October 11, 2012 Kakamega

Greetings

I happen to be another day behind on the blog again.  Yesterday we were in Nairobi to pick up Aaron at the airport.  I had called Pastor Ososo on Tuesday so we could meet on Wednesday since we were unable to meet upon my arrival a couple of weeks ago.  I do not know what it is with me but I still can’t get this communication thing down right.  It was agreed that we were to meet at 2 pm however Pastor Ososo thought we were meeting at his home in Ngong hills and I thought we were meeting at the Flora Hostel.  So while we were waiting for Pastor Ososo he was waiting for us with the leaders of the UMC Matasia church.  I feel really bad that we couldn’t connect again.  All was not lost we were able to meet up with Pastor Ososo and his wife at the Flora Hostel this morning for a few hours before we headed back to Western Kenya.  We will possibly be able to meet with Pastor Ososo on a couple more occasions before we head back to the states.

Aaron’s flight was not due to arrive until 8 pm however we were staying in downtown Nairobi and for those of you that never have had the pleasure to drive in Nairobi let me tell you a simple drive to the airport can be an hour, it can be two hours, or it can be four to forever hours.  We decided that it would be better to give ourselves the four hours to get to the airport instead of trying to leave during rush hour and it taking six hours.  We left the hostel at around four pm.  It took us a good twenty minutes to go the first block and another twenty minutes to get to the second block.  At this rate the airport was a good twelve hours away.  I find it amazing how you can get six lanes of traffic on a two lane road.  If you are looking for some personal space around your vehicle don’t drive in Nairobi.  It really wasn’t fully rush hour yet and we did manage to get out of Nairobi within a couple of hours and made it to the airport in just over two hours.  Upon the return to the hostel I don’t think it took twenty minutes tops. 

After breakfast and our meeting with the Ososo’s it was off to cross the beautiful rift valley again.  This time instead of going through Eldoret we decided to take the Kapsabet road with all its pot holes.  We were pleasantly surprised that some of the road had been repaired within the last two weeks which helped take some time off the trip.  We also took a short cut through the Kakamega forest down a dirt road.  However it had rained and it was no longer a dirt road but a mud road.  I have told you what happens with the dirt road that turns to mud road before.  Well luckily we were in a four wheel drive vehicle when we went spinning for the ditch.  I personally feel that Peter did it on purpose since he enjoyed it so much.  It would not be the first time that Hezron, Aaron and I have had falling off a road here in Kenya.  Thank God we were in the vehicle we were in otherwise we would have been there for a while why we were trying to get unstuck.  Excellent driving Peter!! 

During dinner tonight we had an excellent discussion about Orphan care between us all.  It is really neat as you get deeper into the discussions how much interesting information flows.  Tomorrow we will be working our way into Uganda in the afternoon to meet up with Bishop Moses to discuss Orphan care over the weekend.    

  

Take care and God bless

Dave