Oh the weather
outside...
Rainy season is in full effect here in Kenya. It rains every day now. Thankfully, the mornings are hot and sunny
and by the afternoon, it’s gloomy, grey and cold with either a few sprinkles or
a torrential downpour.
I don’t mind the rainy season, well except for the mud part
(which includes walking in the mud, getting the car stuck in the mud, mud
covered feet and mud covered clothes) and the part where it takes a few days
longer for your clothes to dry out on the line.
I don’t mind the “cool” days; it’s an excuse to light a fire, make a
nice hot chocolate and wrap myself up in a warm, fuzzy blanket and curl up with my
sweet husband on the couch.
A whole bunch of
people...
This year, In Step has quite a few teams coming, which is
exciting. The kids always enjoy having
visitors and being loved on. It’s just
that many more hands to hold, arms to be hugged with and fun times to share.
The last weekend of June, we have a team coming from Sean’s
and my home church in Canada visiting for two weeks. We can’t even describe how excited we are
about them coming. Like I’ve said
before, it is always such a gift when family/friends from back “home” come and
visit. It brings a little piece of Canada to us. Plus one of the team members
will be staying for a few months. Yay Karin!
One hundred and
twenty-five kids...
In Step picked up their 125th kid today. His name
is Gilbert and he’s four years old. We
don’t know how long he will be at In Step for as it depends on his mother’s
court case. It is not a case of
abandonment or abuse on him. His mom
wants her son back, once she is cleared of charges. If she is not cleared of the charges, Gilbert
will stay at In Step.
We had a massive flu bug go around In Step a few weeks
back. It was a messy flu bug to say the least. It swept through all the age two and under babies
first and then went to a few of the older kids and then stopped. A few of the adults
got sick; it was a nasty bug.
Thankfully, everyone is healthy and the home seems to be
back to normal now. Well as normal as it
can be with 125 kids running around.
(IM)Patience....
On a personal note, Sean and I are still (im)patiently
waiting for a letter from the Ontario government. I contacted the Canadian Embassy (as they’re
the middle man for us) and they haven’t received anything yet. To know that we’ve done pretty much all we
can, it’s difficult to wait on one more thing.
One more thing and then we can hand in our paperwork. Oh, the wait.
We have a bin of clothes of baby’s clothes; we have a high
chair. We have a baby carrier; we have a playpen. We are anxious to meet and hold our little one. It takes a lot of patience though to not have
a crib built, to buy things to decorate his/her room.
We don’t know if we will have a him/her. We don’t know if
he/she will be a six-week old, a six-month old or a sixteen-month old. We just
don’t know so it makes it more difficult to “plan” but no matter what the
gender or the age, he/she is going to be our sweet little child. So won’t you continue to join us in prayer
over this whole adoption process?
Prayer Requests:
Our adoption process
Finances for projects at In Step
(dorm, veranda, etc.)
Sponsorship of In Step kids
(check out: http://www.rehemainstep.com/getting-involved/donations-sponsorships/)
Health of all the kids, staff and
volunteers.
Much Love,
Meredith
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