Kenya or Bust

We arrived at the Boise airport and were truly overwhelmed by the number of families who came to pray over us and with us. Our Church family has showed so much love and support and we truly thankful. Arriving at the airport was an overwhelming experience of excitement, anticipation, and apprehension. We checked in 31 bags, posed for a pictures and rushed through security. I am starting to realize that nothing is a breeze with 25 people. The same few team members seem to have been stopped everywhere we go for a pat down and their bags searched. It was entertaining at first but now we are starting to wonder....:)

We have arrived in London. It has already been a long trip and our energy is lacking, although our excitement and anticipation remains high.

We left Boise and due to the weather in Denver we sat on the plane for several hours. After we finally took off it took us three hours to make an 1 hour and 20 minute flight. They circled around Denver forever before we could finally land. Matt said at one point he saw seven planes circling nearby. There was use of those beautiful little white vomit bags which was no fun...and the turbulence was intense. We arrived 5 hours past our initial plan and it was God's grace that our plane headed to London was still on the ground.

Imagine 25 slightly nauseas people sprinting through the terminal. Sprinting~Home Alone style. We had 28 people on our flight from Denver who needed to connect to the flight to London. The steward on our plane said that United would wait for us because they could not reschedule such a large group (ours being 25) and a few others.

7 hours and 52 minutes later we arrived in London. Heathrow is HUGE and we are learning our buddy/team system and have done well keeping together.

We found our terminal and enjoyed some airport duty-free shopping and some food. Chance, decided to do as the English would and he ordered crumpets. (We have an awesome video of Chance and his crumpets but it would not upload...will try again at a later time.) Shane enjoyed some fish and chips.

Converting pounds to dollars has been a challenge but we will be leaving in three hours for our final destination. Once we arrive in Nairobi we will have five hour trek up to the city of Eldoret. We are tired. Pray for our stamina and some sleep in the next 12 hours. Great things lie ahead and we feel overwhelmed and grateful.