World Travelers!

Jambo from Kenya!  Here is what we have been up to the last couple of days:  Saturday and Sunday were our traveling days.  We left the Lisech's on Saturday afternoon and set off for the airport.  Our first flight was from Orlando to Gatwick (in London); however, our second flight was from Heathrow (a different airport in London) to Nairobi, Kenya.  Since our flight got into one airport in London and left the other we had to take a bus between the two.  Luckily there was enough time in between to get there.  Our flights were about 8 hours each.  They fed us and we each had access to a little TV and our choice of their list of movies and TV shows.  Our second flight was delayed in boarding, but once we got on the plane most of us fell asleep because it was the middle of the night Florida time.  Although they let us board about half an hour late, we didn't leave for another hour and a half because they had to fix something and then we had to wait for other planes that were ahead of us to take off.  This put us in Nairobi around midnight their time.  Luckily the visa, baggage claim, and money changing processes went very quickly and our driver had waited for us.  We got to the guest house we are staying at and split up, as the rooms have 2 beds each.  We finally got some much needed rest in beds, rather than airplane seats.

Africa, here we come!

The PCEA Guest House in Nairobi

Good news:  

• we were able to sit together on the flights
• our first flight was fairly empty so we were able to move around and some people found a row to stretch out a little more on
• we got to know each other better on those long plane rides where we were cozy
• switching airports in London allowed us to have a little preview for our last day of the trip
• we got to Kenya safe and sound with all our bags

Devos:  The devotional for Saturday was about getting to know each other so that prompted some good conversations and we got to know individual people on our team a little better, as well as their quirks.  It is interesting to learn that people who I didn't know very wel before actually have a lot in common with me.  We were supposed to do the devotional titled "stop and pray" on Sunday but some of didn't get the memo since we were flying and so didn't do it until today.  We had some opportunities for that (to stop and pray) today specifically, but I will let my friend expound on those if she wishes to.

Prayer Requests from Saturday and Sunday:

• Health for everyone (some of us had unsettled stomachs from the malaria prevention)
• Safe travels

Summary:  We had long plane flights but made it to Kenya!  We are all learning more about each other.    We had a safe trip (praise), but we seem to be trading queasy stomachs so please continue to pray that all of our stomachs would be settled and stay that way!  Asante!

Habari za jioni from Kenya!

Love,  April