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Another new day here in Migori. It is Tuesday morning and we are headed to another VBS.

Here is an e-mail I thought I sent the first night, but it apparently didn’t go through…

Jambo from Migori!
We finally arrived this afternoon, and we are now settling in. Here’s a quick report so far. After a mechanical delay (Thursday), my flight from Chicago to London arrived just in time. After checking in, I literally joined the team on the plane after they had boarded. We made it to Narobi without problem (Friday), although customs and money exchange took quite a while.

After getting to the hotel, eating and settling in, it was 12:30 am local time. Which was pretty tough, since I slept so little on the way over. Today (Saturday) we got up at 5:45 am and headed for Migori. It was much cooler than I expected. Along the way I discovered why, we were at over 7,000 feet altitude! And we stayed about 4,000 feet most of the day. This afternoon it has been much warmer. And right now, at just after 9:00 pm, it’s warm. I’ve ate well, felt well, and so far the rest of the team has too.

The ride to Migori was rough in spots, and surprisingly smooth in others. Because of the potholes, at some points the driver chose the go off road than stay ON the road. On the way here, we saw some of the saddest places. I would say these town were in worse shape than the worst sections we saw in Ecuador. And there were thousands of people walking, down the side of the road, out in fields, out of the woods. They have no other transportation, so they walk. We saw LOTS of cows, sheep, and goats. We saw a wild heard of zebras, but have been promised much more on the safari and the end of the week.

My container sent in March arrived intact, as well as all my luggage. We were greeted by the kids early this evening, and have had introductions. Tomorrow we are visiting a church and preparing for VBS. We are expecting 150 kids Monday, 200-300 Tuesday and Wednesday, and 800-1000 Thursday. That’s enough for now. We are blessed, safe, and fired up to share this week. I’ll follow up with another e-mail when I can. Maybe tomorrow night.

Love to all,
Skip

- send me a note to skipdidit2@yahoo.com to let me know you got this. That is the only e-mail that worked for me.