Safely in Nairobi

We had a long but uneventful trip to Nairobi. Melissa dropped us of at the airport at 10:30am on Friday and we were in London for breakfast. Brett had already read one of the books he brought for the trip and the all enjoyed the 18 channels of movies avialable on the flight from London to Nairobi.

An uneventful trip gathering our visas, changing a few funds to local currency and completely filling a minivan with our 8 checked suitcases and 9 pieces of carry-on luggage. We settled into our room at the Mayfield guest house and despite the 9 hour time change, we managed to sleep well last night.

Following breakfast promptly at 8am we left for church at NPC Valley road for their 11am service. Of course the times had changed, so we were instead 30 minutes late for the 10am service and stayed through the last part of the 11am and the first of the 12pm service. Both were packed (about 3-4000 people) and very warm with no air conditioning.

The kids met some other other missionary kids at the guest house and engaged in some timeless games of hide and seek and tag. Some things are the same everywhere. Tonight they all settled in to watch "The King and I" while I went for coffee with Ken Birch.

Tomorrow we stop for a few groceries on our way to Kijabe. We are still a little dazed by the jet lag but very excited about the adventure ahead.

Gary