We have a great backyard where the boys dig in the sandbox. As you can see, Isaiah is shoeless - against the rules - and completely covered in dirt. You can also note the brown grass. Everything here is dry-dry-dry. We knew from our friends before we came that there was a drought but now we feel the effects.
Nathanael "superman" Hilkemann. Swinging on our huge front porch. All of the neighbor kids like to come over and play with the swings and the other toys the boys bring out. They also like playing with the boys.
The boys climbing in our back yard. So much fun.
Our house helper Mbula or Constance has been at our home the last two days. She is a huge help. She not only is doing our wash, helping to clean, and even making shopping runs for us, she is also tutoring Jenny on how to do "simple" Kenyan things like make Chai.
Todd spent some significant time with students today during orientation. It is good to finally meet some of the students that I will be teaching. They mostly come from Kenya but are many ages and have many stories. I'm thrilled to be working with such a fine group of students. I also completed my first full Syllabus today. Upon approval, my "English Grammar and Composition" course is done - now the hard part - teaching it. I still have two syllabi to go and need to have them done no later than Tuesday of next week. That gives me two days a piece. At this rate, I should make it.
For those of you who want to try and call us on Skype in the evenings, we seem to have a better internet connection now, so feel free to give us a try. Even if you don't have Skype you can call us using a Nebraska phone number. If you want the number shoot us an e-mail and we'll get back to you with the number- we don't want to publish it on the 'Net.
Goodnight.
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