We are generally tired from our long flights and eager to embrace our new friends and surroundings. All is well - absent a few pieces of luggage - including a bag of beads for jewelry making, and, yes, my clothes! C'est la vie!
It's a bumpy hour long ride in a van to our lodging. The dark night reveals little about our surroundings yet affords a brief opportunity to get better acquainted with our 12 person team.
Steve, Debbie, Larry, Lynette, Katie, Carrie, Vanessa, Julie, Becky, Joy, Kim and Sarah
We are fortunate to be staying in a beautiful guest house. It's protected by a large wall, gate and, of course, 7 rather ferocious sounding dogs!
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| Look closely, there are big dogs in those kennels! |
We are greeted immediately with warm Kenyan hospitality. Lucy and the girls (Margaret and Carol) have prepared a warm meal for our arrival and are doing all that they can to make us feel welcome and comfortable.
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| Margaret ~ on the balcony overlooking the yard; yes, that's corn growing in the background! |
As we are gathering for our first devotion and discussion, we encounter the first of many African animals - a gigantic mosquito. Seriously, they don't grow this large in the States!
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| Thankful for our mosquito netting! |
We sleep with several in each room under the protective, and somewhat decorative, mosquito nets. Tired as we were, rest did not come easy to the melodic tunes of 7 barking dogs and the early rise of the crowing rooster!
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| Is this the rooster? |
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| Or this? Either way - one of these animals is always awake and crowing! |
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