I can't believe that we are only down to less than one week of our trip left! It has by gone so fast!
So here are a couple of things that have happened in the past couple of days:
Alice and I got our hair braided (or plaited as they call it). It is funny because everyone keeps saying that we look so "smart" :) We're assuming that is a good thing. Even though we keep getting compliments, we still feel like we look a little weird :) haha The rest of our saturday was spent on "visitation", as Paul calls it. We went to two of out readers houses, Paul and Millicent. It was a really big deal for the members of the church because Paul and Millicent's family is Muslim, and It is a really big deal for christians to be invited into their home.
On Sunday, we played volleyball with our readers for a couple of hours. We had a really good turn out and everyone seemed to have a really good time :) I even had fun, even though it's not a secret that I'm not so gifted in the sport of volleyball!
Well that's all for now! We're thinking about you :)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
06/24/10
Ok well, here we are again in the green cafe's cyber cafe.
Yesterday (Wednesday) it rained pretty hard and steady the whole day, so we didn't have the best turn up for readers, but it was alright to have an easier day in the week. Now we will talk about our host family and some of the people we have come to know and love.
Our host mom, Phanyce, really is a fantastic cook and lovely woman. She is always taking care of us and her mischievious three year old, Christian, whom we have all fallen in love with. He has basically claimed Kameryn as his girlfriend :) ha, but we think he still loves the rest of us too.
The man of the house, and our minister is Paul. He is a great man who has helped us get a great turn out for our readers and is always busy doing work for the Lord. He has many visions and asks for prayers in:
Getting computers and books to help educate the people in Mombasa and the Church
Getting a car to help reach others in mission work
and helping his church to grow in numbers and faith in order to spread God's word.
Franklin is an extremely selfless man, who loves to help people. He also takes care of us at the church everyday. He never leaves our side and does whatever we want. We like to call him our "body guard" or maybe our "guardian angel." :) He also has a vision to set up an orphanage with his beautiful wife, Matilda, for the children of Kenya. He was sick on Wednesday, but is back feeling better today. Praise God.
The house we stay at has six people in total: Paul, Phanyce, Alpha (14), Bill (12), Christian (3), and Pamella, Phancye's niece (20). They are too kind to us and are taking care of us very well. OK, well today has been a good day so far! going to go back to the church soon to continue our reading which is also going very well. Thanks for the prayers and comments!
Yesterday (Wednesday) it rained pretty hard and steady the whole day, so we didn't have the best turn up for readers, but it was alright to have an easier day in the week. Now we will talk about our host family and some of the people we have come to know and love.
Our host mom, Phanyce, really is a fantastic cook and lovely woman. She is always taking care of us and her mischievious three year old, Christian, whom we have all fallen in love with. He has basically claimed Kameryn as his girlfriend :) ha, but we think he still loves the rest of us too.
The man of the house, and our minister is Paul. He is a great man who has helped us get a great turn out for our readers and is always busy doing work for the Lord. He has many visions and asks for prayers in:
Getting computers and books to help educate the people in Mombasa and the Church
Getting a car to help reach others in mission work
and helping his church to grow in numbers and faith in order to spread God's word.
Franklin is an extremely selfless man, who loves to help people. He also takes care of us at the church everyday. He never leaves our side and does whatever we want. We like to call him our "body guard" or maybe our "guardian angel." :) He also has a vision to set up an orphanage with his beautiful wife, Matilda, for the children of Kenya. He was sick on Wednesday, but is back feeling better today. Praise God.
The house we stay at has six people in total: Paul, Phanyce, Alpha (14), Bill (12), Christian (3), and Pamella, Phancye's niece (20). They are too kind to us and are taking care of us very well. OK, well today has been a good day so far! going to go back to the church soon to continue our reading which is also going very well. Thanks for the prayers and comments!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Second Week
Jambo! (how are you) ha. We are doing great, here is what has happened recently:
On Sunday we had our first party. We were kind of nervous for our first one, but it went really well. We played some games-Uno, other card games, bingo, and charades. We also had juice and biscuits, or cookies for the people to eat. We had a pretty good turn out. The people seemed excited to learn these American games and we had a ton of children come which was fun.
In other news...we had our first Kenyan Sausage! Woot! ha, it was interesting. We weren't sure what type of sausage so that got us thinking it might possibly be monkey brains...which wasn't very appetizing. Kameryn thought this was especially funny and we're lucky she didn't have coffee squirting out her nose. Ha. But anyways, it made for a "good baseball"-Michael.
Also, Alice tested the foreign electricity-or in other words, she was slightly shocked. She is doing fine though. Well, as sane as she can be considering she is living with the Brewster Cousins who like to make random animal noises in the back of the taxi, of animals they see on the road, and who also rejoice at finding a gecko climbing on the wall. (Michael's comment: "I just like lizards!") We are all getting along really well however. God is blessing our trip and giving us many readers.
Well, I hope it won't be too long before we can blog again! Internet is kinda hard to come by, but thank you for your prayers and comments. We love you and miss you all!
On Sunday we had our first party. We were kind of nervous for our first one, but it went really well. We played some games-Uno, other card games, bingo, and charades. We also had juice and biscuits, or cookies for the people to eat. We had a pretty good turn out. The people seemed excited to learn these American games and we had a ton of children come which was fun.
In other news...we had our first Kenyan Sausage! Woot! ha, it was interesting. We weren't sure what type of sausage so that got us thinking it might possibly be monkey brains...which wasn't very appetizing. Kameryn thought this was especially funny and we're lucky she didn't have coffee squirting out her nose. Ha. But anyways, it made for a "good baseball"-Michael.
Also, Alice tested the foreign electricity-or in other words, she was slightly shocked. She is doing fine though. Well, as sane as she can be considering she is living with the Brewster Cousins who like to make random animal noises in the back of the taxi, of animals they see on the road, and who also rejoice at finding a gecko climbing on the wall. (Michael's comment: "I just like lizards!") We are all getting along really well however. God is blessing our trip and giving us many readers.
Well, I hope it won't be too long before we can blog again! Internet is kinda hard to come by, but thank you for your prayers and comments. We love you and miss you all!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
So... it has been about five days since we have been here in Mombasa. We have really enjoyed our stay so far! Everyone is so friendly. We are staying with the minister of the church and his family. His name is Paul and his wife's name is Phanyce. They have three children, Alpha, Bill, and Christian. They have been taking great care of us. I just can't get over how grateful and welcoming the people are here.
Everything is so different here. On wednesday we went on one of the public buses to get to town. I have never been on such a crazy ride in my life! The clothing here is very different also, along with gender roles. The women mostly wear dresses and the men are most definitely in charge of almost everything, although the women are still respected. It's a bit old fashioned. We haven't been able to have an actual shower since we've been here, we just wash using a basin of water. And, we have to use a bucket of water to flush the toilet most of the time. Michael was lucky enough to get a toilet with a toilet seat at his house, Alice and I weren't as fortunate :)
The first day we were here(wednesday), we had our information meeting with our readers and completely filled up our schedules, so it was very successful. On thursday and friday we had many readers all day, and we started to get into our routine. Things have been going very smoothly. As the days have gone by we have gotten to know some of our readers a little better. I think we are going to make some great friends.
Saturday was our "day off", so we decided to see some of the tourist attractions in Mombasa. First we went to Fort Jesus. It was a very old fort that was used to defend Mombasa from sea and land attacks a very long time ago. The fort had many old artifacts and it was very interesting to learn about. After that we went shopping and to the beach. At the beach we went on a boat with glass in the bottom to look at some coral. It was a very fun day!
We miss you all so much! But God is taking care of us and we are having a good time!
Everything is so different here. On wednesday we went on one of the public buses to get to town. I have never been on such a crazy ride in my life! The clothing here is very different also, along with gender roles. The women mostly wear dresses and the men are most definitely in charge of almost everything, although the women are still respected. It's a bit old fashioned. We haven't been able to have an actual shower since we've been here, we just wash using a basin of water. And, we have to use a bucket of water to flush the toilet most of the time. Michael was lucky enough to get a toilet with a toilet seat at his house, Alice and I weren't as fortunate :)
The first day we were here(wednesday), we had our information meeting with our readers and completely filled up our schedules, so it was very successful. On thursday and friday we had many readers all day, and we started to get into our routine. Things have been going very smoothly. As the days have gone by we have gotten to know some of our readers a little better. I think we are going to make some great friends.
Saturday was our "day off", so we decided to see some of the tourist attractions in Mombasa. First we went to Fort Jesus. It was a very old fort that was used to defend Mombasa from sea and land attacks a very long time ago. The fort had many old artifacts and it was very interesting to learn about. After that we went shopping and to the beach. At the beach we went on a boat with glass in the bottom to look at some coral. It was a very fun day!
We miss you all so much! But God is taking care of us and we are having a good time!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Leaving for Mombasa Kenya
Well here are at the Omaha airport prepared for 22 hours of travel to Mombasa. Dave Odom drove us here and wished us luck. Now on our own we wait or our first flight to arrive. We already had a near catastrophe dealing with our lugguge going through in Amsterdam. But it all worked out in the end. So keep us in your prayers as we embark on our mission abroad to share our language and culture.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Kenya: The beginning
Hello! Well I set up this blog for my teammates and I as we embark to Mombasa, Kenya on a mission trip. Two of my friends and I will be leaving June 14-July 6 for a mission trip through the organization LST. I'm getting pretty excited but also nervous. I still have to pack and make sure I have everything done and prepared for the trip. It will be a new experience because our team is pretty young and we will be new to the program. However I believe that if we simply trust in God and put Him first in our experiences that the trip will be full of blessings.
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