DAY 2 Pastor Paul's Perspective

After being served a breakfast of cold yogurt and frozen juice, we landed in Amsterdam. We had about a 3 hour lay over, but we had to go through check points again so we didn’t have a lot of time to waste. Some of us grabbed a quick breakfast: tomatoes, hash browns, eggs, toast, lettuce, and juice. For three of us, the cost converted to $50.00. OUCH.
Soon we were back on the plane and Day 2 consisted mostly of eating and sleeping. It is amazing how an airline can destroy a chicken dish. No details even necessary, just trust me. Like an idiot I ordered the same thing twice. I guess hoping and expecting it to be different. I was awakened at one point for some kind of carrot salad, some funky soup w/funky stuff out of a pack to add to it (which didn’t make it better) and some type of carrot dessert. It was really a GREAT day for sleeping.
The flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi is almost 8 hours and about 4400 miles.
We landed about 9 PM I think? Who knows what time it is by this point?
Amsterdam was 6 hours ahead of Central and Nairobi is 8. The landing was a little turbulent at times, but we made it off and to customs without a hitch. Took a while to get through the passport check, but we had no problems getting our luggage and getting out without any of the group of 18 being checked! Thank God for miracles!
The Womble’s, the directors of the orphanage were there to meet us. We loaded most of the luggage onto one bus/van and secured another for the other luggage and the 18 of us.
Just a couple of miles from the airport we saw 4 or 5 zebras grazing on the side of the road. That was pretty wild.
We made it to the Kibera Children’s Center, unloaded, found our rooms, had a group meeting and some fellowship planning our day tomorrow.
Ooopps it is tomorrow!!!
Will let you know how all that goes when I can.
Thank God for an opportunity to brush our teeth!!

Lessons learned for the day:

1. Sometimes it can be expensive to keep in touch with family, but it’s worth it.
2. Sometimes sleeping is better than eating.
3. Again, A full bladder and a full plane are not a good combination.