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Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Jade is HOME!

Jade arrived back in the good ole US of A today at 6:30AM (our time) via Nairobi, Dubai, and Atlanta.
Hopefully we will get more details & photos later... for now, here are a few.

Jade with Justus, Johnstone & another friend.
After the Prayer Day, Jade & his team stopped in town to order 14 orders of chicken and chips {chips cuckoo} for their dinner party...with the 7 boys that live at the Oasis Centre. They joked about the tiny hut being Cleophas' night club "Omega Two" {a play on the dance club in town "Omega One"}
After an impromptu Sunday dance party, {which Alice says "really means, once Jade and I were done listening to "Single Ladies" on repeat"}, they went inside to teach these smaller kids to play Uno. Alice noted that Mattel had some creative geniuses because Uno requires "little-to-no shared language or skill". She said it was so great to watch all ten of their opponents learn to shuffle through their stack of 7 {small hands, they couldn't hold them all} to find a 7 or a yellow.
Jade shaking "his Isaya" as Alice would say
Rael, Sarah, Irene, Kamau and Jade



Finally, lest we forget that Missionary work is NOT all fun and exotic travel and Uno and dancing and hugging precious children you are in a third world country with PLENTY of dangers lurking nearby:

This is a photo of a dead black mamba that a child found in the bushes. He killed it before it could kill anyone. {Highlights of the wikipedia page: this snake has been claimed to move at up to 19.5 km/h (12 mph), It can strike up to 12 times in a row. A single bite from a black mamba injects enough venom to kill anywhere from 20–40 grown men. Can live in bushes and small trees and also in houses.}

EEK!!!!!!!!! Scares a Mama! (Glad I didn't see that photo 'til they got home!)
Praise God for the fun & exotic travels & Uno & dancing & love & hugging precious children and for their safe return!!!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Jordan's Time Zone

I created a "world clock" with our 3 time zones (Pacific USA, Eastern USA, Kenya) so we can always know what time it is in Kitale, Kenya.

But darn it, when I link to it, it works, but when others link to it, it doesn't seem to.
So create your own, if you would like.

If not (or if you need inspiration), here is a photo of what it looks like:

Currently a 10 hour difference between CA & Kenya (not sure how that will change when Daylight Savings is over).

**UPDATE - new clock added for time change to Pacific Standard time on 11/1/09. (Now an 11 hour ahead difference.)


Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Goodbye Jade

Jade is off to Africa.
Check out his blog at http://jordan.maslyn.us/kenya/.
We went out to a "farewell" dinner at Flamingos.

Grampie was out of town and Ellen was at a concert, so it was a small celebratory crowd.

Miss M had her 8th grade health project baby, Deliah, with her and Deliah had a meltdown in the middle of the restaurant... this caused her 8th grade 'Mommy' to have a bit of a meltdown too. We recovered fairly quickly though and had a fine dinner.

"Uncle" Jade kissing Deliah
Jade & Grammie
Jade, Miss M, and baby Deliah
Jade & licensed driver Deevs
Jade & Mom
Jade & Dad

Goodbye Jade.
We will be praying for you: that God's will be done in your life and in your trip!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Kenya Believe It?

Please pray for Jade.
He has been called to go on a long short-term mission (or a short long-term mission, depending on how you look at it) to Kenya.
He is stepping out in faith believing that 'where God guides, God provides' and trusting that he will be able to make all the details come together to go.

He has already started a blog.
Go to it here and sign up to FOLLOW it (and get notified every time he updates it).

Pray for wisdom for him.
Pray for God's guidance for him in all the preparation & decisions.
Pray for provision (of money, insurance, housing, travel, etc.).
Pray for discernment.
Pray for health & safety (yes, even starting now).
Pray for travel details.
Pray in advance for all the people he will be serving.
Pray for the relationships he will make.
Pray for his Spiritual discipline and diligence (now and while there).
Pray to see if the Lord is leading you to support him financially, prayerfully, and/or emotionally.  (Your support letter will be coming SOON!)

Oh, and um... pray for his PARENTS (who love having him on the same CONTINENT)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would you trust this guy on a mission trip?
(hahaha!!!)