Hamjambo,

This past Thursday my uncle, Dr. Carl Boonstra, and my two cousins, Sharon Smith and Carla Davis, arrived for a visit and a safari. Their arrival was not without incident for me. They arrived at 7:30 pm, but I got stuck in one of the worst jams I've ever seen going after them. Right in one of the worst parts of town three men broke into my car.  It happened so fast there was nothing I could do to prevent them getting a rear door open, but there was nothing in the car for them to take, and just as they opened the door the truck in front of me moved and the jam cleared and I took off. No damage done and hopefully a lesson learned for me!

Friday I showed them around the college and our churches in the Ruiru area, and then we went to the Masai Market near Jonathan's school. I was just going to show it to them so we could try and get an idea of what souvenirs there are and what prices and come back again this coming week, but Sharon and Carla got into the spirit of things right away. I helped them dicker and we got everything down 50% or more.  One soap stone item that they started at $30 US, we got them down to $5, or 400 shillings. So they did pretty good.

Yesterday another missionary, Jerry Daniels, picked them up and took them up to Nanyuki by Mt. Kenya where my uncle preached today for the anniversary of a Masai church.

Jonathan had a sleep over birthday party for a friend of his Friday night. We didn't pick him up until noon Saturday and he had been up by that time for 29 hours. Needless to say he slept the rest of the day and through the night and was still dragging this morning getting ready for church.

Attendance was way down today to only 69, but we had more adults than we've had the last couple of weeks. It was the children missing today, so I don't really know what happened. Our children's Sunday School teacher who helps Lhey got a new job with the company that will be building the new subdivision in the northern section of the plantation. So, he's still around and probably will be as long as the church is open, but it's a real blessing that he's found a job. We've been praying for him and he's come forward asking for prayer several times. It's great to see the Lord answering for him as he's been real faithful.

Pray for us this coming week. Next Sunday is our first anniversary at the plantation. We're planning to have dinner on the grounds after the service. I think the food will attract a lot of people from the plantation and off. My uncle will be our guest speaker and we're looking forward to a great day.