Hey-o !
Right now Sue and I are in lovely Mombasa Kenya... All the kids went back to school at the beginning of last week, so Sue and i took the opportunity to do some traveling. Last Thursday we packed our lives into backpacks and took a bus from Kampala through Nairobi to Moshi, Tanzania. We stayed the weekend marveling at amazing Mount Kilimanjaro. We were able to do a short trek up to the biggest waterfall on the Marangu trail and climb and swim in one of the most beautiful places we have ever been. From Moshi we went to a small coastal town in Tanzania called Tanga, our room had an incredible view of the Indian Ocean. We spent Valentine's day in Peponi, which in Swahili means Paradise, and it was just that... crystal blue water, white sand beaches, exotic plant life... it was truly unbelievable. We spent the day lounging around, reading, talking, and processing our experiences thus far.
Then we sat on the beach watching shooting stars in a galaxy we felt we hadn't even seen before. I can't even do those stars justice in my simple explanations of them, but it restored me to such a new humility at how absolutely small i am, and how absolutely short my life is. Sue was holding the sand in her hands and watching it blow away, and she said "it makes my heart glad to know that God knows the number of grains of sand on this beach." There's such joy getting lost in something so much bigger than yourself, and we were both so lost in the sand, in the stars, we're lost in Africa, and in this world, but it's ok because God knows the grains of sand, the lives of the stars, the blades of grass, the hairs on our heads, the number of our days, and we don't have to figure it out. We have comfort in the fact that God knows, and we know Him, so we can stay lost in His vastness forever. These nights of traveling, and meeting insanely great people from around the world has instilled a new found peace, and wellness of soul that send us spiraling to whatever comes next. We head to Nairobi for a few days tomorrow to spend time with Damaris the Kenyan recording artist who stayed with us, and then back to Kampala. You'll get more details later, but we don't get internet access too often on the road. It has been a while since you've gotten an update, so we wanted to say happy valentine's day (late i know) and that we love you all so much. Hugs and kisses!
Nicole and Susan
