Marching along...

Hello All!
Well, our plan has been to blog a couple of times a week, but our internet seems to not be a fan of that! We have had trouble all week getting on the internet at home. This may be silly, but please pray it starts working! It is our only way of communication and it is so hard not to be able to reply to emails and such.

We are almost done with our third week of school here at Rosslyn. It really has flown by. I (Tricia) am starting to get a hang of what my schedule will look like. I am kind of here and there and everywhere, but its kind of fun having a different thing to do everyday. I get to meet all of the elementary school kids and love that.

I don't remember if we mentioned this before, but Ed and I are both assistant coaching for high school basketball. I am the assistant varsity coach and Ed is the assistant JV coach. That has been a lot of fun for both of us. We both stay after school so it is nice having the same schedule. Neither of us have coached before, so it is a new adventure. It has been a lot of fun, though. Ed's team has their first game this coming Monday and my team's first game is this coming Wednesday. I'm sure I will let you know how it goes. :) It has been great to be involved in a sport after so many years.

On another note, Ed drove for the first time this last Friday! Wow was that an adventure! Not only do you drive on the opposite side of the rode here and the oppsite side of the car, there are no rules to driving in Kenya!! It is absolutely crazy. Other than trying to stay on your side of the road, there are really no rules to follow. Matatu's (buses, that is) pull over (not always off of the main road!) anywhere and everywhere, so you really have to pay attention to that. Also, there aren't any lines on the road and Everyone is on it. That is cars, buses, bicycles, and even people walking! Uh, to say the least I was very exhausted when we got home. But, I do have to say Ed drove great! I'm not in any hurry to get behind the wheel here. Ed drove again Monday night and did a fantastic job. I did better about not freaking out as much.....It's been fun. We are able to check out vehicles from the school every so often, so that is nice when we need to run an errand. We have been blessed to have people take us along with they go shopping and all, so we don't have to try to get a vehicle very often.

Hmmm....I think that is about it for now. Thank you for your prayers! We miss you all and pray that God is doing amazing things in your lives!! God bless!

~Ed and Tricia

God is Wonderful

It has been awhile since we have blogged, and yes we are still here, in Kenya that is. First I would like to mention some prayer requests:

 

1. Against Satan's evil schemes that try to discourage us.

2. Tricia has not been feeling well as of late. We are claiming God's healing hand to help her through this low time.

3. Adaptation to the new teaching environment for Ed.

4. We had a friend who went to the coast with one of the youth groups on a mission trip. The Kenyan schools are on break now. A boy named Stephen went missing for two days. They found him on the shore, he had drowned. Pray for his family, friends and youth group.

5. Tricia and her new job with the school. She is the elementary counselor and TA. Pray that God will give her wisdom and creativity to reach the students.

6. God will show us a church home.

7. Opportunities to share the word with those we come in contact with.

Much has happened since the last time we blogged. As you have read Tricia is now working for the school as an elementary counselor and TA. I have been teaching for two weeks and am slowly getting in the groove of things. The best part is getting to lead devotion and talk freely with my students about Jesus.  Last Sat. we experienced a meal and time with friends at a place called Diamond Plaza. The food was great. Also, last Sat. Tricia cut my hair for the very first time and did a wonderful job. Now that we have the internet at the house we will try to blog twice a week and will be putting pictures up shortly.

In Christ,

Tricia and Ed