We are in Kisumu!!

It's taken a couple of days to get here, but here we are! Kisumu, Kenya.

Most of the team is asleep as I write this. This is Dan writing from Dave's user name, by the way. Here is an update on the happenings with the team. Wednesday night we drove to L.A. and spent the night with Sarah's parents and got up Thursday morning to depart for L.A.X. There we boarded a flight to San Francisco and from there we took off to London. Everything started off with great excitement and enthusiasm!



After a LONG time on the plane we arrived in London quite weary and ready to stretch our legs for a bit. Fortunately the flight from London to Nairobi was a much nicer experience, even though we got stuck on the runway due to a rainstorm in London.



After arriving in Nairobi after 26 hours of plane travel we were ready to get our bags and get out of the airport!

Little did Tom know it would be his bag that got left behind in London!



This morning, (Saturday) we got up and took a drive to Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi. There are about 1.4 million residents in the slum about 5 square miles large. The city's total population is only about 4 million, so over 25% of Nairobi lives in this village full of poverty. We met a pastor named Edward who has set up a kindergarten and vocational school in Kibera to help educate and train the people there and help improve the conditions. We went to the school and met about half of the children. We had a blast playing, singing and praying with them!













After leaving Kibera we ate lunch and took a drive around Nairobi and took in some of the sights.




After this we got our bags and got on another plane to come to Kisumu! This also gave us the opportunity to pick up Tom's bag that had arrived from London. As soon as we arrived we ate dinner, met as a team for a bit and most everyone is asleep now. We look forward to church in the morning and getting to see a little more of the city! We hope to post again soon but internet is slow here, so we will as we are able. Keep checking back for more updates and pictures. We don't have any pictures of Kisumu yet since we arrived at night, but here we are in front of the guest house we stayed in while in Nairobi.



Dan