End of Week 1!!

Firstly ... we apologise for our picture-less blog!!! - basically we've not taken any photos yet!!! - we promise to get our acts together some point soon!! And for those of you who don't know what MAF is ... it's Mission Aviation Fellowship!! We're now into more of a routine ... and had quite a relaxing weekend as well which was much needed after a hectic first few days!! Mark's been working on the engine of a Cessna 210 and has helped service an Ethiopian Cessna 208 Caravan (for those that want to know ... or can make sense of the code!!) He has had a lot more hands-on work the last couple of days and so has enjoyed it a lot more! - He's also getting to know the guys who he's working with a bit more which is making work easier! One highlight was being taken to lunch by another mzungu (white man!) to the Palais ... where he tucked in to a meal of beans, cabbage, something green and flavoured water with chapati and ugali all for the rip-off price of 40 Ksh (Kenyan Shillings) ... there's about 135 Ksh to the pound!! Jenny's now spent a couple of days in West Nairobi School ... it's so American it's almost painful!! (sorry to all our US buddies!!) but the staff are nice and it's good to see the other side of education available in Africa! She's also spent a day in the New Life Home orphanage ... where there are 51 children from babies in incubators to toddlers (they move on to another orphanage when they are approx 3 or are fostered or adopted!) - the kids are gorgeous and love being cuddled and just playing together! Thanks for all your comments and emails about the blog ... we'll be on again at the weekend! - maybe even with the odd picture or 2!!!