Monday Oct. 1st, 2012

Yesterday was a very emotional day for all of our team.  We drove into the Dandora slums to go to church yesterday morning.  The contrast between the trash dumped everywhere and people going through the trash looking for things to sale was hard to grasp not counting the smell!  The other things we noticed was how clean and well dressed people were.  That againest what was around them was hard to get your brain around.
We attended a church service at a building our church had sent funds to help finish a year and a half ago.  In fact this is the building that Bonnie's husband Paul had come to Kenya to help get the floor started on in March 2011.  Walking into the building and seeing what a difference the floor, walls being finished and glass in the windows made for these people was overwhelming.  They treated us as honored guests and we were seated in the front two rolls.  Worshiping with them you realize they are just like us trying to make a better life for themselves and their families.  We were greeted as sisters & brothers in Christ and felt very loved.
After the 3 hour church service we came back to the lodge and met our Compassion children we support.  They were here for 3 hours with their interupters.  We talked with them, had snacks and played jump rope and soccer / football.  It was great to meet these kids and see what a wonderful job Compassion does to help these kids get health care, spirtual instruction, and an education.
It was a long day and we were all exhuasted!
At dinner we found out there had been a bombing at a church in Nairobi not far from where we are staying.  The church we had attended had a guard at the only entrance to the church grounds, but we did not think to much about it at that time.  We feel very safe where we are staying and the H.E.A.R.T. staff is taking very good care of us.
I had hoped to be able to add photo's to my blogs, but I have not figured out how to get them from my IPad to the blog, so may have to wait till I get home.  A little tech challenged!
Thanks for all your prayer we feel them each day!