Kenya 2009 - Part 3

Still Negative

There have been many days when I have wanted to sit down and write but there’s nothing. My fingers just wouldn’t type or I would just leave my computer and do something else. There have been many nights when I would lie awake and think that I needed to write but when morning came, again nothing. I’ve had so much to write, yet feel like I’ve had nothing to say.

The Stawski’s have left and are back in Canada, hopefully getting back in to some sort of routine. Our friend Dave, from Reno, left yesterday evening on a flight from Kitale to Nairobi and left late last night on his flight to head back to the US.

Daniel arrived back in Kenya safe and sound, a little over a week ago. And Sean and I are doing great; still in the honeymoon stage and loving the time we have together. For those inquiring minds that want to know….there is no baby yet so you can stop taking bets. :-) I’m learning to release it to God; that His timing is perfect on when a baby will arrive (and we’ve only been married for three months!) so, please release it to God and rely on His timing too! :-)

On a sadder note, one of our sponsored children was raped in April, by a neighbour. There are some legal investigations going on so I can’t speak much about it but I do ask that you pray for this girl. She is 13 years old and is having a very difficult time. For some of us ladies, we can understand the emotions she is going through and we can know just what to pray for. Once the legal issues are over, she will be moved to a safer location. If I can keep you posted regarding this young girl, I certainly will.

Now on a better update. It’s about Lina/Linda (side note for you….her name is really Lina but we’ve called her Linda…but I will start just referring her to Lina). The many tests done on her for HIV are still coming up negative; the disease is somehow still “gone”. They have run a whole other set of tests and the results should be available in the next few weeks. If these tests come up negative as well, then they won’t run tests on her again for another three months. If those tests (in three months time) are negative, then they will wait another three months and run the last set of tests again. If those tests come up negative, then she will be cleared of having HIV. This, my friends, is our prayer!!!!

The last few weeks of seeing Lina, she has been full of life and energy. She runs around and plays. Last week, she curled up on my lap and fell asleep from the exhaustion of just doing kid things. It’s wonderful to see her with this new breath of life and we can only pray that this continues that she will live to be a young woman, a wife, and an old woman, full of energy, fun and love.

It’s good being back in full swing here although I feel like I desperately need a vacation. Being in Canada for two months was great but it wasn’t really a vacation; planning a wedding took a lot of work. J But if a vacation is to come, it needs to be pretty much in the next four weeks as the rest of the year is quite a busy one.

We have a youth team from Sean’s and my church coming in June for a little over a week. Then a friend of mine (don’t know if it’s still not out in the open yet so I wont’ give the person’s name) is coming to Kenya, around the time the youth team is leaving and then we have another team coming about a week after the youth team leaves. August is my busy month because its sponsor’s update month and then September our Internship Program begins. We will have a packed program this fall and it looks like it will be a great group. I’m excited for it…for the big group of community to start again.

Please continue to keep us, Daniel, Sean and me, in your prayers. They can always be used…and sometimes much needed.

Love to all!