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Today we started the journey west from Nairobi to Migori, where we are staying during the training days in Moheto. At 7:00 this morning David met Pastor Ken & I at the Methodist Guest House in Nairobi and we set out with our driver, Moses. Steve drove up from the Masai Mara with a driverContinue reading “Journeying to Migori”

Today began at 6:30 again with our game drive. It was a beautiful morning to be out on the savanna! The sun came up just as we got started and the sky was so clear! There has seemed to be a different theme & tone to each of the game drives, based on the animalsContinue reading “Leaving the Mara”

Happy New Year!! Today has been a very relaxing way to start the new year 😊. Everything here is so much quieter now than the celebratory excitement of yesterday. Even the animals have been quieter & less visible this morning. We started the morning with heavy fog all over the savanna, which set a peacefulContinue reading “Last day on the savanna”

As a part of the reservation I made at this lodge, I receive two 2-hour long game drives each day. One is at 6:30am as the sun comes up and the other is at 4:00pm as the sun begins it’s descent and the animals come out because it’s starting to get a bit cooler. IContinue reading “Game drives and a surprise!”

This morning I headed to Masai Mara National Park. I took 2 airplanes to get there, which gave me the experience of landing on wet dirt air strips twice-ugh!! After walking through the mud to retrieve my backpack in order to board an adjacent plane, I was totally convinced that our team made the rightContinue reading “All about the land!”

After 15 hours in the air on 2 different planes & a 2 hour layover in Paris, I finally arrived in Nairobi!! It feels so good to be out of the plane! That said, my flights were very smooth with wonderful service from both Air France & Kenyan Air 😊 The weather here is wonderfullyContinue reading “Arrived!!”

I’m sitting at O’Hare airport waiting to board Air France to Paris, the 1st leg of this journey! This will be my first time in France as well as Kenya. It’s too bad that I won’t be able to see anything but the airport terminal in Paris 😦 My flight to Paris is 7+ hours,Continue reading “On My Way”

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 beforeContinue reading “Getting ready…”

On September 1st of this year my church, Evanston First United Methodist Church, began a partnership with the Moheto First United Methodist Church in Kenya.  Rev Kennedy Mwita, the pastor of Moheto First UMC, invited our minister, Rev Grace Imathu, to preach before the all church meeting took a unanimous vote to associate with theContinue reading “Beginning the Relationship”