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i talked w/ kevin last night after receiving a text from our teammate katie saying "kevin's out of credit. he loves you." he can still receive texts and calls but he can't send any or make any. he said i should try and call him everyday at 7pm and he'd have his phone on. we read that some places on the mountain have coverage. i tried at 7pm...no answer, no ringing actually which means either he forgot to turn his phone on or there's no coverage where he is tonight.

he's climbing the rongai route incase anyone wants to follow along online. today, he drove from the hotel to the route gate (about 4-5 hours) and then hiked for about 3-4 hours. he should be just through the rain forest area tonight and camping at about 9,300ft. he did find a sleeping bag to rent in moshi and they're camping in tents.

tonight, i had no idea what to make for dinner (this is a frequent occurrence here in kenya). i was looking through the cabinets and saw the popcorn kernels. kev really doesn't like having popcorn for dinner; however, the kids and i do. i suggest popcorn and the kids yelled w/ delight..sweet! we had popcorn....and coke floats for dinner tonight. it was so good. i suggested maybe having it again while daddy's gone and the kids thought that sounded great! awesome! our teammates, tim and liz, are bringing dinner over tomorrow night and friday's pizza night so my next two nights are covered!

we're missing kev lots and m keeps asking where he is and if he's home. we made a countdown today and j-boy keeps referring to today as day 8...meaning we have 8 days until daddy's home. we can't wait!