We Made It!!!

We left London and 7 hours 45 minutes later we landed on the continent of Africa. What was once a dream for many became a reality. We arrived in Nairobi at 6:30am and slowly made our way to immigration. We completed the finger printing process and headed for our luggage.

We impressed ourselves with our organization as we lined up with our luggage carts and began loading luggage from the carousel. We praise the Lord because every single suitcase made it to Nairobi! An even greater praise; as we went through customs the agent asked who we were and what we had come for. When I explained to him why we had come, he raised his hand and waved us through without opening even ONE BAG! PRAISE THE LORD.

Our Host, Randy, and three public transportation vans were waiting for us outside. We loaded and quickly headed North to the city of Eldoret.

That was a wild ride. We stopped to see the Great Rift Valley and the equator.

A man named Steve showed us that when you are in the Northern hemisphere water runs clock-wise and in the Southern hemisphere water runs counter-wise. When you are standing on the equator water flows straight down. We watched him demonstrate.

I was a wild ride up country as traffic laws are very different than in the USA. They are more of a suggestion and so we learned that more often than not people are passing on your left and on your right. I will never complain about Boise traffic again. :)

We saw Zebra, Baboons, Thompson gazelle, and wildebeest on our way up-country. The Baboon were literally walking along the side of the road. I have to be honest, they are not as cute in real life, they were a little scary looking. Although just the opportunity to see them on the side of the road was worth it.

We are excited to be here. We are thankful to God for protecting us and giving us this amazing opportunity. We are exhausted.