Jambo From Kenya

Jambo,

That's a sample of our limited knowledge of Swahili--it means "hello".

We're excited to be posting our first entry from Kenya.

It is impossible to share all we've experienced in the few days we've been here--the sights, the sounds, the smells. The first sight we saw in daylight, when we opened our curtains Wednesday morning, was a glorious, huge tree covered with purple blossoms--a jakaranda. We've been told it blooms for only 2 weeks/year, and there it was especially for us.

We couldn't resist stopping in to New Life Home yesterday although our official start date isn't until Monday. We soon found out why God wanted us there at that time. As we were in the lounge area near the entrance, a lady police officer arrived with a precious 2-week-old baby girl. It brought us to tears. What a thrill to see her being welcomed "home" where she will be greatly loved. We look forward to watching her progress over the next few weeks and learn more of her story. NLH is definitely a place of love. We were welcomed openly.

Our accommodations are very comfortable and the staff are treating us royally. The food has been delicious. Our meal at noon today included goat meat (yes we each had some), chapati, stew, plus something white and something green (we each had some of those too).

Asante (Thank you) for continuing to pray for us.