Happy Birthday to Anthony!!! Today Robyn's assistant turns 31, and he's never really celebrated his birthday before. So, last night all the students made him a big birthday poster with "31 Reasons Why We Love Anthony." Robyn came up with about half the reasons, and everyone else came up with the rest. Some of the sponsors made him cupcakes, and we wrapped up a couple gifts for him as well. I'm so excited to surprise him!
This morning was one of our earliest mornings so far, which was a big deal for me and Kirsten (we sleep in the same bed) because we're always the last to get up. :) Anthony came to drive one of the vehicles,so before we left we sang Happy Birthday to him and Robyn gave him her present (a sweet pair of shoes.) We decided to wait until tonight to surprise him with the rest of the celebration.
Today we had gotten up earlier because we went to the open air market to get fresh fruits and vegetables for the Haruma Home. This was the most exciting part of the day for me. We were VERY out of place in the market, but once people saw we were with Anthony I felt a little more comfortable. This market is close to Anthony's home, so everyone seemed to know him. We watched Robyn and him buy the food and then we carried it back to the vehicles. Rhea, Leslie, Faith, and I went with Agnes (Anthony's wife) to see her hair shop, which was beautiful! It was called Kui's Princess Hair Salon, and all the walls were bright pink. I loved it!
After that we drove out to the Haruma Home. I love car rides in Nairobi. Even though they're a little intense :), they're tons of fun and I really like looking out the window as we're traveling. Today at the home we painted the whole time. When we finished, a couple of us went to give pencils to the students in their classes. At that time some of the children were on their break so it was so adorable to see them spot us and then run accross the yard to come give us hugs. They're all so beautiful and I'm so excited to show everyone pictures!
We've been back now for awhile and we're waiting for Anthony, Agnes, and his son, Eric, to arrive so that we can have dinner and then surprise him with his little birthday party. Thank you for all the prayers while we're gone! James 1:27 says "Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us," and it's so neat to live out that verse in this way!
God Bless! (I would've have told you that in Swahili since Anthony taught me how to say it today, but I already forget what it is :)
-Maddie
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