Just Kids

Tana: Mum, today we learnt about Queen Esther in Sunday school.

Dad: Who is Esther?

Tana: Elijah’s wife

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Kendi gently and fondly rubs her Dad’s shoulders while we are having Dinner and then she says –“You are nice Man” Dad almost cries.

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I am dropping the kids to school and Kendi asks

“Mum, why are you driving ahead of Dad, is it because you are his babe?”

Yes Kendi and dad likes to keep watch that we are okay and he is my friend you know.

"Okay- we also need to look for a friend, we have no friends", Kendi replies.

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Tana: Mum, I think I want to marry Kendi (her Sister).


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We always pray with the kids when we drop them to school. There are times when i lay my hands on them and tell them, "Come here girls i need to bless you"
Some of the  days one of them will say-"Mum today we will bless you" and they lay their hands on my head. Sweet girls!

Happy Fathers day

 I may be away but I love and Celebrate Chris today. I have been trying to check out some of the photos that i have in my laptop for now and i found a few. As we celebrate this day, i celebrate and an amazing man, an amazing father. let me say it before the children get to one day say it themselves. But recently Kendi did tell her Dad that he is a nice man. They know it and they appreciate it too.

The photos are random and cut across time and the kids too.

  I love this photo..i had to start with it as we celebrate fathers day! My crazy loving wonderful husband.

 

Thanks for all the time you take to play with the kids. 

  

Thanks for being fun loving....

 

We love your company

 

 We know you like to rest with your newspaper and we try sometimes to give you that space

 

But all the same...we adore you.

 Even when the going gets tough and you take that unexpected nap, you are still the best

 You bring alot of laughter into our lives

 Your gentle arms are such a strength to us

 Thanks for feeling us and choosing to be real with your affection

 We love you

 We love you

 

We love you

 

 You are the best

 

 That's an interesting look

  A cool look

 A cheerful look

Happy fathers day!

Thank you Daddy- for being a great father for in so doing you all the more help us appreciate our heavenly father.

Mum in the field.

Its been quiet because this mum is currently on a field mission in  Senegal. Enjoy a few photos for the time being.

 

The beach  - Amazing Atlantic Ocean

 The framissima palm beach hotel Senegal-where we are staying.

 Last evening we went out for ride to some Island. Look at this little wonderful kids crossing the bridge to go home. They look like they are from school. Home is the far end...they call it their village. This is around 7:45pm...and yet still bright... its hard for a Kenyan to imagine so.

 Mum and her Colleagues - Beautiful ladies. Actually, next to me is my boss. Wonderful lady.

 The view from my room.Beyond the trees is the beach.

I skype  my family every day and my one and only hubby facilitates this so well - I am forever grateful to God for him. His support is always amazing. 

Back to Music...

 

-My sweet one- Holding barely two weeks old Ethan-

For those of you, who know, my hubby has always loved, really loved music and still does. Actually by the time I met him, he was the worship leader in campus, and he is very good especially with choirs! He plays almost all instruments! Really- Yes he does!

He continued to lead worship in our church until the day Kendi was born! And he decided to take a break from all church related singing activities and concentrate on taking care of the children. Almost five years down the line, and now that our current last ( the one he is holding above) is now a year and a  half, we think it’s time he goes back to serving in music and he is open to it too.

 I am personally looking forward to that, and he has my full support, he has sacrificed five years of music and leading worship in Church, he could have rusted a bit in terms of playing instruments, but he is a sharp one, he will pick up soon. Sure, there is a time for everything under the sun. I thank God that my hubby understood that I needed his extra support in the last five years and he wholeheartedly gave that support.

We plan to be accompanying him sometimes, for the practice sessions on Saturday hopefully the kids can pick on that talent too. More so, I think these would be great memories for the children as well.

They fall- I shine!

It is amazing – when I think about all that I learn from my children. Sometimes when one of them does and exceptionally good job, or does something that is worth complimenting, she (this time being Kendi or Tana) will ask? What about the other? Meaning or rather she is trying to check if I carry with me the same fond feelings for the other as much as I have for her at that moment. 

Well, my answer is always the same. I love your sister as much as I love you and I am only complementing you because you have done something quite well and your sister does other things very well too.

This made me think of something that I once heard.  There are many occasions in our lives that we derive gratification from other people’s failures, or because we think we look better, others must be looking bad. If a person is not doing well, we can easily pat ourselves on the back – after all, we are not falling apart like they are. It is a case of for example comparing ourselves (Kenya) with Somalia. And thinking how a great country Kenya must be! Well, there are other better countries that Kenya as well!

There are times, I have heard someone say- “She has added so much weight”- what is she eating? One of the questions that comes to my mind when someone says this is - Are they deriving their comfort because the other persons looks big and that makes me look like a size 6 and therefore better? Or are they actually genuinely concerned about their weight gain. Have you ever noticed that gossip is always about how others look bad, I guess that is why it satisfies most of us because it makes other people greatest weaknesses look like our greatest strength? How can she? How could they?....and lets nail it right there! PRIDE!

How many times has someone else down fall ever made you feel happy about yourself? When others loose, does it make you happy? And if they successes, do you feel like a looser? Well, Mums it’s a great new week. And I pray that we find joy in knowing who we are and why we are where we are. And as I share this, I am preaching to myself too. 

May God help us NEVER to count it all Joy when someone else fails because we selfishly feel better about ourselves and if such thoughts cross our minds because they will-LET US CAST THEM DOWN!