Gratitude Lately: Maasai Mara

This weekend has made me thankful for pictures, driving, and the teamwork to make them both happen

I'm thankful for protective mommas and their precious babies

For playfulness and friends to chase

For rooftop views and adventures

For chance sightings and big cats

For flushing toilets and cushy "camping"

For fishtailing, four-wheeling, mud drives that stretch my sense of adventure

For paved roads, and the Chinese who made them.

And for stunning endings to wonderful journeys

Here's to a fantastic long weekend, and a safe journey home.  

What I'll Miss #2

I am going to miss the Maxwell gazelles. Call me crazy, but they look different from other gazelles I've seen; they're distinctive (inbred?). I've been to the Mara with its incredible wildlife (twice now!) but every time I pull back into Maxwell's campus and see our own little herd, with the babies and unicorn in all, I know I'm home. 

44 days

This blows my mind. In exactly 44 days, it will be Maxwell graduation, I will have spent 10 months in Kenya, and I will be getting on a plane to fly back to Tennessee. Can this really be happening?

ASB Banquet

The ASB banquet theme this year was YouTube, so on Sunday night, the cafeteria was turned into... well... a YouTube banquet! Since I was punctual, I got pulled into helping in the kitchen and didn't end up taking many pictures. (ok, this is a complete excuse. I really am that bad at taking pictures....) After the student servers showed up, I rejoined the banquet to enjoy videos (from YouTube of course), burritos, guacamole, and some pretty fabulous vegan ice cream and cake! 

ASB did a pretty good job decorating for the YouTube theme

Tanzi rocking the 80s look

I love this picture! (Katie succeed in deleting whatever they were looking at)

My Pakistani outfit, courtesy of Yani

VBS - Sabbath

This past sabbath, the Maxwell gym was transformed as we hosted four bus loads of VBS kids for sabbath school, church, lunch, and afternoon activities. I absolutely loved it when the VBS kids recited their memory verses and sand their songs. They were so energetic, it was contagious. The day was filled with songs, snuggles, games, and smiles. Definitely a blessed sabbath.

This is Obama. He might have fallen asleep in church.

Sabbath afternoon included many animated games of musical chairs

Our principal and Obama