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The Nine Days of Kenya: On the first day of Kenya my true love said to me, "see ya babe I'm headed to Nairobi!"

Aaron's Kenya trek has begun. I dropped him off at the airport a little after 12:30. His flight leaves at 3:30 but we just wanted to be on the safe side since it's an international flight. Everything went fine getting through security though. He was at his terminal before I got home from dropping him off and he'd already found three of the other five team members who are going with him. They will fly to Amsterdam and then to Nairobi. They arrive in Nairobi sometime tomorrow.
On my end I will be finding out what it's like to live the life of a single parent. I have a very large list of projects that I want to do during spring break. I plan to paint a couple of walls in the dining/living room area, wash curtains, clean baseboards, clean out the cars, mow the lawn, and clean out the flowerbeds I haven't gotten to yet. It seems like a huge list but I think I can get it all done with no school an minimal grading to take care of during the break. Tam is taking Wednesday off so we'll do something fun that day and Brandon, Amanda, and kids are supposed to arrive in Dallas this evening and spend at least the weekend so we'll catch up with them tomorrow maybe.
I think Aaron will have a great trip. I know he is excited about going and helping the Brookhaven team figure out which village in Kenya our church will partner with. We'd like all of you to keep all of us in your prayers: Aaron as he travels and Maddy and I as we hold down the fort.

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Jennifer said…
What a great experience for Aaron! I've been to Nairobi. Such memories. Praying for his team.

Praying for you and Maddy as well. The longest we've gone is 17 days when Stephen was in India. Colby was nursing still and we were in a rent house. Whew, I don't want to do that again. But, you know what, God was so sweet to me during that time, in that my kids were AWESOME! It was as easy of a 17 days without a spouse as I could've ever dreamed of!

Praying that you are able to accomplish lots of your things on your to-do list and enjoy the extended week!
March 11, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Brittany said…
yay! I love the updates!
March 14, 2011 at 4:47 PM
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