So, whenever I’m in a situation where I try to blog regularly (like tour or in Africa), as I go throughout my day, I try to make note of things to include. On a regular basis, there are things I forget to post. Sometimes, it’s even the funniest thing of the day. Once, I titled the blog about something that we saw, and then forgot to explain it! Here is a recap of some funny or interesting things that I forgot to mention. On Aug 2, when we were walking back from the hotel where we used internet, we were careful [View Full Entry]

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Here it is 0512 in the morning and I can not sleep. Imagine that. I have checked my email and the couple of forums that I visit and now I am just waiting. I will be spending some time in prayer while I have this quite time. I wanted to share with everyone one of the prayers that was offered to me. It if from Psalms 67, it does seem appropriate for out mission. Our Prayers are with you. Psalm 67 is one of my favorite "Mission Psalms". Really anxious to hear what The Lord does during this two weeks! 1 [View Full Entry]

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Ok, Here we sit at the airport in Chicago with 2 hours to go. Even though we have such a wait, I am so excited for what lies ahead. This is a great group of people and God is going to work through each and every one of us. We have had time to eat and play some cards and just think about our trip. So many questions and just not enough answers. Deb I am really excited and just wish that we were there already. The worst part of the trip, in my opinion, is going through the airports and [View Full Entry]

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The flight from Chicago to Istanbul was pretty good. I sat next to some Turkish guy with a LaCoste shirt with his collar popped. I think he was gay. I was a little nervous getting onto the connecting flight but it was good. It was so easy. The Istanbul airport was soooo nice the view was amazing. All the houses there were so cute. When I got onto the plane from Istanbul to Nairobi I sat next to a guy from Kenya so that was nice. I think his name is lucas. He told me some stories about Kenya and things [View Full Entry]

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Here is our logo for our Basketball camp shirts. What a great and fun way to reach out to homeless street kids. [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, We've finally arrived in Kenya, the first night was ok after we finally negotiated a taxi fare after our transfer failed to turn up, after a few hairy moments we made it to camp and met up with some fellow travellers, it was good to have a hot shower which we weren't expecting, the first thing we noticed was how cold it was, we left for Nairobi on monday morning and started the tour after joining everyone on our truck. Our first night was spent on a campsite on lake Nakuru just north of Nairobi, but we went to [View Full Entry]

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I got to sleep in today! Today was maybe the first day I got to sleep in and not worry about people waking me up or having anything specific to get up for. Sarah is a great roommate because she knows I like to sleep, so she doesn’t do anything dumb like turn on the lights. Plus, she always brings me breakfast. We took most of the morning off, just chilling and writing and fighting with the internet. Once we got hungry again, we headed into town. The man at the front desk said it was too far for us to [View Full Entry]

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I guess it is time to talk a a little bit about the what our mission will entail once we get to Kenya. God has a plan for us, that much I know. What I don't know is all the fine details. Here though is a brief synopsis of our plan. We will be setting up basketball camps for the homeless street children in the slum areas of Nairobi, we may be setting up some VBS (Vacation Bible School) type teachings also. We will be speaking in one and maybe more local churches and sharing the gospel as well as our [View Full Entry]

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Bud and Robertta left for Tanzania this morning, so they had to wake everyone up to say goodbye. I was up super late burning CDs for them, so I didn’t move. Still, it wasn’t near as much sleep as I wanted or needed. Sarah and I got all of our things packed up and ready to go. A former Choir kid, Charles, was due to pick us up for a day on the town. After a bit of rearranging which hotel we were staying at and who was booking rooms, we moved our luggage down the street and hit the road. [View Full Entry]

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I did some counting the other day. I counted the number of blankets I have in my house. Between the three beds I have nine soft blankets and in my closet are a few more along with two warm sleeping bags. Then, there are a few small covers as well as cotton and flannel sheets. Next was a trip to my bookshelves where I counted the different types of Bibles that I have a choice to read; NIV, Amplified, Romanian, Student Bible and a pink Women's Devotional Bible. Last was a trip to my pantry to count the types of beans [View Full Entry]

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