On my way home!
I can't actually believe I'm on my way home. I'm sitting in Nairobi feeling so sad to be leaving the wonderful people I've met, this place of beauty. But oh, so excited to be home and see some familiar faces. I have missed so many people. I look forward to calling my mom and talking to her and telling her my heart...
Moses dropped me off at the airport, and I almost cried. It was hard to say goodbye to my last Nairobi contact... He gave me a sweet tour of the city on the way to the airport. It is a cool city. I wasn't sure if I had a flight (long story) and he couldn't come into the airport with me, so he stood outside, to make sure I was safe. We were hoping I wouldn't get on the plane, and I could stay and go on more Safaris... Hee hee.
I stayed at my coworker Solo's house with his family. I finally got to meet his sweet wife and hang out with his oldest daughter. We slept in bunk beds, and talked late into the night. I felt like I was at summer camp. (bunk beds, long talks, and oh, yeah. HEAT)
I have fallen in love with this place, these people. I went to church today at Christian Church International in Thika (outside of Nairobi). What a fun church! The pastor introduced me and had me stand up and wave to the congregation and I was shocked at the number of people who were there when I turned around!
I apparently don't move like a white girl, or so I've been told by the Africans! I did get to dance, just a little at the church. Very cool!
After church I got to connect with Bishop Mulandi's wife (mama Moses) and talk to her. I used to work with her husband at Global. I shared lunch with the Get It! team from Switzerland, and said goodbye to them. I got to know a bit more about the new director for ISOM, which was good. He seems like a very solid young man, and is very focused on the call for his life. We walked quite far, visiting people, going places. So many places I went, the little kids (so cute!!!) would run up and say "Mazungu, mazungu" (white person) and grab my hands. At one point, I was being escorted down the street by about 10 little kids all wanting to hold my hands, and many of them holding my hands for quite a distance (picture 7-10 kids holding your hands walking down the street). So cute.
OH! I went on Safari yesterday with my friend Moses Mulandi (mama Moses' son...), Mark, Lynda, Mosa, and John. It was the most relaxing and exciting day I've had in a long time. So relaxing... I didn't have to pay for any of it! (Thanks Mulandi family and Luke!!!) It rocks having friends who are so good to you! I have had some incredible conversations with people here. They have stretched me!
I have found out many things about myself on this trip.
1. God has given me favor.
2. God has called me to do exactly what I'm doing. I'm more convinced of it every day!
3. He is also going to stretch me and ask me to do things for Him that I never imagined.
4. I am so blessed. I can't believe I get to live this life. I seriously work hard and ENJOY what I get to do. I am blessed.
5. I am more in love with Jesus than I could have imagined. I can't believe He wants to know me. I am amazed He wants to know all about me and that God wants to use me to share His love!
6. Kenya + Jenny = great friends for life :)
7. I am broken for this place, this continent...I will never be the same again...
8. Even with sunscreen, the equator's sun is hard on a mazungu :)
9. Some mamas in Africa want me to marry their sons. Others probably do not... Hee hee.
10. I am worth 80 cows in Kenya (according to Bishop) and less (according to Moses), 6 in Tanzania, and my mom could eat beef for life if I married the right man (just kidding, just kidding!!!!)
So many stories, so many pictures...
God is good, all the time!
My flight lands Monday afternoon US time... I look forward to seeing you/talking with you!
I can't actually believe I'm on my way home. I'm sitting in Nairobi feeling so sad to be leaving the wonderful people I've met, this place of beauty. But oh, so excited to be home and see some familiar faces. I have missed so many people. I look forward to calling my mom and talking to her and telling her my heart...
Moses dropped me off at the airport, and I almost cried. It was hard to say goodbye to my last Nairobi contact... He gave me a sweet tour of the city on the way to the airport. It is a cool city. I wasn't sure if I had a flight (long story) and he couldn't come into the airport with me, so he stood outside, to make sure I was safe. We were hoping I wouldn't get on the plane, and I could stay and go on more Safaris... Hee hee.
I stayed at my coworker Solo's house with his family. I finally got to meet his sweet wife and hang out with his oldest daughter. We slept in bunk beds, and talked late into the night. I felt like I was at summer camp. (bunk beds, long talks, and oh, yeah. HEAT)
I have fallen in love with this place, these people. I went to church today at Christian Church International in Thika (outside of Nairobi). What a fun church! The pastor introduced me and had me stand up and wave to the congregation and I was shocked at the number of people who were there when I turned around!
I apparently don't move like a white girl, or so I've been told by the Africans! I did get to dance, just a little at the church. Very cool!
After church I got to connect with Bishop Mulandi's wife (mama Moses) and talk to her. I used to work with her husband at Global. I shared lunch with the Get It! team from Switzerland, and said goodbye to them. I got to know a bit more about the new director for ISOM, which was good. He seems like a very solid young man, and is very focused on the call for his life. We walked quite far, visiting people, going places. So many places I went, the little kids (so cute!!!) would run up and say "Mazungu, mazungu" (white person) and grab my hands. At one point, I was being escorted down the street by about 10 little kids all wanting to hold my hands, and many of them holding my hands for quite a distance (picture 7-10 kids holding your hands walking down the street). So cute.
OH! I went on Safari yesterday with my friend Moses Mulandi (mama Moses' son...), Mark, Lynda, Mosa, and John. It was the most relaxing and exciting day I've had in a long time. So relaxing... I didn't have to pay for any of it! (Thanks Mulandi family and Luke!!!) It rocks having friends who are so good to you! I have had some incredible conversations with people here. They have stretched me!
I have found out many things about myself on this trip.
1. God has given me favor.
2. God has called me to do exactly what I'm doing. I'm more convinced of it every day!
3. He is also going to stretch me and ask me to do things for Him that I never imagined.
4. I am so blessed. I can't believe I get to live this life. I seriously work hard and ENJOY what I get to do. I am blessed.
5. I am more in love with Jesus than I could have imagined. I can't believe He wants to know me. I am amazed He wants to know all about me and that God wants to use me to share His love!
6. Kenya + Jenny = great friends for life :)
7. I am broken for this place, this continent...I will never be the same again...
8. Even with sunscreen, the equator's sun is hard on a mazungu :)
9. Some mamas in Africa want me to marry their sons. Others probably do not... Hee hee.
10. I am worth 80 cows in Kenya (according to Bishop) and less (according to Moses), 6 in Tanzania, and my mom could eat beef for life if I married the right man (just kidding, just kidding!!!!)
So many stories, so many pictures...
God is good, all the time!
My flight lands Monday afternoon US time... I look forward to seeing you/talking with you!
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