Today was bittersweet. We had a very fun & emotional celebration in worship this morning as we celebrated God’s presence with us this week & recognized all of the individual participants in our training as they received their certificates. Then right after a quick lunch with the congregation, we had to say good-bye to these amazing new friends!
We headed out for Nairobi at noon and drove straight through with only 2 bathroom stops! The 250 mile trip took 8.5 hours to get into Nairobi through multiple pockets of rain all day. Unfortunately as we hit the outer suburbs of Nairobi, the rain came down harder & Moses, our driver, had to drive through flooded streets to drop us at our various hotels. I was the last drop off at 9:30, and finally Moses got to head for his home 😊. What a long day!!
This past 9 days have been such a wonderful experience with the folks in Moheto! I continue to feel blessed by their kindness, their patience with us and their over the top hospitality! As a teacher, I’m thrilled by all of the new connections they made with each other & in relation to their own businesses!! It was so exciting to see each of them using the tools we introduced to look critically at their businesses & brainstorm about changes they want to do to move their business to the next step. I loved the “ah-ha’s” 😊
We also got to experience the pride each one has in their businesses as they showed us their sites & told us about their businesses. That was such a special time for me to hear each one tell the story of how he/she engages with their particular business. I learned so much about chicken farming, salon work, bodabodas, dukas, the art of selling vegetables in this area, the selling of water to families with no wells, and the vast variety of vegetables & fruits one can grow in this year round warm climate!! Such a gift!!
Here are some images from our morning together!!
I’m publishing this on Monday morning after falling asleep part way through writing this last night – so tired!! I begin my journey back to Chicago at midnight tonight – 17+hours in the air & 6 hours in the Paris airport! Today I will tour sites in Nairobi with a driver before heading to the airport tonight. Hopefully I’ll be able to publish one more post at the airport tonight before I leave this amazing country😊
Moheto Go Fish 