Monday, February 1, 2016

Jim and Donna Hoeksema (right) and Rich and Connie Humphrey (left) drove to Cedar Rapids, Iowa today and spent the night in a hotel to make sure we didn’t get stranded at home by the coming snow storm.  

We will be going to Kenya to volunteer at the Friends Theological College in Kaimosi.  Jim and Donna will be there for 5 months and Rich and Connie for 3 weeks.  The picture is us behind our pile of luggage in the hotel.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

It did snow hard this morning (see picture of Donna when we got to the airport).  Our plane was an hour late waiting to get de-iced and we only had an 80 minute layover in Detroit.  We just barely made it before they closed the gate.  Connie ran on ahead and told them  we were coming while the rest of us waited to collect our carry-on bags which got put in the cargo hold.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

It is hard to say when Tuesday stopped and Wednesday started.  There is a 9 hour time difference between Iowa and Kenya.  We flew from Detroit to Amsterdam and then on to Nairobi.  Total travel time was about 27 hours from home to Nairobi.  The flights all went well, and our luggage all arrived.  We are just all messed up in our sleeping patterns.

We are staying at the Presbyterian Guesthouse in Nairobi for 3 nights.  It is a very nice facility.  I am using their wireless connection to post this.  We have hot water in the shower and the food is quite good.  They have a beautiful lawn/garden (see picture) and the temperature is probably mid to upper 70’s.

 

Thursday, February 4, 2016

We slept pretty well last night – with a few interruptions.  We realized there is a large Mosque right next to the Guesthouse.  At 5:30 in the morning they have large loud speakers that announce prayer time.  It seemed to us to be an unnecessarily long announcement.

We spent most of the day driving VERY slowly around Nairobi while buying cell phones and doing research for our work in Kaimosi.  The traffic is terrible.  Driving here is not for the faint hearted so we hired someone to do the driving.

Rich and Connie bought fresh fruit at a roadside shop on our way back to the guesthouse.