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happy new year!
Happy New Year from Nairobi!
We’re looking forward to a brand spankin’ new decade. Are you?
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the decade in review
(Here is a brief list of the key events of this decade, as put together by our int’l director)
Jan 1, 2000 Y2K bug fails to bite
Sept 15, 2000 Olympics open in Sydney, Australia
Nov 7, 2000 The closest US presidential election in history with the election of G. W. Bush
Sept 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and also on the Pentagon
Jan 1, 2002 The European Union launches a new currency – the Euro
Mar 19, 2003 US and partner nations launch the war in Iraq and subsequently Afghanistan
Mar 11, 2004 Madrid train bombing kills 190 people
Apr 8, 2004 Darfur, Sudan begins to become an issue in world affairs
Dec 26, 2004 212,000 people die in a tsunami in Asia, centered near Aceh in Indonesia
Jan 9, 2005 Peace accord between North and South Sudan is signed
Apr 2, 2005 John Paul II dies in Rome
July 7, 2005 52 killed in terrorist attack in London
Aug 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
Oct 7 2005 Major earthquake kills 75,000+ in Pakistan
Oct 9, 2006 North Korea tests nuclear bomb
Dec 29, 2006 Saddam Hussein hanged
Jun 14, 2007 Hamas hails the liberation of Gaza
Aug 2, 2007 Mortgage concerns hit the US markets
Dec 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Pakistan
Sept 14, 2008 Lehman Bros file for bankruptcy
Oct, 2008 Stock markets around the world crash – billions wiped off investments
Nov 4, 2008 Barack Obama elected as US President – first African-American in this post
Nov 25, 2008 Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India
Apr 24, 2009 Swine flu kills 60 people
June 11, 2009 H1N1 flu virus deemed a global pandemic
Sept 2009 Stock markets recover somewhat one year after the crash
The rise of China and India’s influence growing throughout the decade
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3 signs Liam is big
1) He got stuck up in our tree today.
2) He lit a match by himself today!
3) He ‘tinkled’ from the standing position today.
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‘last week on twitter’ for 2009-12-27
- At the foot of Mt kenya #
- Last meal in the plains. back to nbi today…ugh #
- back in nairobbery…safe and sound #
- test-driving Zain 3G modem. you can't beat the price, 3200Ksh/ mnth ultd. #
- merry Christmas, bedford falls! #
- Merry Christmas to all! Enjoy your celebration of what Christ as already done and live 2010 in light of what He is yet to do! #
- #Zain modem verdict: nice price, needs speed. .09Mb/s down | .05Mb/s up | 439 ping http://tinyurl.com/yzdjwad #
- test-driving Orange modem now. #
- struggling w/ jealousy towards all those of you who got a white Christmas #
- safaricom stats 1.5 Mb/s down | .25 up http://bit.ly/4sCSP5. (Zain is actually faster up, but well slower down) #
- SPEED: Orng .27Mb/s down ~ .09 up || Zain .09 down ~.05 up || Scom 1.5 down ~ .25 up PRICE: Orng=1500ksh/gb, Zn=3200/30days uld, Scom2500/gb #
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Merry Christmas!
From our family to yours~
We pray you have a great day celebrating the what Christ has already done and live 2010 motivated by what He is doing and is yet to do!
So blessed, The K fam
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sweetwater
We are just back from our short trip to Nanyuki, at the foot of Mt. Kenya. We stayed in a camp that we believe to be formerly-owned by an international arms dealer (I am fact checking).
