July 4th in Kenya!

As missionaries many times its holidays that remind us of just how far away we are from friends and family.

No matter how different you are, what State you come from, or even what country, on the mission field you are automatically family.  So today we celebrated Fourth of July with family from England, Russia, Kenya, Ohio, California, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky and we had a blast!  Thank you Dennis and Michelle Freeland for hosting all us crazies. 

Just part of the group.  We all rode in the same car.

 

 

Some America Trivia.  How did my husband get more right than I did?

 

 

We all brought various meats and yummy dishes, played games and had a cookout just like we all would have done if we were back home in America. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course there were a few differences.  Some of our family here are Brits.  They made sure “we Americans” knew how proud they were of that fact too.  A grand entrance with the British flag on top of their vehicle and the British anthem blaring left no doubt of that, haha.   

The Brits =)

 

 

Of course we Americans couldn’t be shown up so to quote one patriotic Louisiana lady, Michelle, “They brought flags but I am the flag!” 

 

 

 

That's how we do it!

 

 

And of course what would Fourth of July be without sparklers?  Now we can’t do fireworks and can’t really even do sparklers here, but we can sure try.  We found some sparkling birthday candles and that was enough for us. =)

 

 

You can't tell from the pictures but they did sparkle a little, kinda sorta, ok ok it
was pretty pathetic =)

 

 

As we wind up our day of celebration and all our family and friends State side are waking up to begin theirs we can’t help but wish we could be in two places at once.  I know each of us today felt a little sting but yet we are so thankful to be surrounded with friends and our family here.  We all miss home and today especially. So as you pick out your patriotic outfits and have cookouts and go watch the fireworks, remember us as we do you. 

Happy Fourth of July everyone!! And Happy Birthday America!!