Another week in Kapsowar

Well, this week has gone really good. Emily and I have been to the hospital a few times, but Vanessa has not been feeling very well so we have helped out with the boys a lot. On Monday, we were determined to get baby Isaac to walk and guess what- HE DID! We were all so excited because he has been standing on his own for quite some time now. Apparently, the word got out that I knew how to play the piano so I gave some lessons for the afternoon :) (I never thought I would be teaching piano while in Kenya) On Wednesday, we did our mime during the morning chapel service and everybody loved it! We were even asked to perform it again on Sunday for church. That night, while Vanessa was having a women's biblestudy, Emily, Kyle, the boys, and I took a hike down to the river. And I mean a HIKE! We basically went straight down the mountain on a trail just big enough for us to fit on. Kyle had to carry Jude, the two-year old, and Emily and I took turns carrying baby Isaac. We had a couple wipe-outs on the way down, but when we finally made it, it was beautiful! the river snakes through the mountains and we stopped on a green flat right beside the banks. We decided it was the perfect spot for a picnic. We then had to climb all the way back up. Luckily, no one fell, but we were sucking air by the time we reached the top! We have eaten dinner at a few Kenyan houses, getting to enjoy the cultural food and tomorrow we will hike to another home to have dinner. We have had a couple movie nights with the other missionaries here; its fun to hang out with fellow Americans and our honorary Brit from Liverpool. Today Emily did rounds in pediatrics with Kyle and then scrubbed in for a surgery. We're still hoping to deliver a baby...maybe this afternoon :) tomorrow is our last day in the hospital and then on Monday morning we head to Nairobi for a couple of days. It's gone by so fast!