We made it safely to Kenya last night around 7:30. After waiting 2 hours to get through customs, we made the one hour trip to Brackenhurst, where we're staying in the Limuru area. Thursday night (our last night in Spain) we ended up not sleeping at all. Our taxi to the airport came early (at 3 a.m. instead of 3:30). Luckily we were showered, packed, and ready to go. After hauling all of our luggage (5 suitcases and 2 backpacks) down the many stairs of our hostal (72 stairs from our floor to the ground floor - about 70 more than I would have liked!) we headed to the Madrid airport - arriving before the ticket counter even opened. There were tons of people there already so we camped out in line, sitting on the floor and waited almost an hour for the workers to show up. Then headed through security and to the gate where we had another hour and a half to wait. Our flight from Madrid to Amsterdam was uneventful - 2 1/2 hours and we were able to nap a bit. We had just enough time in Amsterdam to make our connecting flight and then had an 8 hour flight to Nairobi (the flight felt ENDLESS!). We slept a little more, watched a couple of movies, and visited with a retired English missionary who served in Zambia for 20 years.
This morning we went to the Limuru Children's Centre and visited with the kids. It was great to see my godchild, John Kahera, and to visit with the moms. We just finished lunch and a group is headed back to the orphanage. I'm staying behind to unpack and get organized and hopefully grab a quick nap.
Tomorrow is church and then the team is taking the young ladies from the Cheshire Home (a residential home for the disabled) to Nairobi to see a movie. Should be fun. I probably won't have a chance to post again until Monday...
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