Wow - uploading these photos helped me to see just how much happened in January - and I haven't even included our annual Spiritual Life Conference (SLC) here - that needs its own one!
Obviously no New Year's Resolutions that involve dieting in our house - J makes some fabulous cinnamon rolls
Bethanie has a hair cut
Caleb gets ready for his plaster cast to go on
All bandaged up and to be kept clean and soft by a specially adapated sock!
We celebrate the arrival of Pastor James Harun to Nairobi to further his theological studies. He is Christiane's Mabaan 'Dad'.
Rare office photo op - just to prove some work does get done there!
Another angle on the office - we both work upstairs and downstairs is our prayer/meeting room
Another fancy new building going up - it's 'hair' is actually wooden scaffolding
Friday night is Dad's home-made pizza night (plus currently an episode of 'Great Continental Rail Journeys' which is making us want to get exploring Europe!)
Justin & Deborah have a prayer day together, including lunch in a beautiful garden restaurant - complete with peacock!
Beth takes this family photo
Caleb with a bunch of school friends all saying 'goodbye' to Lukas and Darcy (twins at the back) who are sadly heading to Australia
Two of our distinguished SLC visitors - Mark Conard, previously our team chaplain, and Steve Smith, SIM UK Director and this year's speaker. Mark is getting a lesson in British sports!
Bethanie represents Braeburn in the U9s at a Kenyan International Schools Verse Speaking competition - she does very well reciting 'Behold the Duck!' by Ogden Nash (and we all now know it by heart too)
Smart in her school uniform
The Braeburn team. Essie wrote her own poem and Lunabelle won a silver medal :)
We shouldn't be smiling so much at Liz & Andrew's farewell party but it was a great day celebrating all they have mean to all of us - including huge numbers from the Nairobian Sudanese community.
Their church's children's choir performing for them
A fun mix of people and babies from our team - NB the people and babies do not match up!
Plenty of singing, dancing and dressing Liz & Andrew up in their gifts!
Then Christiane, Liz and I sneak away to Naivasha for a couple of day's quality time together before we scatter around the world :(
Just enjoying this character!
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