Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Grandparents (By Abigail)



There are many types of grandparents when it comes to how the react to their grandchildren.

THere are cases when some grandparents are not able to see their grandchildren often. But when they are able to, they spoil them. They give them every kind of sweet one can imagine. They also give them toys that they want and literally everything! Whether or not the parents approve is not even thought of. This behavior may not last long, but it lets the child know that his grandparents love him and miss him when they are apart.

Other grandparents are those that keep the children giggling. Acting like a clown. And playfully arguing about what the child knows. When a child has the knowledge that one plus one equals two, the grandparent will start a playful argument that one plus one really equals eleven! This behavior lasts throughout the child's lifetime - the grandparents consider them as children no matter what age they are, right?

Grandparents mostly are very good at story-telling. For the first part, they are usually experienced at it. And second;y, they have a very wide range of their own personal stories of growing up and such. This gives the grandparent a time to teach the younger generations through illustrations of right and wrong, and good and bad. But they can also teach history, Bible principles, and farts that the children will need to know in their lifetime.

Most grandparents have traits of all three examples given in this composition, but usually there is one trait that best stands out when grandparents are around their grandchildren.

Written by: Abigail Shelby

Thursday, 29 September 2011


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Other than the work on Luke's car, we have been able to rest some while we have been in Nairobi. Yesterday we just took it easy, ate out, & did a little shopping. Today we spent the morning @ the Resource Library. Then we went to Rosslyn Garden Nursery (so I could get a few more herbs to add to my herb garden), then lunch & a little shopping @ Village Market. Now we are just relaxing Hampton House.

We want to thank the Lord for allowing our vehicles to run well enough to get the CLAIM to and from the airport and construction site while they were here! The morning after they had all left, Luke's car refused to start. We came to find out that the timing chain broke (evidently when he got back from the last trip to the airport)! Since it broke, it also damaged the valves & some other things. But Luke and Bernard were able to get new parts for all of it, and they finally got it all back together this afternoon late. Bernard will drive that vehicle back to Kisii tomorrow & the rest of us will head home in my van on Saturday.


Kay's First Tooth

Hi!  I just lost my first tooth! I pulled it all by myself.

I am 6 years old, and I really like living in Kenya.

More coming soon!