• Hello all,
• Well, it has been a long two days. Yesterday was quite an adventure. I told Terri, we could have been on Amazing Race…..After a very nice stay at the Hampton House in Nairobi we got up and packed our bags.   We headed back to the Nairobi International Airport. Problem is we had a ticket from Nairobi Wilson Airport and not the International Airport. We didn’t realize they were at different places. When we checked in at the East Africa airlines counter they said “you are at the wrong airport and you’d better hurry. They ran out with us and hailed a cab. The lady babbled something to the driver that I didn’t understand, threw our bags in and away we went. Whatever she said, he was motivated. Almost as bad as a Q Cab from JFK to LGA when you offer a big tip to get to your ride home. Anyway, we made it by the thinnest of margins. They charged me through the nose for my overweight bags but I was not in much of a position to argue because they held the plane a few extra minutes since the International Airport had let them know we were coming. I told Terri, “its a good thing the pilot wasn’t me because I wouldn’t have waited on someone to stupid to know which airport they were flying from.” What fun!!!

We arrived in Kitale which is a very small airport. No lights or approaches the way it looked. The 1900 was barely able to turn around on the runway so it is pretty narrow. Bob and Greg did not meet us as planned because they were having their own adventure trying to rent a vehicle in another city then drive to Kitale. Two pastors and the driver came to get us in a small Toyota. They had hoped Bob would be there and when he wasn’t we just piled in and went. We put three of our five bags in the trunk then climbed into the car. Terri was in the front with a bag on top of her and three men including me were in the back seat along with our big suitcase. We looked like a bunch of clowns in a bug at the circus. That was quite a long 10 Km drive to the Orphanage. The last Km of road is horrible. I expected us to bottom out at any moment but we made it ok….

Since we arrived before Bob and Greg, we just made ourselves at home. Had a lot of fun with the kids and just got to know them all a little better. The people here have gone out of their way to make us feel welcome. We are so blessed. Bob and Greg finally arrived with a vehicle. It wasn’t the one we had hoped for and aside from having one headlight, being a little whimpy and missing a lug on each wheel, we will get along fine with it. Their adventure in getting this vehicle (such as it is) would take too long to tell here.

New hand made dresses for the girls