Arathena has been slowly adjusting to her new environment. She likes spending her days running around the missionary compound, playing with the kids and animals, and giving her mama a hard time about eating.
The Bemms have 3 turtles that she enjoys watching and she loves two dogs; Samson and Walker. She will search the whole compound till she finds Walker, her favorite. She gave us a hard time with eating for the first week, but has been eating pretty consistently since. She is quite the diva with her pink sunglasses, pink purse, and mostly pink attire; she is defiantly Andy’s kidJ
She has also had to adjust to not being the only child in the family. Since we are living with the Sawatsky’s she has a little brother by her side. This has been interesting since Eli enjoys touching her all the time, but by the time we leave she will be so sad to be apart from him.
Arathena has also gotten to go up to the hospital and see the kids in the pediatric ward. She was sad that they had boo boos, but I assured her that her daddy was taking care of them. She has learned the Kiswahili and Kipsigi greeting and says hello to everyone she meets.
Overall I think Arathena has transitioned well and is happy here. It will be exciting to take her to see the animals this weekend.
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Hey Reena, Andy, & Arathena! Just wanted to post a quick not to let you know we miss you guys and cannot wait to see you when you get back! We are praying for you guys, andit's been awesome to read of your adventures here. Your story about Miriam and Moses was incredibly moving. So cool to read the way all of that connected, and how faithful God has been to little Moses! I am incredibly proud to think of our friends, the McCormicks, doing such great work for God. Can't wait to hear the stories & see the pictures when you com home. Talk to you soon! - Rich
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