Things have been bubbling already with Christmas preparations… We  have agreed on a one person giving a present to the other, which in our near family of 12 makes sense to avoid over spending and waste. We held a raffle for the names and now it will be a surprise to know who got who to give a present to. We also agreed on a cap on the value of the presents.
From Portugal we received news from Emanuel and Mandy that they are enjoying their stay there and studies are going well although that keeps them rather busy. They also visited some of our relatives there, and enjoyed some of the best in Portuguese hospitality.

Emanuel and Mandy on the road…

Here in Kenya, we appreciated our wonderful thanksgiving dinner which we enjoyed with one of our friends, Julia.

Thanksgiving dinner with Julia

We are thankful for everything even for every trial like what happened to our vehicle, which in spite of being recently repaired let us down and stuck on our way to Kijabe Dentist appointment, because the brand new fan belt came out …. the car over-heated and was smoking all over from the boiling water coming out – the belt also drives the water pump, which stopped pumping, therefore the overheating… a real scene that was solved with some help from some locals who improvised the mechanic, and took a ‘piky-piky’ ride (motorcycle taxi) to near town to buy a new fan belt. We finally made it to the dentist appointment, one and half hours later.

Thankful hearts!!