Who would have thought?

Who would have thought that we'd be able to go ice-skating in Africa?  And what are the chances that we'd turn out to be with a qualified ice-skating coach?!  It's been just one of the little ways that we've felt God's love for us as we settle into Nairobi and learn to call it 'home'.  

In November we'd taken Caleb & Bethanie to a rink in the UK that had been set up in a park for Christmas, but it was closed and we thought, 'oh well, they will have to wait a few more years before they can give it a try'...

...you can imagine our surprise when we learnt that East Africa's first ice skating rink was operating in a hotel in Nairobi!  We took along two Canadian team-mates to give it a go...

 The penguins were cute but coach Christiane felt they weren't really helping

These 'zimmered' you along a bit better

 But under Christiane's expert tutelage, soon props were not necessary

 Here she comes :)

 And on the way home we saw a camel going past, as you do!

 Warming up in the sun