Easter Weekend In Eldoret

I'm sure many people spent Easter Weekend with friends and family. Though we live in a country far from most of our friends and family we are blessed to have some family very near. We had a great time with Ma and Pa Leister in Eldoret. Oh and a few kids also. Tekoa loves to go crazy with the others. We have been home a few hours and he is already missing them all. We spent almost four full days away from Kisumu and the daily grind which was a wonderful vacation for Rachel and I. We hope everyone had as much fun and encouragement as we did over the last four days.

Of course for the kids one of the highlights was the hunt. In this case there were no eggs, but small plastic bouncy balls. They tracked them down in the grass, trees and shrubs. The picture shows my mom teaching about the gift of new life that Jesus gave us in His death and resurrection.

This is the new play room the kids absolutely love. Tekoa though a new comer to the play room jumped right in. This of course was after the ball search and now they were expressing the abundance of life they all seem to have

Gabe and Tekoa are quite a pair. Of course it's always a highlight for Tekoa when he is in Eldoret to spend time with Gabe. Keeping them out of trouble or harms way can be a challenge at times. It's fun watching them grow up together.

Eliza even got in on the bouncy ball action. She was hanging with the less volatile ones of course not wanting to get her dress dirty or mess up her hair. Isn't she just adorable.

Well I didn't get a good picture of Easter Dinner. Of course I was too busy eating the delicious ham and what not. Not a common finding in Kenya. We also had a strawberry-rubarb pie for desert among other things. Compliments to Mom and my wife for the fantastic food. It was a great meal that we ate in the big play room with 4 adults, 2 teens and 23 kids under the age of 5. Food fight was an option but nobody wanted to be responsible for cleaning up the mess.