We are home!

We arrived on time in Boise last night. We were excited to see our families and get all of our luggage. A few of the wooden decorative canes that we were forced to check were broken when we got them in Boise, but aside from that small incident everything else was in on piece and accounted for.

As a team we were starting to get weary as two of our adult team members had horrible stomach flu like symptoms the day before we left. We also travelled over 44 hours and by the time we arrived in Boise we were thrilled to see our loved ones. I missed my babies so much it ached, so holding them last night was beyond what words can describe. :)

Now that we have a strong Internet connection, we should be able to share pictures and stories with our friends and relatives.

The day we left we met Patrick Mwangi.

He lives in a slum area of Limuru and our youth ministry supports him through compassion international. Being able to place a face with his picture and meet his mother and brother was very exciting for our team.

His mother made us tea and sweet potatoes and the students looked at me with udder fear as she was preparing for them to eat. I tried to explain to the leaders that although we were so very grateful for the food, we could not partake of it because we had two sick members and we would be flying out that evening.

We took the sweet potatoes with us (choosing not to eat them, but desiring with all our hearts to show gratitude and thankfulness) and hugged Patrick goodbye.

We left a soccer ball, a new Boise State outfit and hat, some small cars/trucks, pencils, a new toothbrush, a backpack, and we prayed over him and his home. His mother shed tears when we piled into her mud home covered in cow dung and newspaper. Her gratefulness was obvious. I could only pray that our gratefulness radiated as bright as hers did.

There is so many wonderful experiences we could share. One of our students told his mother he would have loved to have stayed in Kenya. Another is changing her major from Elementary Education to Missions. I am certain that these last 12 days will be apart of our lives forever.

Lots of pictures will be loaded shortly....................