Three weeks ago today we arrived home from Najile. The memories are still fresh, but every day seems to make the distance between Calgary and Najile grow. Almost daily text messages with Joseph help, but all of us miss Kenya and want to go back! Today was Elizabeth's pre-wedding. We were fortunate to be in Najile for Joseph's pre-wedding, and celebrate with his family and friends.

MCC Alberta held a World AIDS Day event at Foothills Mennonite Church on Tuesday evening. Anne, Henry, Kari, Byron and I each took a theme and shared stories, images and what we learned on our trip. Henry and Byron spoke about food and water security/insecurity. Kari shared about the Lari Peace Memorial Museum, the peace clubs and computer initiative. Anne spoke about the peer educators and PLHA's (People Living with HIV/AIDS) that we met in Najile and area. And I tried to pull all of the themes together and hopefully explain how critical each of those themes are to the other...oh, and then talk about the music and recording and cd #4. It was a great evening! A highlight for me was the candle lighting that took place after the sharing. Kari invited people to come to the front to light a candle as a sign of their commitment to take their place in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In the background the recording that we did in Najile of "Glory Bound" was playing. Very moving time.

Jesse and Clare are home! They arrived on Sunday afternoon, and have more hilarious adventures to share! And also some really touching and profound experiences. The Kiranto family hosted them for two weeks, and taught them to milk goats, make chipatis (sp?), chai, and more!

From 30 above in Najile to minus 12 and falling...and a 4 foot snow drift outside our back door! Home...