Jessica has been after me lately to post on our blog. I figure there is no time like being in Africa to make my first post in a long time. I am glad Jessica has been keeping you somewhat updated on all that is going on.
A brief description for those of you who are wondering what I am doing in Africa. This is my third year to have the privilege of going with our church to Nairobi, Kenya to work in a Buckner orphanage. While at the orphanage part of our team conducts a VBS while the other half run a medical clinic. From all that I can tell the clinic is going very well this year.
As I am writing this it is Tuesday night in Kenya and we have just completed our second day of working at the orphanage. We are having a great time but things have not quite gone as planned. As Jessica already mentioned we did not receive our bags upon arrival in Kenya. It is sort of understandable to lose one or maybe two bags, but 27?!? How does that happen? It was no big deal, we sort of stuck out in our relaxed airplane clothes on Sunday at church, but bring the only white people around we were already a spectacle. For me it was so good to be back worshipping with these people. It was so wonderful to see familiar smiles and receive familiar hugs.
The next funny thing happened on Sunday afternoon as the VBS team began our final preparations for the week. For the VBS we were told we would have 32 kids, so as anyone would do we brought supplies for 45. The fun began when we were told we might have a few kids from the school that is on the orphanage grounds. We were told maybe up to 120 or 150 kids. This sounds crazy since we planned for much fewer but we just said ok and worked it out. The story get better…
On our way to the orphanage on Monday (yesterday) we were informed that we would actually be working with all of the school children. This is a total of 300 kids!!! No small task for only 7 VBS workers! As before we sat down and figured out a way to make it work. It has been 2 wonderful days and we are almost ready for tomorrow. God has truly blessed us by giving us the opportunity to make the best of every moment with these kids. Please pray as we continue on this unexpected journey.
I will try to post again sometime this week. Have a blessed day. Goodnight from Nairobi, Kenya
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