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My last day in Meru consisted of preaching, attending a CD release party, and DRIVING!!!! It sounds like a simple task but it truly is hard when everything is backwards hahahahahaha Tomorrow we leave from Nairobi to fly to Massi Mara to start our safari... I am very excited :))) Today has undoubtedly been the funnest day and I will never forget Africa!!! Love and miss yall James ... read more

Yesterday was pretty uneventful... went and toured the hospital and a church that the grapevine church paid to have built. Today we spent the day with the aids orphans participating in a fun day program they were putting on we had a soccer tournament, which the team of white people plus 3 or 4 Kenyans won :), and we gave them mosquito nets , blankets, and shirts. Its really uplifting giving to people who truly have nothing and are completely innocent. After that we went to a girls boarding school for high school, get three white decently cute guys in an environment like that and its insanely interesting. This is truly a life changing expiration. :) Things I’ve learned: 1. Smile.... life is good, even when you’re in extreme poverty. 2. Be thankful for what god ... read more

I can now check two things off of my bucketlist... racing a Kenyan / African and winning and playing futball with Africans (I didn’t have so much luck in that event). Today was a very eventful day we started by going to the hiv/aids orphanage and we learned about how to prevent the disease and how we can help them educate the people on how to live with it and avoid getting the disease. After that we went and watched and participate in some traditional dances from the Meru culture. They were very cool to watch and fun to participate in. :) after lunch we (Cody(19) ,Jeremiah(20) and I) went to a school of about 500 kids and at first we played Frisbee with them and then we played futball with them and they were AWESOME!!! ... read more

After what feels like an etirnety I am finally in Meru ,Kenya, everyone here is so friendly and nice. The place were staying in is a methodist guest house whch is basicly a hotel its very nice and the food is awesome. The flight from Houston to Dubia was 15 hours and I felt every single one of them, but the lay over was good we stayed in an awesome hotel and had great meals. I know a few people that will be jelious that I had athentic curry. The flight from dubia to niroabi wasnt so brutal, it was only 5 hours and I slept thru at least 4 of them. We stayed in the methodist guest house last night and it was good as well. We met another group from Chicago that was staying ... read more

So last night and this morning were filled with great events with awesome people. Last night we had a party for my dad's birthday and my going to Africa, it was very fun and got to see a lot of people I love. To everyone there I am more thankful than you know for the generous gifts ,support ,and prayers, I honestly don't know what I would do with out y'all. This morning was the send off for our group of five to head out to Africa, which was spectacular. Pastor Travis delivered a phenomenal message as usual. Our group did communion from the church which was a cool experience, and in the end we were prayed over and in the prayer something came over me and I felt complete comfort... like I would never have ... read more