Schools out and my comp. is on!

I have so much to be thankful for today.

I am thankful for my many energetic students who thoroughly trounced us teachers in the sports tournament, and are now off on their Christmas vacation.
I am thankful for the warm african sun that is at its hottest right now, and that has gently painted my face fire engine red today.
I am thankful for my body and God's amazing handiwork in creating an immune system that is now working overtime to combat a cold and an invader a little bigger than a virus.
I am thankful for food and the thanksgiving feast we will be having here on Saturday with all the Americans and Brits (I think the Brits just come for the food)
I am oh so so soooooo very thankful for my brother who has finally been able to restore both my mom's and my computer after a vicious attack by 6 different viruses on one flashdisk.
I am thankful for my friends and family and I wish there were some way I could be with all of them at once.
And I am thankful that I will soon be returning to Monroe to be with my CCM family there. Be aware - I just might show up on your doorstep some time in January.

Obama fever

Did you know there was a voting station for the US elections right here in Kisumu? Yes, someone had managed to secure two American flags and had set up two boxes in the middle of Kondele - one for Obama and one for McCain. The McCain box was the one over by the pile of stones. Our unofficial count has Obama with a hundred point lead. Fortunately, the US will not need to resort to counting those ballots.

Now we are waiting to see how the Luos react. Yesterday, the general opinion was that there would be riots either way, but God is good and things seem quiet this morning. It helps that those with nothing better to do have the option of going to Obamas home place and eating the bull they will be slaughtering.

God bless America!