Grace is now a Citizen

On Friday, Lisa, Kristoffer and Grace went to the US Embassy. They were given all the correct paperwork. Lisa said the woman kept looking at the passport picture and Grace to make sure she was the same baby. Kristoffer had to take an oath that she was his and she was an American Citizen. She gets her passport April 9. Her next passport is due in 5 years. Now next month she isn't going to look anything like the picture on the passport.

In the afternoon, we went to the Masai Market, It is the traveling craft market, almost like a Rice's Market, if you lived in Bucks County, Pa. you'd know what I mean. There are a lot of vendors. With all their goods spread out. Everything from wood carvings of animals, faces, bowls and salad tonglolored blankets, clothes, purses, jewelry. Everyone trying to sell you something. When I stopped and looked at something and asked the price - it was very high. When I said I knew that that was the Mzungu price, they Oh you want resident price - let's negotiate!!!!! I didn't buy anything, but I'll go back.

Saturday we went to another party. This one was at the home of the Japanese couple we had met the week before. He has received a promotion and is going to Malawi. This was such a great afternoon. Kristoffer's immediate supervisor was there, she is a graduate of BC, a couple of years ahead of Meghan. She is married to a Canadian journalist. There was the deputy country director, a woman from Canada, married to a Kenyan. There were Kenyan nationals who work with Kristoffer and the host. They served a Japanese lunch. They showed people how to make their own sushi (I admit I didn't try to do it because I knew it wasn't for me and that I'd insult them - but Michael did!) Now the hostess had quite a variety of things to eat, all of which were cooked with a two burner cook top. Amazing. The other thing that happened was so beautiful. The daughter of the hosts is about 2 years old, a lovely little girl. She took a liking to one of the Kenyan nationals, he is of the Masai tribe, so he is very tall - with a great smile. She kept going to her room and bringing him her toys - he had made a friend. The thing that was so wonderful - at least the way I saw it - was there in real life was friendship - no race, no color, no politics - just pure love. It was amazing!!!!!! When we were leaving, we got to talking to Danston, a Kenyan national from around Lake Victoria. he told us that his Russian was better than his English. He had studied in Belarus for 8 years. I asked him what his opinion of communism was. So interesting - he said before he had studied in the USSR he was one of Kenya's biggest communist! After living and studying there, he realized it could never work. Wow! His wife has a travel agency here, and Lisa has booked both our trips through her.

Watching TV here, they advertise travel to Croatia, India, Malaysia, Bulageria and Greece. Greece is the only place I'd take them up on.

Today Grace is very much a Mueller baby. Last night she was up every hour eating - so both she and her mother are tired today. Kristoffer has left for the week on his school monitoring trip. So we hope we can be of help for Lisa.

Hope you all are well. We enjoy the emails we are getting from you and are glad you like the blog!!!! Hopefully tomorrow we will try for some pictures