Arriving
June 19th
We are standing on Kenyan soil! The flight was LAX to JFK to London to Nairobi. Lost 3 pieces of our luggage, but it should come in 1-2 days. Good we packed 1/3 of our stuff in each of our bags. That was a great tip! Slept great last nite and had a great hot shower. Breakfast – hard boiled eggs, sausage, potatoes, beans, cereal and milk , coffee or hot choc. Hanging with the team getting ready to depart to Isiolo.
June 21st
Stayed Nairobi nite one. Drove 4+ hours to Isiolo on Saturday. Tough roads closer to Isiolo. Got our 3 missing bags today. No warm water in the shower, but no bug problem so far!!! Rooms are warm, no fans, no AC. It’s warmer than forecast.
Went to Free Pentecostal Fellowship of Kenya today. I was the 1st of 2 speakers from our team for the message. It went well. Everyone on our team was introduced. About 60 or so at the the church. Spent the morning at their church then our team of 14 ate at the pastor David’s house. Best food we’ve had so far here. His wife Sara is great with lentils, rice and mutton stew! Then went back to their church to be commissioned to go out for the week. Met the team I’m overseeing, about10-12. Isiolo is like Mexico in general appearance but many many people speak English. Met our translators today too. Her n ame is Mary and she’s been at the church for several years. She’s been married 8 yrs and has 2 boys ages 8 and 4. We’re getting the hang of each others’ accents.
Out early tomorrow to start going farm to farm. All 3 of us are paired up with different church members on teams we’re leading, including Madison. We’ll be meeting Kenyans with our teams of 3 getting to know them, presenting the Gospel with the evangecube and running an afternoon study/church mtg before dinner.
Will update as often as I can!
