We moved up to Nairobi on Saturday, and it was the smoothest move I think we have ever had! Friday we spent the whole day packing, and thanks to the help of our friends, were able to completely close the house by Friday night and go spend the night with friends. We woke up early Saturday morning and left for Nairobi and arrived at 1pm, amazingly. The trip was really easy. This move was covered in blessings because so many things could have gone wrong.
We LOVE our house, and love Nairobi so far. We live in a gated community, with paved streets and even side walks. Our house is two story. Downstairs is a nice living room, with very comfortable couches and a big screen TV; dining room; big kitchen, bathroom, and Bill's office. The yard is small, but behind the house we have a seperate guest house with it's own bath, kitchen, and living room, and we also have a laundry room out back.
Upstairs are three bedrooms. The girls each have their own room for the first time, which they are loving. We are doing school in the Master bedroom. It's big enough that we have a table and chairs in there and a bookshelf for the books and there is still plenty of room.
The kids and I have been exploring the neighborhood, and we have discovered a school just across the street from us. In the afternoons, we walk down to it, and play on the playground. The kids have met lots of friends from the neighborhood there. I'm glad the kids have started making friends already.
Okay, so that is the "Good". The "Bad" is the traffic here in Nairobi. It took us 3 hours to drive to the mall tonight in horrible traffic, and 2 hours to get home! That's 5 hours in traffic to spend an hour at the mall. We probably won't be going to that mall again for awhile...
The "UGLY"... on our way to the mall, I was holding Bill's phone in my hand because I was checking the GPS, and some guy reached into the car, ripped it out of my hand and took off running! That scared me, and we lost a very nice, expensive phone. No more driving with the windows down!!
Okay, I have "vented"... we are really enjoying it here, and we liked going to church on Sunday at LifeSpring Church not far from our house. I love the fact that everyone here speaks English, even the kids. It has made it very easy for the girls to make friends here.
We have started our traditional Christmas activity advent. Day 1, we put up the tree, see pictures above. Even Jonathan got in on it. Day 2, we were supposed to make cookies but we got home so late that the kids were asleep. SOO... we'll continue the Christmas activities tomorrow.
Happy Christmas Season!!
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The pictures are great. I can't believe how big your kids are getting. I certainly do miss you guys. I am so glad the move went well and I'm sorry about the phone. That's very scary. I hope the settling down continues to go well. Give hugs and kisses to the kids for me.
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