The team all safely arrived last night and surprisingly 'ran into' the other Chapel team that had been in Kenya as they were leaving the country. What a fun reunion on the other side of the world.
Today was a tour of Nairobi. The team split up with the majority of them going to the beautiful Kiambethu Tea Farm. Tea is the second major export of Kenya and is primarily run by the British who colonized Africa many years ago. It was a good opportunity to see why Africa suffers so much. Many of their valuable resources are eaten up by outsiders and while end up doing the 'grunt' work and getting paid very little.
The other party went to do a video shoot of Noah in the hospital. He is now a 'movie star.' Look for this video to come out when we return!
After this, the team met up at the Nest. The Nest is a home for children whose parents are in prison. These precious children previously had been left homeless to fend for themselves. A wonderful lady named Irene Baumgarter caught a vision for saving these children and has opened up a home for them. There are 75 currently living there. Once the parents are released, they are given parental training and assistance re-uniting under supervised care. We were particularly interested in seeing how they care for 70+ children as that is the same amount that the Oasis Orphanage will house!
We finished the day with dinner at the Java House!
Tomorrow we head off bright and early for the Trans Mara! Please pray for our safe travel!
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