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Okay. These are just ones that wouldn't work yesterday, just friends. :)

way too long...Pole Sana!! (i'm very sorry!)

Okay. Sorry it has been a while again… for those of you who still have hope that one day I will post, and keep checking, you finally got your wish today. ;) I am truly sorry it has been so long. That’s what happens when I go on break here. I have little access to internet, and I am extremely busy doing different things, visiting different people. I’ll try to give a brief update. Basically I had a wonderful break for the month of April. I went to the Coast – Mombasa. It was great. I went because there was a PAOC Missions Retreat, and I was asked to run the Children’s Program. It went very well and I had lots of fun. It is VERY hot there - VERY humid. But it was nice. I swam in the Ocean – that was cool. So that was five days, the second week of my break. (The first week I just hung out – had fun though just with friends and different people.) I got home, had one day and then Kirk, Shelley (Principal of the school and his wife – they are Canadian) Christa (my roommate) and I traveled to a place called Kisumu. We flew up, because we were only staying for the day. We went to visit a PACC Graduate and his wife that have started a really cool ministry up country in Kisumu for widows and orphans. It was awesome. So then in the evening we went back to the airport to catch our flight out – back to Nairobi. Their was a storm, but then it passed so we thought we would be fine. We boarded the plane, took off, and the first few minutes were fine, then it started getting scary. There was lots of turbulence, like crazy turbulence. We were flying into the storm that had passed over us and it was apparently like that all the way to Nairobi. The storm was so bad that it knocked out the plane’s radar system, so the pilot was basically flying blind. The plane was getting rocked around, and it was probably the scariest thing I have ever experienced. I was sitting beside the emergency exit door, praying that I wouldn’t have to use it! Shelley, Christa and I were holding hands trying not to scream, and just praying, and Christa and Shelley were trying not to puke. It was awful! Anyway, the pilot decided to turn around and head back to Kisumu that was the safest bet. So we ended up saying the night there, we weren’t prepared at all but it was fine. We were just happy to be back on the ground! Needless to say, I am very happy and relieved that I am not flying again for over a couple months. J Now especially after hearing on Saturday about the plane that crashed. So, yes that was my near death experience for the break. Lol. I am happy it’s over. The rest of my break was spent hanging out with friends, visiting different people. I enjoyed myself. I started school last week, so this is week two in my final term in Kenya. I honestly cannot believe it. I cannot believe that I only have 2 and a half months left here. Everyone always asks if I’m excited to come home, or what I’m feeling, and honestly my feelings are everywhere. I am SO excited to come home and see my family and friends. I miss everyone a lot. And I miss things about home too. I miss going out for coffee with people. I miss going out at night at all (because here I never do, it’s not safe), I miss driving, I miss church in Canada, I miss leading worship and tons more. But at the same time I love it here, I really do. It’s completely different, but it’s funny what you get used to. The people here are amazing. I will miss them. I have made many friends and it will be hard to leave them. I will miss tons of little things about living here. When you live somewhere for a year, you get attached, it’s hard not to. It just gets to you. Well Africa definitely got to me. This will NOT be the last time I am here. I know that for sure. But it’s still hard to leave. So I am torn. I’m in the middle. Some days I don’t know what I feel at all. It’s very confusing. But I know that God had me here for a year for a reason, and he also has me going back to Canada in July for a reason, so I am just trusting him for my future, it’s in his hands. So there you have it. I miss you all, I hope that you are doing well. Let me know! Talk Soon.
Love, Jade

The pics are just random....from over my break. :) Actually it seems as though the other pictures aren't working....i will add them later when it's working.....sorry.