Kenya Cost of living

People were wondering with the costs increasing so dramatically in the US what we pay for things here in Kenya. I am a bargain hunter, so these prices are the cheapest end of the range.

Diesel $ 5.30 gallon
Milk $ 4.04 gallon
Unleaded $ 6.06 gallon
air time $ 0.27 1 minute
soda $ 1.97 2 liters
Bread $ 0.53 cheap loaf
Can of Tuna $ 1.32 each
Cheap movie $ 6.33 each
Coffee @ Java $ 3.17 each
Corn Flakes $ 6.58 average bag
Eggs $ 1.44 dozen
Internet $ 83.33 one month
Olive Oil $ 8.33 liter
Pringles $ 3.25 each
Shampoo $ 6.67 each (cheap)
Tea $ 2.65 pound
Toothbrush $ 3.33 each
TP $ 0.30 each
Almonds $ 6.80 pound
Apples $ 1.36 pound
Beans $ 0.68 pound
Beef $ 2.27 pound
Brown Flour $ 1.06 pound
Butter $ 5.30 pound
Cashew $ 3.79 pound
cheese $ 4.55 pound
Chicken $ 2.65 pound
Fish $ 3.33 pound
Flour $ 0.91 pound
Maize Meal $ 0.45 pound
Onions $ 0.45 pound
Oranges $ 1.52 pound
Popcorn $ 0.75 pound
Rice $ 1.59 pound
Sugar $ 0.53 pound

Prayers urgently needed, again.

Kenya decided on a coalition government and this brought about a "tense peace" for a few weeks. The next step was to decide on cabinet members. This is brought yet another impasse to the government. Since there is the inability to make a decision on the cabinet members, the opposition party (ODM) is refusing to meet. If you would like more information on the news of this story, check out: http://africa.reuters.com/country/KE/news/usnL08783347.html

Because of this, yesterday, the riots began again. They were isolated to Kisumu and Kibera which were two of the worst areas in the violence that we had seen before. We do not feel any immediate danger to ourselves, but as we have seen before, things can go very bad, very quickly.

Please pray for
The hearts of politicians to be softened by the Holy Spirit, realizing that without this they cannot be good leaders.
Non violent expressions of dissatisfaction.
The work that has been done to not be undone. Reconciliation is happening one person at a time.
The safety of our team in Kenya, Kearbys, Gibsons and Abbotts.
Safety of our children as they travel by bus to school.
Freedom from fear for us as we minister to those who are hurt.
Safe travel for our staff as they travel to work each day, sometimes through these affected areas.

We thank you for joining us in this battle of principalities.


Ephesians 6
11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. (NIV)

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Msafara

As many of you know, Matthew had the opportunity to travel with a convoy of 300 people through out Kenya waging war of the spiritual influences in Kenya's recent clashes. Here is a tiny glimpse of that trip.

Prayer walking in downtown Nairobi.


Children in an IDP camp.




A drawing by a child. Notice the helicopter firing into the crowd of people.


More IDP.


A town that has been destroyed that they passed on their journey.

Out and About

Katriel's school, Logos Christian School, which is a Kenyan school had a sports day, can you pick her out of the crowd?


She enjoyed getting her face painted.


We also got the chance to ride a camel. The ride isn't bad, the getting up and down is quite scary though!

Nairobi National Park

This park is actually in the city of Nairobi. Easy to get to and a nice day trip. We saw quite a lot of game, but here are a few pictures.

I actually took this picture (sorry, a little bit of pride there, I usually don't take good pics, Matthew does). If you zoom in it, you can see the bugs eating out of the buffalo's ears. We were THAT close!


Giraffes really are silly looking creatures aren't they?


The girls had a great day!

Amboseli

Here are a few pictures to our recent trip to Amboseli National Park which borders Tanzania.

The first thing we saw after we entered the park - hyaenas with a kill. This was about 30 feet from the road.


About 10 feet from the car! Arg. I was scared!


Can you see the lion here? See how easy it would have been to drive right by?


Hippos! There are 3 in this picture.


We received this tent as a wedding present from Chris Smith, how wonderful to see it in Kenya!


This is Chandi's tent! Look girl, your tent is at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro! Thanks again for this blessing, you are so good to us!