Sunday
Dec102006
Africa Update #1
Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 11:40PM
Jambo! (means "hello!")
"Jambo" is a really fun word to say, give it a whirl. Anyway, I've been in Africa since Friday. Left Dallas on Wednesday, took 2 hours to fly to Chicago, took 7 hours or so to land in London, then enjoyed a quick 9 hour flight to Nairobi. Needless to say we were all ready to get off the stinking planes!
Friday morning we woke up and headed to another plane, this one a small 12-seater Safari Link plane which took us to the Masaii Mara, the northern, Kenyan part of the Serengeti. We did a safari on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Saturday evening we flew back to Nairobi and spent the night again.
Sunday morning we awoke and piled into some vans to head to the actual orphanage to attend church with the kids. Words on the internet are an inadequate medium by which to express the experience, but suffice to say that if I could afford it, I would fly over every weekend just to be there. Truly a moving, touching, emotional and deeply humbling experience to observe and hear poverty-stricken Kenyan people praising God in their sing-song English and beautiful-beyond-words Swahili.
After eating lunch with the children, and spending some time just hanging out, we then headed back to Nairobi to pick up our luggage and headed to the retreat center, Brackenhurst, where we will spend the next few days. As I write this, it is Monday morning, and we are preparing for the kids to arrive at 10:00 am. We will then have a few days to put on a VBS for them, and spend time just recreating, hanging out, and getting to know these amazing kids.
I will post again when I have time, and will try to upload some photos. Continue to pray for these kids, who have so very little.
Thanks...daver.
"Jambo" is a really fun word to say, give it a whirl. Anyway, I've been in Africa since Friday. Left Dallas on Wednesday, took 2 hours to fly to Chicago, took 7 hours or so to land in London, then enjoyed a quick 9 hour flight to Nairobi. Needless to say we were all ready to get off the stinking planes!
Friday morning we woke up and headed to another plane, this one a small 12-seater Safari Link plane which took us to the Masaii Mara, the northern, Kenyan part of the Serengeti. We did a safari on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Saturday evening we flew back to Nairobi and spent the night again.
Sunday morning we awoke and piled into some vans to head to the actual orphanage to attend church with the kids. Words on the internet are an inadequate medium by which to express the experience, but suffice to say that if I could afford it, I would fly over every weekend just to be there. Truly a moving, touching, emotional and deeply humbling experience to observe and hear poverty-stricken Kenyan people praising God in their sing-song English and beautiful-beyond-words Swahili.
After eating lunch with the children, and spending some time just hanging out, we then headed back to Nairobi to pick up our luggage and headed to the retreat center, Brackenhurst, where we will spend the next few days. As I write this, it is Monday morning, and we are preparing for the kids to arrive at 10:00 am. We will then have a few days to put on a VBS for them, and spend time just recreating, hanging out, and getting to know these amazing kids.
I will post again when I have time, and will try to upload some photos. Continue to pray for these kids, who have so very little.
Thanks...daver.
in Whatnot
Whatnot
Reader Comments (1)
Wow, Dave! We are praying for you! What a gift you are giving to those kids! Can't wait for pictures! We will continue to pray that everyone you talk to will experience God's love & mercy. the Hoeksemas