Praise God.

Zebedee Michael Harding
Zebedee means gift of Jehova and was the Biblical father of the apostles James and John. James is Steve's father and John is Angi's Grandfather.
Michael means who is like God?
thanks for praying!
7:42 pm
may 28
20 inches
8.5 lbs

pray request

The Doctors have said, because of some calcification in the baby's heart that there is a small percent chance that he may have Down's Syndrome or other chromosomal defect. Please pray that if it is in God's will that this baby will be born healthy. And if not that then that God will give us extra grace. thanks

Surprise

Belated Blog Kenya to U.S.

I'm trying to catch up on the blog. After we left Kalacha we moved to Nairobi for three months. There I (steve) worked for A.I.M.'s T.A.M. shop (Technical assistance ministries). TAM works on Missionaries' vehicles. I worked with Stephen (Right in photo below), and Benedicto (not pictured) under Trevor (Middle in photo below)



I also worked with Mark a Sudanese Darfur refugee, who was training to be a mechanic. Pray for him as he has converted but struggles with anger and frustration after seeing horrible things done to his family during the war.

Stephen Jokes around after we pulled the engine out of this old land cruiser.

a video that charmyn took after a flat going to kalacha on a nice section of road

We were able to visit my foster brother at the home he runs for street kids.



And able to see Giraffes when my family came out. Angi even fed one from her mouth!


















Just before leaving we were able to make it to the beautiful coast of Kenya with my family.

Moving

Well we have moved from our place in KaIach a to Nairobi. This is not what we anticipated, but we believe it is what God has for us now.

In KaIach a we learned many things, had great times and trying times too. (Steve learns to wear the local "man skirt" called kalumpa)

The vastness of the ChaIbi desert was striking.



















The nothingness begins just outside of the village.

And Seems to extend forever

at times the salt is so thick you might think it was snow if not for the 120 degree heat.


Ezekiel's face shows his discontent at having a towel keep his head from bouncing.
























Ezekiel happy to be united with Ako (Grandmother)
















Ako teaching us how to carry Umuro (Ezekiel) on her back
























Our bed after a week and a half. We removed the pillows to show the dust.

Prayer and Praise

Praise: Ezekiel's arm is great. We were able to fly to Gatab and back and have it checked out in one day. It is a big relief.

Prayer: I (steve) was asked to give blood for a very sick volunteer for a different mission in Nairobi, Angi wasn't allowed give because of the nursing. This Morning the volunteer died. Please pray for her family.

Prayer: Please pray for us as we are struggling with raising Ezekiel in the heat and different culture.

Thanks

Catching up on life

We are very behind on updating this blog, this is the post that I hope catches us up.

We have really been struggling with the idea of bringing Ezekiel back to a house that has a floor made up of 10,000 marble size rocks (i.e. choking hazard, and scorpion camouflage) The mission has allowed us to move to a house with a cement floor, running water and now that we have finally gotten our solar panel up, lights(custom made by Steve's brother for solar systems)




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One of the Reasons we were nervous in the old house->











-We attended a short conference for all Kenya A.I.M.ers before we headed up country again. Salome, Angi, Ezekiel, Enock, and Ezra were able to fly up by plane. This was a huge praise for Paul and I because the trip was extended because of of so many break downs.



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A great picture that Charmyn took that captures the spirit of the trip->

Traditionally if a boy is born the Gabbra women will come and dance and sing. It was a pleasure to have them come to our place.


















Christmas eve our team was able to have a big dinner together. Angi was able to make 2 pies and a cobbler all on our propane stove. I (steve) was so impressed I had to take a picture of one of the pies. Coconut cream:)
Christmas Day was a very difficult day. We were going to sleep in but we were awoken by a friend wanting to borrow money. After a busy morning when things were starting to slow down in the afternoon, I (steve) was moving Ezekiel and the chair he was in folded and I dropped him about 3 ft onto solid concrete. Ezekiel lip was ripped up and his left upper arm was broken. We flew out the next day to get an X-ray to a town called Gatab. 4 days later we flew down to Nairobi to take Ezekiel to Kijabe hospital. The Dr. has told us that Ezekiel will heal fine. Please pray for us as this is very difficult to deal with and figure out what the best things are to do.


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Bruised and bandaged boy->
















Our lives are different in KaIach a. To keep water cooler we put a sock on the bottle and the evaporation helps cool it down. Our window lizard, Edwardo, has found that sitting on the bottles helps him stay cool as well. Other "friends" are not so welcome. Angi found a boomslang snake on our front porch. No pictures because we were busy killing it. Please pray for safety.