JOY TO THE WORLD

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas and the Joy of our Lord and Savior,

JESUS CHRIST

We love you all,

Mike, Liz, Abby, and Lily

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 9: 6,7

"And she will bear a Son ; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins."
Now all this took place that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,
"Behold the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which translated means, God with us."
Matthew 1: 21-23

MEETING IN MATHARE

These pictures are from our from our meeting two weeks ago with Pastor Vitalis in Mathare slum. We discussed ways that we could help his congregation in an ongoing way with the support of our home church, Grace Bible. Looking out over the rusty tin rooftops of Mathare.
A short briefing on security precautions as we head in.

More street scenes from deep inside Mathare.

Pastor Vitalis with Mary, a member of his congregation, and her daughter. Their home is about 6x6 feet.
Some of the kids at Vitalis's church. That's an open sewer ditch on the left.

THE MOUNT SUSWA SAFARI

The adventure begins as we load up to begin our safari up Mt. Suswa, an extinct volcano on Maasai land. The kids rode on top of the vehicles to the end of the track where we started the hike. LUCKY!
Just a little dusty along the way.

Sights and local Maasai along the way before we begin our ascent.

Headin up the mountain with our Maasai escorts.
Here the kids are looking out over the inner crater. It's a long almost vertical way down.
Our teenage Maasai mountain guides fascinated by technology.

These Maasai women met us on the way down and gave us gifts of necklaces and bracelets for having given one of them a ride up the mountain earlier. She was sick and had been to a medical clinic at the base of the mountain.


This ends our trip to Mt. Suswa. Unfortunately we were unable to take pictures of our confrontation with the Angry Maasai guys who held us hostage on the way down, since they threatened to smash the camera of someone in our party who tried. When we finally agreed to pay the "FEE" Ha! they let us go. All in all a fun outing with family and friends.