Happy Easter!

PACE closed its doors on Thursday for the Easter Weekend, so since then we’ve deemed all work to be taboo … That is, until tomorrow :o)

We spent all of Friday lounging on the couch – catching up on the news, watching movies, and reading. It was superb! On Saturday we joined Wachira and his kids on a trip to Nakuru - the kids swam while we sat and chatted with Wachira. We spent the night at Wachira's, and then joined his family for Easter Service. At about 7am Easter Sunday, we got a call that our friend Joanie was having chest pains and trouble breathing, so Ryan and Wachira rushed to her place and took her to the Hospital. It turns out her heart rate was over 200bpm! The doctors told her that she has hypertension and that she came very close to having a stroke! Mind you, she is feeling much better now and has returned home with a stabilized heart rate and some medication ot help with the hypertension. We are very grateful for her health and we pray that she recovers fully.

We spent Sunday afternoon with the Ngamau family – or shall we say clan? The Ngamau family is comprised of 7 brothers and 2 sisters - all with kids who have families of their own. If they all moved into the same area, they could have their own postal code! We got back home today around 11 this morning, and after some more visiting, we've again plopped ourselves on the couch - and very soon we'll be watching a movie … well, a second movie to be technical. We must take advantage, because Wachira has informed us that we will 'hit the ground running' on Tuesday. Ryan plans on hitting the ground at a reasonable pace and then working his way up to a run. It's better for the heart.

P.S. Please continue to pray for rain. We have been told that the streets are usually filled with water by now, but they are still entirely not. We watched a thunderstorm today, with bated breath, roll in … and roll right on out again dropping only some scary looking hailstones. The tough part about not having rain in an agricultural-dependent society is that things like milk have gone from 5 shillings per 250ml to almost 20 shillings! The price of so many other staple foods skyrocket as well – nearly all the things we buy in the market are now three or even five times more expensive than when we first arrived! This is still manageable for us, but not for many local families. But, we know that God will provide what the people of Kenya need.