Jambo Friends
This is the official sign at the entrance of our village. It is the named after the tree right at the entrance door of our development.

This is the official sign at the entrance of our village. It is the named after the tree right at the entrance door of our development.

We celebrated Gil’s Birthday with friends and had a wonderful time together.

One of the pictures shows Gil at his therapy. Lenna is doing a great job encouraging Gil to keep on pushing forward. She has become a friend as well. It is so fun to make new friends here in Kenya; but still missing our friends in the States and Germany very much!

Love and grace, Maria & Gil

Jambo

Jambo
We had a wonderful week with Jodi and Steve our first international visitors from the States. The week was packed with exciting experiences. Here are a couple of pictures.

We are dancing with some natives at the cultur center in Mombasa

Another visitor, the kingfisher found the menu in our swimming pool irresistible

Hope you come and see us soon, Maria & Gil

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Snap shots from daily life

Two guys are cutting and old fisherman “boat” to make book selves for us. It worked out pretty well.

Gil is taking up tuba again, but this time in the horizontal position.

How about this visitor?

Today we had an unexpected guest; a colobus monkey sized the opportunity of the open balcony door to check out our home. He is one of the rare species of monkeys and tourist love to see it in the wild. It took some effort to get the monkey out. After he found his freedom again he hung out in our back yard. Hospitality is a gift but I am not sure if I have it in that case!

Our New Neigbors

Last week we got to know the first of our neighbors in our development. Axel, Katrin and Karin. They couldn’t be nicer and we enjoyed getting to know them. They are from Germany and as all good Germans do they like Coffee/tea and cake. We are looking forward to many more visits with them.

More Hospital Visits

More Hospital visits
This time it was the other way around. Gil and I were both hospitalized. Three weeks ago Gil broke his hip as he fell on our veranda. After the surgery I could stay with Gil in the hospital in Mombasa. During the time I got food poisoning from the food I ate there. I too needed to be admitted. After 5 days we went home. Gil fell again, was unconscious for some time and needed again to go the Diani Beach Hospital. He has a concussion, recovering slowly. He is doing a bit better. But still weak from the entire trauma and rests a lot. We started with physical therapy which is going well. In all of it God was and is very good. We are encouraged by all the support we received and have peace in our hearts. Thank you for your prayers. Blessings, Maria

A Hospiltal Visit

We had the privilege to take Janet to the government hospital here in Kenya. Janet is a woman in her 40’s. She is not sure about her exact age. She was diagnosed with TB, weighting only 39 Kilos. Every day we encounter needs of people who have very little means to even get the basic medical treatments or daily nutrition. We hope to assist her with treatment, transportation and food. World Food Shortage is a reality here in Africa. We are grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in at least one family’s life. Love and blessings to you, Maria & Gil