Kenya, August 21
I’ve started blogging again since Dave and I are overseas in Kenya right now. We arrived in Kenya after a long (although on time) flight. We left Denver on Monday morning, had connections in Minneapolis and Amsterdam, and arrived in Kenya on Tuesday evening.
Our reason for coming to Kenya is primarily to visit Dave’s Aunt Verna and Uncle Daryll. Verna is Dave’s mom’s sister. They picked us up from the airport on Tuesday, and I can’t tell you how welcome their faces were along with the opportunity to not deal with a cab driver at the airport.
We started our trip to Kenya yesterday with a visit to the Safari Walk and Animal Orphanage in Nairobi. There were a lot of different animals for us to see, and we had a great opportunity to pet a cheetah, and Dave got to hold a baby lion! We saw a lot of other animals, including a baby giraffe, leopards, and monkeys.
After leaving the Safari Walk & Animal Orphanage, we went back to the compound where Uncle Daryll and Aunt Verna live for dinner. Aunt Verna fixed some delicious spaghetti and meatballs.
Today we got the great opportunity to travel outside Nairobi to visit a child we sponsor through Compassion International. Compassion is a Christian organization through which you can pledge a monthly donation to sponsor a child. Your sponsorship provides the child with school, worship, health care, and food. If you want more information on Compassion, you can check out their website.
The trip to visit our child was fantastic. We got the opportunity to see her school, church, playground, and home. We also got to meet her family, and since she lives in a small village, we were definitely the center of attention. Her family lives in a small group of huts; one is used for the living room and parents bedroom; the next is used for the kitchen; and the final hut is where the children sleep. Our child is one of seven children. The huts in which the people live do not have electricity or running water. They are made of mud and straw. It is so easy to forget how fortunate we are in the United States with how much we have.
Our reason for coming to Kenya is primarily to visit Dave’s Aunt Verna and Uncle Daryll. Verna is Dave’s mom’s sister. They picked us up from the airport on Tuesday, and I can’t tell you how welcome their faces were along with the opportunity to not deal with a cab driver at the airport.
We started our trip to Kenya yesterday with a visit to the Safari Walk and Animal Orphanage in Nairobi. There were a lot of different animals for us to see, and we had a great opportunity to pet a cheetah, and Dave got to hold a baby lion! We saw a lot of other animals, including a baby giraffe, leopards, and monkeys.
After leaving the Safari Walk & Animal Orphanage, we went back to the compound where Uncle Daryll and Aunt Verna live for dinner. Aunt Verna fixed some delicious spaghetti and meatballs.
Today we got the great opportunity to travel outside Nairobi to visit a child we sponsor through Compassion International. Compassion is a Christian organization through which you can pledge a monthly donation to sponsor a child. Your sponsorship provides the child with school, worship, health care, and food. If you want more information on Compassion, you can check out their website.
The trip to visit our child was fantastic. We got the opportunity to see her school, church, playground, and home. We also got to meet her family, and since she lives in a small village, we were definitely the center of attention. Her family lives in a small group of huts; one is used for the living room and parents bedroom; the next is used for the kitchen; and the final hut is where the children sleep. Our child is one of seven children. The huts in which the people live do not have electricity or running water. They are made of mud and straw. It is so easy to forget how fortunate we are in the United States with how much we have.
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