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Just wanted to give you a taste of what we were seeing yesterday on our drive up.
After a hard day of travel we all took a nape on the 3hr ride up mountain.
We drove through a bunch of little towns.
Our first meal was amazing!
After dinner we had a short meeting and then off to bed at 9pm after our 3am start!
We have made it up the mountain and are now enjoying a great dinner! It did start raining about half way up our drive but we made it up safe! Just started off with welcome showers :)Please pray the team will get a good night sleep and be ready for our first day tomorrow!
We are on our last flight ready for take off! So far so good! We event had time for lunch- God is good!
The last tool has been packed, the container was cleared and on it's way up the mountain! We have started our traveling journey this morning at 3:15am. Please pray for safety and health of the team as we go to Nicaragua to be a voice of hope, known by love and living by faith!
We are only one day away from leaving! Please keep us in your prayers for: A safe journey and that we make our connecting flights,
that the supply containers would pass through customs
That God will prepare the team for the journey He has planned out for us.
The team is on there last flight home! I'm sure they were really happy to get on all there flights- now lets just pray they get all there bags!
The team is waiting in London for there last flight home. All looks good now please continue to pray for them home!
After retiring from safari we did a little shopping on the way home at the wood carver. We spent the evening packing and preparing for the journey home. We had lunch with our missionaries and had a time of reflection on our trip. Being able to hear how God is working in the life of our team members was such a bonding experience. As we leave to come home we face the challenge of expressing the life changing experience God has done in us with others. We were challenged as we go back to our lives to ask God what now? What does God want us to do now? We have been through a lot and have a lot of stories but sorting through all the experiences is the next step in the journey.As the team starts their journey home please pray for grace for them. They are leaving part of their heart here and feeling a little nervous about how long this journey will take them.
What an eventful day! We left for safari this morning at 6am and have been out on different game drives all day. We have been blessed with seeing a lot of animals but even bigger than that, we have had the privilege to have some of our Kenya partners with us. The opportunity to ask them questions about everything we just experienced helps us all process through it so much better. Getting to know the back story and see their dreams for what God has for His schools has helped us grow in our understanding of what we just experienced and the lives we impacted.Please join me in praying for the team to understand Gods plan for them because of the things we have experienced as well as Grace for getting ready to leave.
Yesterday was our last day working in the schools with the kids. We went to Vipingo to do our activity day with the kids just like what we did at Bomani. The team did an outstanding job once again improvising a few things they needed for their activities that never arrived. We had such an amazing time with the kids and I think having the simple play time with the kids really bonded all of us. Before we leave for Kenya we spend time talking with the team about asking God to prepare you for the life change He is going to do in your life: the relationships he is going to form, the kids He is going to burden your heart with and the overwhelming needs you will see here. Now the time has come that the team is feeling these things and has to ask God what He is calling the team to do about it.
We had to say our goodbyes to both schools and all our new friends which made for a really hard end to our day. It was the first time ever leaving one of the schools that you could hear a pin drop because it was that silent on the bus. Like with any ending starts a new beginning! God took each one of us to Kenya for His purpose - for some this will be their only time and others will be back again. Some will go back home with a passion for the ministry and inspire others to support a child or go to Kenya. Others will be inspired to do bigger things God has been preparing them for. Whatever it is please join in praying for the team with me that they will have a tender heart for how God wants to use this trip in their life.
Sorry no pic I am working on 2g Internet - pic still to come!
