Getting ready…

Tomorrow I head to Paris and then on to Kenya for arrival Sunday night! Steve arrived safely in Nairobi today and David will arrive in Nairobi on New Years Eve 😊

There have been so many details involved in getting ready for this trip! Many of which I have not had to deal with before in my travels. Just the list of shots recommended for Kenya can make one’s head spin. I ended up getting 5 shots in the last few weeks. I’m also starting to take malaria prevention pills tomorrow & will continue for a week after returning home. There are definite health considerations related to food & water that we must be aware of each day. In spite of that, I am really looking forward to tasting Kenyan food!!

Then there have been all of the logistical details related to how to get the 3 of us from Nairobi to Moheto and back again. Heavy December rains have impacted the air strips in towns near Moheto making our potential air travel unpredictable. So the choice was made to hire a driver & car. Now we will have the opportunity to see much of the interior of Kenya during our 7 hour journeys to and from Moheto. That I’m also looking forward to! We will be staying at a hotel in a neighboring town near Moheto and now that we have a driver & car, our transportation is taken care of, lessening the burden on the people of Moheto – no need to find us taxis each day.

We also have had many details to work out around the actual training we are doing. We now have 21 people signed up to be part of the training – 15 women & 6 men. Among them are a variety of businesses & experience. It has been fun to meet these folks on paper before we actually arrive. All of our training will need to be translated into the local language, which none of us speak. Right now Pastor Ken is translating the curriculum schedule & handouts for us. And then there are teaching supplies – some are being brought from Chicago & some will be purchased once I get to Nairobi.

And last but not least, there all the personal details we each have had to arrange to be out of the country for 16 days! So many details!! In the midst of all the details & tasks today, as I sat in my dentist’s office I was blessed with an amazing bird’s eye view of Millennium Park & Lake Michigan, reminding me what a beautiful city we live in and how blessed we are to be able to make this trip and have this adventure in Kenya!!