We arrived at the Kenya airport Friday night about 8:30 pm Kenya time. We had 26 pieces of checked luggage to claim and customs to go through, so it was about 10 pm when we got on the bus to head to the H.E.A.R.T. lodge. The bus driver placed all but 6 of the pieces of luggage on top of the bus! We were amazed as every bag was at the maxium weight of 50 lbs!
The ride to H.E.A.R.T. lodge was quite an experence to say the least. The driver sits on the right side of the bus and drives down the left side of the road. There are very few stop lights mainly round abouts where no slows down!
Today Saturday we met the ladies and their children at the Paradise Lost Park about 10 am. The ride to the park there were coffee bean fields and lots of greenery along the road. When we arrived at the park some of the ladies and their children were waiting for us. The minute we pulled up they started waving to us. The kids were so excited to be there and look forward to this day all year. The mother's had a devotional with a couple of our team members and the rest of our team took the kids to make different crafts, jump rope, and swing on swings. One of our crafts was taking pipe cleaners and placing beads on them to make bracelets. They really got into this as they came up with ideas that we had not thought of to make rings and eye glasses out of the pipe cleaners! We then had lunch of hamburgers and baked potato's with warm soda. They loved it because it is a real treat to have soda and hamburgers. Then we sang songs with hand motions. The treat was boat rides and camel rides. I will try to post photo's tomorow.
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