kangaroo's

Well hello there, today i have found out that my dell computer is one of those which is at risk of the battery exploding or at least catching fire!! i always thought it got a bit hot!! so hopefully no explosions until the new battery arrives!! the day draws nearer for arrival of the car, another week or so, hopefully, i have another tough question, no-one by the way answered the one about flies!! does a male kangaroo have a pouch?? if so what for?? prizes may be awarded.
thanks for all the positive blog thougts we will keep on trying to keep
updated. bye for now
"the browns"

life

we are just about to enter another weekend which means being off line for a couple of days, so why not blog.... lots of rain at the moment as the rains seem to have come a month early which is making everyone work really hard, ploughing, clearing and planting all at the same time!! my lettuce are doing well but did plant the whole packet of seeds so an abundance of lettuce we now have!! we have started buying a car!! we've put some money down but now the paper work takes over so may still be a few weeks, a picture will appear when it does!!
this weekend we are celebrating with calvary family and eating goat? anyone had it.... is very nice but can be a bit chewy!! depending what bit you have on your plate!!
so what is the film "cars" like.. reviews would be good, thanks.. and other movies i need to know about..
bye for now
steve

hey there, just noticed it's over 3 weeks since the last post, sorry about that, could blame kit on a manner of things but none would be true. well we have our 1st visitors, sarah and hannah who are hopefully having a good time, they enjoy the taxi rides on the backs of the motorbike!! could be a whole new business opportunity in the uk!!
over the last few weeks have been weeks full of new experiences from harvesting maise and groun d nuts, hard work and blisters as well. the young people here couldn't believe i have never done these things before. also as as a family we have helped collect fire wood and water!! the young people collect water every day! life for us is easy,
joel and anya say hi and they are enjoying themselves especially now as they are on holiday as our guests are here. 7.30am assemblies, anyone beat that? i was surprised i could string any words together at that time of day...maybe i didn't!
will write soon, hopefully
tried to add a photo but no joy...technology!!

hi all, thanks for the comments, nice to know people are reading the blog, at the mo looks like could be updating 0nce maybe twice a week. joel had agreat birthday at weekend and got to play footy pretty much all day, then we watched the england game on a big screen, in the african bush, still same result!! why do we bother even going thro the penalty shoot out!! our freight arrives today?? was meant to be friday but got diverted, who knows where??
life here is becoming normal and certainly getting used to eating beans everday, with pots, chapatis and rice! thankfully the kids love beans.
progress report on our planting for those interested, lettuce and garlic have appeared, COME ON, we are very excited.
the picture is joel sharing his birthday cake with the family group nearest to us.
Question for discussion asked by Joel, "why did God create flies?? answers would be much appreciated, thanks

arrival

hi everyone, we are here, finally. after touring the uk and coming via mombasa!! we have been here 4 days are starting to settle, it is very different but life will become normal i think. but it's afine place when you can pick up 6 mangoes for 30p, can't be bad, the kids had their first day at home school and seemed to enjoy kathryn did as well!! the kids seem very at home and settling well.
went on my first motorbike taxi today which was fun just a bit dusty when vehicles come the nother way, then negotiated my first shopping trip which seemed to go ok?? think the prices were ok!
we're not on email all the time so these posts won't be daily, lets say!! no snakes spotted yet!!
steve

fridge

to carry on the theme of decluttering, we are now sitting in a fairly empty house but we have our priorities right, we still have the tv so we can watch the football!! we did a get bit carried away with letting the fridge go and then having the hottest days of the year, gone off milk in the morning, not the best, so big thanks to the Harts for the loan of a small one.
month to go and hopefully over the next few weeks we will get better at this blogging!!

i will finish on this note, CHELSEA CHAMPIONS!!!

de-cluttering

We've had a great weekend for getting rid of stuff. Jee has moved into his new houswe and taken half of ours with him. Useful, if not a bit disconcerting having no dining room table and chairs any more!

Emmanuel nursery did a sponsored water carry for 'Anyas family'. Involved a lot of adults getting very wet - but really encouraging for us.

We hope that the 29th is in your diary for the fundraiser - the raffle prizes are worth coming for : half a days labour by a friendly builder, free MOT, £50 M&S hamper, nail manicure worth £25 - wow - can it get better?!

cute

1. don't you think this is a great photo?

Plans

Well we are finally beginning to get a few definite plans - we seem to have a leaving date though the tickets are not yet booked. We will leave from Heathrow on Friday 16th June. We wont get to Uganda until the 22nd June because we are Kathryns youngest sisters wedding wihich is happening on the 19th in Kenya!
At the moment we are just working on building up our support team - people who will want to partner with us by giving, praying and encouraging..... so ..... thank you to those of you who have responded to us about this - we are just in the process of putting together a little booklet so that we can show you a bit more detail about the project at Kasana and then you'll know what you are getting involved in!

life here is tickety boo, and for those who know me not only going to a conference in london!! i even admit that i enjoyed it!! careful now, this last weekend had graham and jane from world horizons to help us prepare as a family in going abroad, reallyuseful and encouraging as we seemed to be moving ioin the right direction, you knopw what i saw today a lorry stuck in a wall it had driven into, don't often see that! plans are coming along and we now have a date of 16th june as departure which isn't that far away!!!!
will keep you up to speed
steve

first thoughts

Anyone who knows us will be stunned at this new addition to our techno career. We have just spent a weekend at the Norridges who have set us up with the tongue twister of a blog! Wow!

Now that we have a computer and means to communicate we feel we are more ready to leave the country. We will need the next 5 months to learn what we are doing with regard to blogs.

It will be great to get your comments

Steve and Kathryn.

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