it`s beautiful here. beautiful. today was perfect weather. not too hot, just nice for tshirt and shorts with a breeze. everything is a lush green and everyone waves and smiles. if you want to feel loved, come to kenya.
we had kenyan food last night. it was so good. we had goat choma, beef dry, kichambari, chipolti, and other things that i can`t remember the name of.
we went to church this morning at nairobi chapel. mr. minnesma knows pastor john from that church because they went to china together. before church, we met donnah. she is acuil`s fiance (see previous post, i forget which one). we picked her up and invited her to go to church with us. she came, and so did simple. nairobi chapel is actually groups of massive tents. mr. minnesma, mrs. boer, donnah and simple all went to the adult church and the students went to youth church. the youth church was really fun. john introduced us to this guy named samay, who looked like he was 20 but was really 32, and writes advertisements for nestle. he introduced us to the youth pastor and a guy named wayne. we sang lots of songs and danced. never in my life have i felt so white. everyone looked at us when we came in, and we were terrible dancers during the songs. there was a bulletin announcemnt about us as well. it was very different, but a lot of fun.
after the service, we met up with john and his wife and their son, t.j. we had ethiopian food. it was not nearly as good as kenyan food. they served this big thin sour rice dough on a huge platter with meat and goat cheese. we played with t.j. the whole meal. he was an adorable baby.
we visited kellee for the rest of the day. she told a lot of enjoyable stories and we learned a lot.
tomorrow we are off to sud academy for the first day. we are really excited, but a little nervous beacuse we don`t know what to expect. kellee tells us that the students will ask us for money, and so will the teachers. but we can`t wait.
thanks to everyone for the prayers! the prayer chain things are really cool too. we miss everyone! love you all!
Pics at: http://picasaweb.google.com/SUDtrip/SUDTripSunday#
Mission goals/objectives:
- SUD 2010 Missions Trip
- 1. To encourage and support the staff and students at Sud 2. To learn and to come to greater cultural awareness of their story in AFrica 3. To bring their story back to LDCSS via photos and videos in order to strengthen financial support into the future. 4. To pray on location and to pray here after we return. 5. To investigate how we can help them in the future. Why do we do this? 1. To participate in the great commission of Jesus. 2. To participate in the mission and purpose of LDCSS: " Where Faith and Learning Meet Life", and "Integrating Christian Faith, Learning, and Living for a life of Christian service" 3. To become more globaly aware 4. To develop a servant heart and to live beyond ourselves. 5. To advocate for others 6. To grow personally closer to God.
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