We Made It!

We made it to Nairobi, Kenya in good shape and decently good spirits (considering the long flight time and lack of sleep) on Saturday. Tomorrow (Monday) we will be traveling out to Machakos where Scott Theological College is located for our 3 weeks of orientation before finally heading down south to Namibia.

Yesterday was truly a day of rest for us. We tried to catch up on our sleep and adjust to the time change (8 hours difference). In fact, right now I'm (Steve) sitting and typing this up at about 3:40am because I'm having trouble sleeping. My body still thinks it's 7:40pm and is wondering why I've been napping the past several hours. :-)

We appreciate your prayers regarding our travels and particularly about the situation here in Kenya. The country is relatively peaceful right now, and seems to be on the right track. There is a bit of nervousness regarding some upcoming parliamentary meeting on Tuesday and the effects it will have on the people. We were supposed to head out of Nairobi on Tuesday but were rescheduled to leave Monday so that we would not be in the area at that time. The place where we are going for orientation is in an area where the people are not affiliated with either of the main tribes that are at odds. The feeling is that the Machakos area will be untouched by any violence if something does happen.

So, here are a few pics of our travel experience...

Ashlan (above) waits and watches over our luggage

The plane flight was long and tiring, but we were just happy to touch down in Africa!


We are staying at the Mayfield Guest House for now, before heading to Machakos

There is a small playground inside the Mayfield compound area where the kids played yesterday (Sunday)