Sunday, May 23, 2010

Day 2 “Karibu (welcome)….smile you are in Kenya”


The overnight flight to London was an 8hr flight and we arrived at 7am.  Our next flight from London to Nairobi didn’t leave till 1020am so we grabbed brunch again and waited for our flight to board. We met more interesting people waiting for this flight as well. This is Rachel and I at the London airport window shopping. We did whatever we could to get up and stretch our legs to prepare for the next 8 our flight.  We met three guys who were traveling to Kitale, which is 6 hr drive or a 2 hr plane ride from Nairobi. They were with a Church doing orphanage work from Texas. Also, we met a woman named Betty who was getting her Master’s in Education and Community Development and was employed by the UN. She wants to open a school in Uganda and gave us her card for future projects.  After another long cramped flight we arrived in Nairobi at 1000pm. We were able to get all of our bags except for one so that was a relief. Thankfully, we had many people waiting for us at the gate.  They helped us load ALL the luggage and we were taken to Lancaster Residence at Daystar University. We also met Bob another team member who were leaving for Garissa with Matt in the morning. When we arrived at Lancaster Residence it felt like a home away from home. I quickly remembered my previous stay in 2008. The accommodations as always were amazing. There were 4 bedrooms, and living room, 2 dining rooms, large kitchn and a We had a quick team meeting and headed to bed under our lovely mosquito nets.  It was amazing to finally sleep on a bed.

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