I'm excited to announce that my parents made it home from Kenya! You can really pray for Kenya right now and the missionaries that are there. The threat of being taxed excessively is still heavy on every one's hearts. In addition the exchange rate has continued to drop making it a very tight and difficult time for our missionaries there. In addition, the politically situation is still difficult and it sounds as if there is a continuously rising tension between the African people and white people.

Being a teacher, the shootings today struck a very deep cord in side of me. We practice for such things at our school, and I couldn't help but think about what I would do.I kept thinking about how I could protect them if such a thing happened in our school. When you work with such a variety of kids and people, you know it could happen. You see the severely troubled kids; you understand their psychology, and you know exactly how something like this could happen in any school.

What do you tell five year olds when something like this happens? It's inevitable that they will know about it and want to talk about it tomorrow. It is especially hard when you can't throw God in the mix. I have the promise that he works all things together for good for those who believe in him. So many of them have no such promise. May God open doors to share such things. Even five year olds need to know that someone is in control and loves them no matter what.

My apologies for no pics! Salt Lake was awesome but it was such a whirlwind trip that I didn't take a single picture.