Day Two

Last night didn't go as well as the first, all of us but Joel were up and ready to begin the day at 1 AM!  Hopefully our eventful day will help us sleep a little better tonight.  We got up at 5 minutes 'till 8 (breakfast time) and ate a quick breakfast and went off to church next door at Nairobi Baptist Church.  The 8:30 was the "youth and young adults" service, but we felt right at home.  The service was about two hours, and we were invited to a special chai time afterwards since we were visiting.  They prepared us chai, and prepared the kids hot chocolate, who were delighted.  I think that it warmed Faith up to being around all the strangers quite a bit!  They were pretty tired because of the restless night, but did very well considering that.  In this video, you can hear the later church service going on in the background of the kids playing after church (this is the playground at our guest house.)  I thought it was kind of fun to hear the sounds of Sunday morning here!

After lunch, we were picked up by the Fowlers (friends of ours from our candidate week with AIM in 2008) who are serving in Uganda, and will join us at orientation.  They took us to the Giraffe Center here.  You can feed the giraffes and there were also warthogs and tortoises to see.  Jim is enjoying getting glimpses of different birds as well, both at the guesthouse and when we are out and about.

It was also our anniversary, so it has been a fun day to celebrate.  We've never spent it with so many people!  We are thankful for this time to rest, Tuesday after lunch we head down to Machakos, Kenya to begin our orientation.

Happy 6 years!