Group Arrives

It's Friday morning and the world is still asleep. The group came in last night with almost no difficulties - other than Norbert Schwer missing one suitcase - but it will catch up to us somewhere along the way. It is nothing we can't live without. As soon as we got to the East Central Africa Division everyone unloaded and moved into their guestrooms. Some took showers, others waited in line for the phone, some ate, and some went to bed..... and some did not go to bed until 1:45am! It was so much fun to sit in my guestroom with some of the academy kids and listen to all their stories about the last 24 hrs! I felt like I needed an extra pair of ears - they all talked at once!

Today I will have everyone up and going within the next hour, breakfast will be served, worship and orientation will take place, sack lunches will be packed and we will sort through all the goodies that everyone brought! (I think there are 2,999 beanie babies.... SMILE just kidding - but am not sure if there are any left in the US at this point) We will reload the two trucks and jump on board - heading to Oloitokitok on the foot hills of Mt Kilimanjaro for the weekend. Sabbath we will be visiting a Maasai church in Namelok and then the group can catch up on some R&R Sabbath afternoon, plus there will be an optional visit to the local hospital. Sunday clinic will be at Namelok and then back to Kibo Slopes Cottages (that is where we will be staying for the weekend - if you want to google it you might enjoy reading about it and seeing some pictures)

Monday we will load up REALLY early, did I say REALLY early? Not really - about 5am only and head back to the East Central Africa Division with the options of going on one of the trucks to visit Kajiado Rescue Center, while the other truck goes back directly to the guesthouses.Bobbie Bishop, who is on the trip with us sponsors a young girl through MDP there and will have the opportunity to meet her.

So it might be that once we head out you wont see us on the computers again till Monday evening. This is a great group to have here - full of energy! I can't wait to get them out of bed this morning and watch them experience their first day in Kenya -it will be awesome.

Thanks so much for all your prayers - keep them coming!
kim