lest you think it was a bunch of Keystone cops doing this job, let me just say that these guys all knew what they were doing, they had done the math and made the predictions - it was just that every little tiny detail had to be thought out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">And no one thought of bees…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s right, bees came on Monday night and decided they liked living on the windmill, directly above the top of the well. </span><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">You can’t choose your neighbors, and these neighbors were easily offended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">They ended up chasing the workers into the Land Rover for cover, stinging some many times. So, the men retreated up to the house to think this through out of danger.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">On Tuesday the non-return valve was re-plumbed how it should be and pumping continued. But, by Tuesday night, still no water had reached the tank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wednesday and Thursday included various interesting developments, as we got a pressure gauge to prove what we already suspected, there was not enough pressure.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"> So, they pulled 100 feet of brand new pipe out of the well, looking for a break, a leak, a crack – somewhere the system was losing pressure – and there it was!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the first pipe attached to the pump - surreptitiously covered in electrical tape to hide it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Hmmmm... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">By dark the pipe was replaced, and the pump started again. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Jon called our friend Dave Potts, a well driller in Montana for advice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The pump was started once again – trying to get enough water to fill the pipeline (around 7,000 liters) and then reach the tank!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The technician had to go do another job over in Maasai Mara, but promised to come back. He did! Like I said, these guys were in it with us – as determined as everyone to see water come to the tanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately though, it still hadn’t!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jon re-did the math…again and again. And it always said what he already knew - that the only thing wrong with the water pump, was that there was just no water getting into the tank!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Through all of this, the windmill (which has a separate submersible pump) had been able to pump enough water to give us hot showers at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good thing too, diesel and sweat take a lot of water to clean off!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">There was nothing else to do but wait. So the technician went back to Nairobi, Johnstone went home for the weekend, and Jon came home to catch up on his other jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday night, he went up to check the tank and found one gate valve that had been closed, so he opened it. Within second he heard . . .WATER flowing into the tank! This gate valve had been mistakenly turned off, directing water to a different tank – but had only reached it shortly before Jon checked.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">He went to the river to check the pressure gauge – and it still read too low!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, the gauge had been faulty!! But who needs a pressure gauge when you can hear the water coming in!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">A couple last things to be done… Jon climbed down into the concrete tank and took a bucket to measure how long it took to fill a five gallon bucket at its rate of flow…just over a minute, thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Then he did the last great act of bravery. He collected 8 bloated dead lizards, a bat and some other suspended solids out of the tank, wading around in his shorts and sandals. (Sorry, no pictures!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Are you exhausted yet??? These guys sure were!! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The end result? WATER! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The power of water to make tired workers smile, a call to Johnstone so we could hear him shout over the phone in happiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The power of water to make a shower much more than just a shower, but something to be appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The power of water to fill a teapot from the sink and make me sigh in relief, and…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">The power of water to bring the Maasai ladies back to the project to collect water again.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT';">Amen and amen!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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There is MUCH more to the water story and the adventure it was!<br />
http://www.wgm.org/document.doc?id=1447Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-80264255702333998552011-08-17T01:42:00.000-07:002011-08-17T23:53:21.003-07:00A Kenyan Sense of Humor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Let me begin with an apology for the long time between posts. Since our last one, our internet has been pretty laughable. Tho that is not the topic of this post it does fit the title. </div><br />
Something I have always loved and appreciated about Kenyans and the country I live in is the surprise of finding humor in so many things. It's a great thing when you discover someone else laughing at themselves or when you come upon a scene that makes you chuckle. Many times I have made Jon stop the car so I can take pictures of such events. So this entry is mostly pictures. I do know this much, having a sense of humor has helped so many times in so many ways! I think we all know that if we don't laugh at ourselves, someone else is going to!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His day went from bad to worse pretty early!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tired, jet lagged and the shower head won't stay up, what else are you going to do?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this funny or tragic? No Dominos or free delivery!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe its my weird sense of humor, but I find it funny she was dancing with her cell phone!</td></tr>
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Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-60645076167013075302011-05-10T05:43:00.000-07:002011-05-10T05:43:40.652-07:00The Art of Bartering<!--StartFragment--> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Rumor has it that Walmart has the lowest prices in the merchandise world. Well, I know better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who has ever shopped at the outdoor markets on Kenya’s city streets knows the reality!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a better deal can be had than the one you’ve argued over to get!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Bartering is not an exact science, and I believe that one can only measure success by how much one wants the thing they are bartering for.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve been able to watch a lot of people, from all walks of life in the art of bartering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s really kind of fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you don’t understand what’s being said, the facial expressions, the waving of the hands, the rapid talking of the seller, it’s all an international language.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Kenyans tell the seller the price, and get it - no matter what language they use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they turn and tell the European how much they paid, thinking they are doing them a favor, when in fact, it just makes the European feel mad and taken advantage of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Case in point - a Kenyan lady paid 50 shillings for a shirt the same guy was trying to sell me for 200 shillings) ERR!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Old ladies just hand over what they think is fair and no one even argues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I’m not that old yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The oriental buyers think everything is such a great deal they hand over the first price offered. Thus making the seller feel a bit disappointed cause, as of yet, no one has ever had to argue with an oriental over a price!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bummer!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Kids - they have the art of the barter down pat. If they want it, they whine in front of their parents AND the seller, and they get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Always barter, even a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One has to keep his dignity you know.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t act like you want it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you REALLY can’t believe you are getting brand new Chacos for twenty dollars!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t whine in front of your mom that you have to have it and can’t live without it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People can see you!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are determined to pay a set amount, stick to that amount and be willing to walk away.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We call this the creepy toy seller-the toys being creepy, not the guy.</td></tr>
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</div> Ah, contrasts! I've written about them before and lived with them all my life. Each is unique and interesting as it stares you in the face, begging for comment. So, here I go again with another great example!<br />
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We just finished a great week with a visiting extended family here at Olderkesi. The Crosby family worked hard on lots of things from fencing to teaching at the primary school. To our delight, they offered to take us with them to spend a night in Maasai Mara! <br />
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We had good game drives and saw four of the Big Five - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo and even Leopard - but only managed to get this shot from behind . . . <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">OK, so we only saw three of the Big Five.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The kind people at the tented camp gave us all a free upgrade to their luxury tents, and we slept in bliss under down comforters on cushy white pillows, as rain fell hard all night long!<br />
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Our team said goodbye to us on Sunday morning and we began our journey home . . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our first glimse of the sky over the road home was a bit worrying . . .</span> </td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">then we got to what is usually just a small draw for run off, and found a raging torrent. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After that, the trip got more and more interesting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yep! We got royally stuck! We called our friend Johnstone and he said he was on his way . . . but, he didn't come!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We decided to walk to the nearby river. We could hear it crashing along, so wanted to check it out. As we turned around . . . we saw this beautiful rainbow. Personally, I took it as a promise I would sleep in my own bed that night. How silly of me!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, this is why Johnstone hadn't gotten there - the river was flowing over the bridge! We were now, officially DOUBLE stuck!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No one was going anywhere, anytime soon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mrs. Oblivious . . . thinking the river would go down!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is where Jon was talking to Johnstone across the river telling him to go home and come in the morning. And where I said, "Huh? In the what?"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As we walked back up the sloppy road to the vehicle, we had a nice sunset. I did appreciate it, but my mind was more on what I was going to eat for dinner! Pickings were slim! Our work team had given us some mixed nuts (THANKS STELLA!), so we had those, water, an apple and some chips for dinner. At least we had that!!!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>So, yes, it was a long night - and quite a downgrade from the night before! It got very cold, but this vehicle had a heater and Jon would turn it on once in a while. (Thanks Russ and Beth White for letting us use your vehicle while ours is in the shop.) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There is a song by Steve Green that says, "I will awake with the dawn." Had that one stuck in my head all night, and so did just that, me and my pjs, and my stylish boots. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We went to the river, expectantly. Yes it was down, but no one was there...boo hoo. Jon decided not to waste a perfectly good Monday morning work day, so set to work clearing the debris from the bridge. I did not help. I was disgruntled...in a good way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He finally did get it cleared enough to increase the flow under the bridge and take the pressure of the water off the edges. Yea Jon!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally! Help has come with a wench and a cable!! Yea Johnstone!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, it looked bad in the twilight last night, but even worse in broad daylight.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We had lots of help getting unstuck!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We had a hyena visitor in the night apparently.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally home at 10:30 AM and Odie the cat took no time getting back to his favorite spot on the roofrack of the vehicle while we fixed a big late breakfast!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-46832121285825184702011-02-21T06:27:00.000-08:002011-02-21T06:54:30.516-08:00Getting to the Heart of the Mystery!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLKvLvbXGePKjaC0P2Uastm_KyzNg8ikAHT-bxVK61q1lYsDSufb9brWC1Rgc0poMvG_XePPf-GBE6a85Vs3XwBN3i-ubSqm8SD7Q-C2cWRY3CqINm701jgb5izFoVAI1IROQ1sM0S92H/s1600/IMG_2656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLKvLvbXGePKjaC0P2Uastm_KyzNg8ikAHT-bxVK61q1lYsDSufb9brWC1Rgc0poMvG_XePPf-GBE6a85Vs3XwBN3i-ubSqm8SD7Q-C2cWRY3CqINm701jgb5izFoVAI1IROQ1sM0S92H/s320/IMG_2656.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unless you've driven behind one, been in one, or watched as they were being loaded, there is no real way to understand or explain the nature of the matatu. In Kenya, they are as common as well, matatus. Everyone has a story of their own about them. Stories of being almost killed by one, being crammed into one, or trying to get OUT of one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, all kinds of things are carried in, on top of, or tied to these vehicles. So, that being said, it should not be too hard to 'see' our story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After nine days away from home, Jon and I were lurching along in our vehicle towards home. As we crossed a long and very lonely stretch of road, we noticed a huge pile of debris on the side of the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we slowed down we could see what had happened. A matutu, on its way back from sikoni (market) had hit a pothole pretty hard and lost some of its load!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped and looked all over for people, but there were none, so we decided to pick it all up and carry it home. We made plans to call someone we knew from this area to see if they knew about the loss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a lot of stuff! We felt pretty badly as we thought of the owner of the huge kikapu (bag) full of tea leaves, maize meal, a little cloth for a child and some bead work. There was a whole bale of store bought maize meal, a real luxury for someone, cabbages, and bags and bags of food.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, we got home late Saturday night, told our watchman what happened and showed him what we found. Okay, so, he wasn't particularly helpful. With comments like, "Oh, these things are very maasai." and "These things are for people from far away." <i> We knew that!</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, Sunday we left it alone, but noticed the bags that were full of maize meal smelled pretty badly. By late Monday afternoon, that pile of maize meal and jettisoned luggage stunk like no body's business!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jon came home from work, and we decided to just look in the big kikapu. Well, we didn't find treasure or riches beyond compare. We pulled out a writhing gunea bag! Jon opened it in the yard and nearly gagged. It was full of meat! Okay, so the huge number of flies had not gone unnoticed by me that day, but we do live in maasai land after all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, Jon decided to haul to bag out to the bush to leave it, but when he did, he dumped out. It was full not of meat, but animal guts, liver and yep, a heart! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now we have our own matatu story. Are we missionaries yet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If we don't find the owners in a few more days, we will give out the maize meal to the many, many needy people who come to our gate. To quote our maasai friend, "This happens all the time, it was good you picked it up, now you can help people more with it."</div>Jon and Vera Steuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508653743813656805noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672806541685850467.post-12330093629948598662011-01-10T05:41:00.000-08:002011-01-10T23:19:53.017-08:00What can I say??A few pictures to go along with the previous post...if you would like to see more like this, I have an album on my facebook page called Signs that make you Wonder...another funny collection!<br />
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Now granted, this happens to everyone in every culture. No matter what you look like, what schooling you've had or what your world view is. This kind of stuff goes on all the time. Since I live in Kenya, mine just happen to come from here.<br />
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<i><b>In a restaurant:</b></i><br />
Jon to waiter: We'd like fish and chips please.<br />
Waiter: Okay, we don't have any chips.<br />
Jon: Well, just bring rice with the fish.<br />
Waiter: Okay, so you want to cancel the chips?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>In the grocery store:</b></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Me to shelf stocker: Can you check the price on this-there is no price on it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shelf stocker, taking the item: So you want to buy it?</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the streets talking to a hawker:</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: That price is too high, I can't pay that.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hawker: So, how much do you want to pay?</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>On the phone-</b></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me: Hello, I would like to cash a check for $_________, when can I come up?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cashier: So, you want cash?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jon, to the guy at the petrol station: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Can you write me out a receipt?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Clerk after writing out the receipt: You want to go with this receipt?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Me, in a bookstore: Do you have Elie Weisel's NIGHT?</i></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Bookstore clerk: Is it a book? </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>After listening to an extremely long diatribe from a lady at the gate who had a myriad of problems plaguing her...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jon: I am so sorry!</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Lady: very vaguely : About what?</i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jon to a driver who was driving straight for us on our side of the road, then turned out of the way at the very last minute: What are you doing on my side of the road?</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Driver: Oh, but you see, I honked at you!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady we know: So I need you to give me money so I can plow.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jon: Do you have money for seeds?</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady, surprised: No!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jon to a store clerk: Do you have brown sugar.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clerk, looking at him like he had lost his mind: All our sugar is brown!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This one from someone we know...</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Where do you keep the ice?"</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And this last one...my bad.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brenden, showing me his swollen eye: Look what a bee did!</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Me: Did it sting you?</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If any of you have some of these kinds of quotes...write them in! I'd love to read them!</span></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Always, in the course of visiting our friends or churches where we talk about life in Kenya, someone comes up to me and says, "Sooo, what do your kids do for fun?" Then the dummy moment hits me. My mouth drops open, my mind is full of an avalanche of adventures, projects, tasks, and other creative moments. I stand there like an idiot until finally I blurt out, "EVERYTHING!"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before you think me the only one who experiences this, let me just justify that I have talked to many, many other missionaries who have this same question posed to them. Tho I can't say that they are as dumb about answering as I am, I can say its a tough question to answer unless you have a day or so...or a blog! So, I decided to go back through all the photos we had, and pick a few that says it all. Granted some are dated, and I've posted those because even tho they continued do those things, I stopped taking pictures. In doing this little task down memory lane, two things came to me:<br />
One, most of the time they are doing the really nutsy stuff, there are friends involved. Thus proving that it must take a group to make up such crazy stuff.<br />
The second thing I learned is that I am so thankful that I wasn't watching and the Lord was!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So...what do they do for fun?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Make Stuff!</i></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b><i>BIKE DIVING!</i></b><br />
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<b><i>HIKING, CLIMBING AND JUMPING OFF OF CLIFFS!</i></b><br />
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I hope I haven't bored anyone with too many pictures. There is a lot more they do, and it may be a Part 2. But for now, let me end with one more. <br />
Getting a kiss of thanks for saving a little life!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Many of your reading this already know all about what it takes to get to our house. You've done the rainy season slog, and the dry season "suffocation by dust" trek, just to visit us! Thank you! For those of you who haven't, your imaginations will enjoy this little foray.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As with all organizations, there are rules. Community Health staff are given a few rules in regards to use of the pikis they use. One of them, is that they are not allowed to carry any passengers. One day, Moses came to work looking like he needed to confess something. He told Jon that he had broken the no rider rule. Then he told him why. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> As Moses was going home from work late one afternoon, he was coming up out of a dry river bed when he saw a young man just standing in the road. This man was not walking or moving. Why? There was a lioness circling him, getting closer and closer! Moses said to Jon, "I really shed tears, as this man was my cousin!" Moses then said he quickly rode up to the cousin, the cousin jumped on the piki, and they took off! "So." Moses confessed, " I had to break that one rule, and I am very sorry!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The bane of motorcycle riders in this area is the number of punctures they get with the tires. It seems like they are always changing and patching tires because of the heavy thorns that lay all around and the very rough rocky terrain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> One day, Elijah told us this story. He had stopped on a river bank because he had to change a puncture on his piki....again! As he was finishing up, picking up his tools and packing up, he heard a hissing sound. Disgusted, he thought he had another flat tire and set about setting out his tools to fix it. As he knelt down to check the tire, he happened to look up, and there, not six feet away from him, was a lioness stalking him and heading right for him! The hissing sound he heard was her breathing!! He said he threw his tire tools at her and she went a short distance away, giving him enough time to jump on his bike and take off! He sheepishly told Jon, "So, I 'll have to go by and get my tools tomorrow!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Let me tell you about one of the best excuses I have ever heard for not coming to work. The lady who comes to my house to help me is a dear lady. I have known her many, many years. Right after she began working for me, she did not show up for work as usual. She lives about 2 miles away, over the river and up the hill from my house. Admittedly, I was a bit perturbed that she didn't send word that she was not coming, because a few from her village work here as well. But no one came.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The next day, she showed up on time. When we asked why she didn't come, she told us this great story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">She said that she and some other ladies had TRIED to come to work, but as they came down the path to the river, elephants were in the road. The ladies were then chased by the elephants back up the hill. All day the ladies tried at various times to reach the river! Only to be chased back by the elephants. She told us that the elephants stayed there all day, as if it were a game to them and would not let them come down. So, if you ever need an excuse to give your boss about delaying to work...well, this one won't work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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