More Adventures in Kenya

We continue to marvel at the wonderful people that God has brought into our lives here at Mayfield. Last week, one of them was the man who helped us organize our outings to feed the giraffes and to watch the feeding of elephants. This week we met a lady here whose husband is a pilot and they will be serving with Samaritan's Purse. She is staying here by herself while he is back in the states trying to tie up loose ends there. Anyway, she offered to be our driver/tour guide today. So...we headed off first of all to the Yaya Centre (a mall) in Nairobi, then to the Nakumatt ( similar to a Walmart). Both of these were not unlike shopping experiences at home.

The real African experience came at noontime when we ate at the "Carnivore" restaurant. Yes indeed! our lunch started with a large flask of tangerine juice, followed by a delicious bowl of leek & potato soup. Next arrived the two-tiered lazy susan tray placed in the centre of our table with sauces for each of the meats we could try. The meats included chicken & chicken livers, pork, lamb, camel, ostrich, beef and turkey. We all agreed that the spicy ostrich meatballs were really good and that the camel was rather tough but we ate it!!! After eating ostrich, we drove outside Nairobi to the Masai Ostrich Farm. We understood we could ride an ostrich there...just imagine that!!! However, it was not to be. Unfortunately, the ostrich were not available for rides due to
a special event scheduled there today. Guess we'll have to saddle up another time!

On our return to Nairobi, we saw several gazelle and watched one of them speed across the road
head of us. We also saw some cattle on the road (that walked past our car) and a variety of East African birds.

Once again, we are thankful for all the beautiful things we have seen but don't be deceived by our descriptions of the beauty because there are sharp contrasts as we see housing that is inadequate and people in need.

Asante sana for your prayers!!!