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Sat 10 - Travel
Nairobi
Wow- long day of travel. I recommend getting a good nights sleep the night before departure and I didn't. Since I didn't sleep much, if at all, last night, now I'm really really tired. I don't think I will have trouble sleeping tonight!
We arrived in Amsterdam this morning and had a layover of three hours, perfect for. Stretching legs between the back to back long flights.
While sitting with Bill Keith, I learned that he is excellent with geography. He kindly increased our Stack the Countries score, something we have a hard time doing.
We flew over the Sahara Desert today. It reminded me of the moon, with craters and barrenness as far as one can see.
Our flight will land in Nairobi in two hours and the surprises will begin!
It was a full 30 hours door-to-door travel time. It was midnight here when We went to bed. It had been al ost three nights of little, if any, sleep!
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Sun 11 - Surprise!
This morning, the group gathered for breakfast then headed to A church service near, or on,the campus of the Universally of Nairobi. Since it was dark when we arrived, morning light brought our first glimpse of our settings.
We are staying at a hospital guest house, which, by any traveling standards is acceptable, but by mission trip standards is downright luxurious (especially given the fact that my last mission trip required a lesson on how to hang a hammock).
At the church, We attended the second of three services, all of which were packed with a mixture of young professionals, students, and white people.
The service was upbeat, fast paced and contemporary. In fact, one could have easily assumed this service was located in the states. There were microphones, music with the lyrics displayed on Large screens, video camera, sound technicians, and the announcements were via animated video. Fun, welcoming, and the perfect start to this trip.
Following the service, we headed to the Yaya market and mall, where we had lunch. Ate at a bakery so it was fortunate that I had packed a gluten free pb&j. Our guest house is refrigerating my bread. I was attacked in the market by vendors, one in particular, using every sales tactic known to man. My group didn't even come rescue me. I think I saw them laughing! Anyway, the stone hippo with which I left cost no schillings, but I paid with my time!
afterwards, we walked a block or two to New Life Homes Ministry, an amazing place founded by Alice and Clive that rescues near death babies, treats them as their own with medical care and love, then finds homes for adoption. They told us their story, which I don't have time to relay now, but is profoundly moving. They now have multiple sites and house over 160 babies, offer day schools and feed 2000 children everyday. Amazing people.
Next, we we're given a tour and encouraged to play with and hold the babies. It was such a warm, happy place it's easy to forget that they were left for dead in ditches by their mothers- just a few months or weeks ago. More info to come- family, I've got the perfect idea for the yearly group extended Christmas gift!
We then drove to The Arc, a permanent home for children from the orphanage who will, most likely, never be adopted. Aging from 5 to 10, there are about 10 children who live here. All were most polite and welcoming, greeting us with personal introductions, tours and demonstrations of their cloth napkin folding skills. Hope and Connor, you've got a lot to learn! Their is one room for the girls and another for the boys. All toys were put away, nothing on the floors. School clothes for tomorrow were neatly laid out, everyone was obedient and no one fussed! And, they didn't even know we were coming! It was oblivious that the boys craved a father figure, as they latched on to the men in our group and played heartily!
Returned for dinner and devotions. Glad I brought lots of food, as the meals served at our hostel are pasta, fried, or have breading.
Today was wonderful, the perfect way to start this trip after two days of travel. It would have been hard to work on construction today.
Tomorrow we head to a village to work on an eighth grade classroom. The medical team wil begin their clinic at the site of the school.
Abby and I led tonight's devotion :surprise
Devotion
Read surprise scripture
Ellen read fill a bucket
Share surprise stories Ellen and Abby
Groups of 3-4 share surprise story from life or today
Share with large group
Gensis 18 9-15
discuss that sup roses often come out of what we initially feel is a negative experience.
Ask what about your surprise
What were your feelings
Write letter about expectations to self. Abby will mail in a month or two.
Close with prayer
Dear lord,
Thank you for safe travels. Thank you for this place of surprises and the Marys and Clives of the world. Thank you for the blessings that most often come from devastating events. Thank you for invisible buckets, the opportunity to fill others buckets with happiness and joy, and the reward of filling our own buckets. Through the element of surprise, help us to open our hearts to your plan, because nothing is impossible through you.
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Wow- long day of travel. I recommend getting a good nights sleep the night before departure and I didn't. Since I didn't sleep much, if at all, last night, now I'm really really tired. I don't think I will have trouble sleeping tonight!
We arrived in Amsterdam this morning and had a layover of three hours, perfect for. Stretching legs between the back to back long flights.
While sitting with Bill Keith, I learned that he is excellent with geography. He kindly increased our Stack the Countries score, something we have a hard time doing.
We flew over the Sahara Desert today. It reminded me of the moon, with craters and barrenness as far as one can see.
Our flight will land in Nairobi in two hours and the surprises will begin!
It was a full 30 hours door-to-door travel time. It was midnight here when We went to bed. It had been al ost three nights of little, if any, sleep!
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Sun 11 - Surprise!
This morning, the group gathered for breakfast then headed to A church service near, or on,the campus of the Universally of Nairobi. Since it was dark when we arrived, morning light brought our first glimpse of our settings.
We are staying at a hospital guest house, which, by any traveling standards is acceptable, but by mission trip standards is downright luxurious (especially given the fact that my last mission trip required a lesson on how to hang a hammock).
At the church, We attended the second of three services, all of which were packed with a mixture of young professionals, students, and white people.
The service was upbeat, fast paced and contemporary. In fact, one could have easily assumed this service was located in the states. There were microphones, music with the lyrics displayed on Large screens, video camera, sound technicians, and the announcements were via animated video. Fun, welcoming, and the perfect start to this trip.
Following the service, we headed to the Yaya market and mall, where we had lunch. Ate at a bakery so it was fortunate that I had packed a gluten free pb&j. Our guest house is refrigerating my bread. I was attacked in the market by vendors, one in particular, using every sales tactic known to man. My group didn't even come rescue me. I think I saw them laughing! Anyway, the stone hippo with which I left cost no schillings, but I paid with my time!
afterwards, we walked a block or two to New Life Homes Ministry, an amazing place founded by Alice and Clive that rescues near death babies, treats them as their own with medical care and love, then finds homes for adoption. They told us their story, which I don't have time to relay now, but is profoundly moving. They now have multiple sites and house over 160 babies, offer day schools and feed 2000 children everyday. Amazing people.
Next, we we're given a tour and encouraged to play with and hold the babies. It was such a warm, happy place it's easy to forget that they were left for dead in ditches by their mothers- just a few months or weeks ago. More info to come- family, I've got the perfect idea for the yearly group extended Christmas gift!
We then drove to The Arc, a permanent home for children from the orphanage who will, most likely, never be adopted. Aging from 5 to 10, there are about 10 children who live here. All were most polite and welcoming, greeting us with personal introductions, tours and demonstrations of their cloth napkin folding skills. Hope and Connor, you've got a lot to learn! Their is one room for the girls and another for the boys. All toys were put away, nothing on the floors. School clothes for tomorrow were neatly laid out, everyone was obedient and no one fussed! And, they didn't even know we were coming! It was oblivious that the boys craved a father figure, as they latched on to the men in our group and played heartily!
Returned for dinner and devotions. Glad I brought lots of food, as the meals served at our hostel are pasta, fried, or have breading.
Today was wonderful, the perfect way to start this trip after two days of travel. It would have been hard to work on construction today.
Tomorrow we head to a village to work on an eighth grade classroom. The medical team wil begin their clinic at the site of the school.
Abby and I led tonight's devotion :surprise
Devotion
Read surprise scripture
Ellen read fill a bucket
Share surprise stories Ellen and Abby
Groups of 3-4 share surprise story from life or today
Share with large group
Gensis 18 9-15
discuss that sup roses often come out of what we initially feel is a negative experience.
Ask what about your surprise
What were your feelings
Write letter about expectations to self. Abby will mail in a month or two.
Close with prayer
Dear lord,
Thank you for safe travels. Thank you for this place of surprises and the Marys and Clives of the world. Thank you for the blessings that most often come from devastating events. Thank you for invisible buckets, the opportunity to fill others buckets with happiness and joy, and the reward of filling our own buckets. Through the element of surprise, help us to open our hearts to your plan, because nothing is impossible through you.
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